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+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Mail::Address - parse mail addresses
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use Mail::Address;
+ my @addrs = Mail::Address->parse($line);
+
+ foreach $addr (@addrs) {
+ print $addr->format,"\n";
+ }
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+C<Mail::Address> extracts and manipulates email addresses from a message
+header. It cannot be used to extract addresses from some random text.
+You can use this module to create RFC822 compliant fields.
+
+Although C<Mail::Address> is a very popular subject for books, and is
+used in many applications, it does a very poor job on the more complex
+message fields. It does only handle simple address formats (which
+covers about 95% of what can be found). Problems are with
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+no support for address groups, even not with the semi-colon as
+separator between addresses;
+
+=item *
+
+limited support for escapes in phrases and comments. There are
+cases where it can get wrong; and
+
+=item *
+
+you have to take care of most escaping when you create an address yourself:
+C<Mail::Address> does not do that for you.
+
+=back
+
+Often requests are made to the maintainers of this code improve this
+situation, but this is not a good idea, where it will break zillions
+of existing applications. If you wish for a fully RFC2822 compliant
+implementation you may take a look at L<Mail::Message::Field::Full>,
+part of MailBox.
+
+B<. Example>
+
+ my $s = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new($from_header);
+ # ref $s isa Mail::Message::Field::Addresses;
+
+ my @g = $s->groups; # all groups, at least one
+ # ref $g[0] isa Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup;
+ my $ga = $g[0]->addresses; # group addresses
+
+ my @a = $s->addresses; # all addresses
+ # ref $a[0] isa Mail::Message::Field::Address;
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 Constructors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mail::Address-E<gt>B<new>( PHRASE, ADDRESS, [ COMMENT ] )
+
+Create a new C<Mail::Address> object which represents an address with the
+elements given. In a message these 3 elements would be seen like:
+
+ PHRASE <ADDRESS> (COMMENT)
+ ADDRESS (COMMENT)
+
+example:
+
+ Mail::Address->new("Perl5 Porters", "perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com");
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<parse>(LINE)
+
+Parse the given line a return a list of extracted C<Mail::Address> objects.
+The line would normally be one taken from a To,Cc or Bcc line in a message
+
+example:
+
+ my @addr = Mail::Address->parse($line);
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Accessors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<address>()
+
+Return the address part of the object.
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<comment>()
+
+Return the comment part of the object
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<format>( [ADDRESSes] )
+
+Return a string representing the address in a suitable form to be placed
+on a C<To>, C<Cc>, or C<Bcc> line of a message. This method is called on
+the first ADDRESS to be used; other specified ADDRESSes will be appended,
+separated with commas.
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<phrase>()
+
+Return the phrase part of the object.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Smart accessors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<host>()
+
+Return the address excluding the user id and '@'
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<name>()
+
+Using the information contained within the object attempt to identify what
+the person or groups name is.
+
+B<Note:> This function tries to be smart with the "phrase" of the
+email address, which is probably a very bad idea. Consider to use
+L<phrase()|Mail::Address/"Accessors"> itself.
+
+=item $obj-E<gt>B<user>()
+
+Return the address excluding the '@' and the mail domain
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
+F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
+Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further development.
+
+Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>.
+Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>.
+Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>.
+For other contributors see ChangeLog.
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and
+2001-2017 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
+See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
+