NAME

       Mail::Verp - encodes and decodes Variable Envelope Return Paths (VERP) addresses.

SYNOPSIS

         use Mail::Verp;

         #Using class methods

         #Change separator to something else
         Mail::Verp->separator('+');

         #Create a VERP envelope sender of an email to recipient@example.net.
         my $verp_email = Mail::Verp->encode('sender@example.com', 'recipient@example.net');

         #If a bounce comes back, decode $verp_email to figure out
         #the original recipient of the bounced mail.
         my ($sender, $recipient) = Mail::Verp->decode($verp_email);

         #Using instance methods

         my $verp = Mail::Verp->new(separator => '+');

         #Create a VERP envelope sender of an email to recipient@example.net.
         my $verp_email = $verp->encode('sender@example.com', 'recipient@example.net');

         #Decode a bounce
         my ($sender, $recipient) = $verp->decode($verp_email);

ABSTRACT

       Mail::Verp encodes and decodes Variable Envelope Return Paths (VERP) email addresses.

DESCRIPTION

       Mail::Verp encodes the address of an email recipient into the envelope sender address so
       that a bounce can be more easily handled even if the original recipient is forwarding
       their mail to another address and the remote Mail Transport Agents send back unhelpful
       bounce messages. The module can also be used to decode bounce recipient addresses.

FUNCTIONS

       new()
           Primarily useful to save typing. So instead of typing "Mail::Verp" you can say
           my $x = Mail::Verp->new; then use $x whereever "Mail::Verp" is usually required.

           Accepts an optional "separator" argument for changing the separator, which defaults to
           hyphen '-'.  The value can also be changed using the "separator" accessor.

           my $x = Mail::Verp->new(separator => '+');

       encode(LOCAL-ADDRESS, REMOTE-ADDRESS)
           Encodes LOCAL-ADDRESS, REMOTE-ADDRESS into a verped address suitable for use as an
           envelope return address. It may also be useful to use the same address in Errors-To
           and Reply-To headers to compensate for broken Mail Transport Agents.

           Uses current separator value.

       decode(VERPED-ADDRESS)
           Decodes VERPED-ADDRESS into its constituent parts.  Returns LOCAL-ADDRESS and REMOTE-
           ADDRESS in list context, REMOTE-ADDRESS in scalar context.  Returns VERPED-ADDRESS if
           the decoding fails.

           Uses current separator value.

       separator
           Returns current value of the VERP "separator"

       separator(SEPARATOR)
           Sets new value for VERP "separator" and returns the previous value.

   EXPORT
       None.

SEE ALSO

       DJ Bernstein details verps here: http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt.

       Sam Varshavchik proposes an encoding here:
       http://www.courier-mta.org/draft-varshavchik-verp-smtpext.txt.

AUTHOR

       Gyepi Sam <gyepi@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2007 by Gyepi Sam

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.