WWW::BBSWatch 1.02

WWW::BBSWatch can send, via email, messages posted to a WWW bulletin board. SYNOPSIS use WWW::BBSWatch; # should really be a subclass sub WWW::BBSWatch::article_list { # generates warning (rightly so) my $self = shift; my $content = shift; return ($$content =~ m%($self->{bbs_url}?read=d*)%gs);<br /> }<br /><br /> BBSWatch->new(-MAIL => me,<br /> -BBS_URL => http://www.foo.org/cgi-bin/bbs.pl)->retrieve;<br /><br />There are many interesting discussions that take place on World Wide Web Bulletin Boards, but I do not have the patience to browse to each article. I can process email and newsgroups many times faster than a WWW bulletin board because of the lag inherent in the web. Instead of ignoring this wealth of information, WWW::BBSWatch was created. It will monitor a World Wide Web Bulletin Board and email new postings to you. The email headers are as correct as possible, including reasonable From, Subject, Date, Message-Id and References entries.<br /><br />This module requires LWP::UserAgent and MIME::Lite.<br /><br />INTERFACE<br /><br />$b = WWW::BBSWatch->new<br /><br />Arguments are:<br /><br />-BBS_URL: The URL of the bulletin boards index page. This field is required.<br />-MAIL: The email address to send mail to<br />-MDA: Sets the mail delivery agent by calling MIME::Lite::send(HOW, HOWARGS). If a scalar value is passed in, it is passed as send( sendmail?, $mda_value). If an array ref is provided, send(@$mda_value) is called. -DB: Basename of the database that keeps track of visited articles -WARN_TIMEOUT: Number of seconds before warning message is sent proclaiming inability to contact BBS_URL page. Default is 10,800 (3 hours). -MAX_ARTICLES: Maximum number of articles to send in one batch. Default is essentially all articles. -VERBOSE: Controls the amount of informative output. Useful values are 0, 1, 2. Default is 0 (completely silent). $b->. Yes

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