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"Email::Abstract" provides module writers with the ability to write
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representation-independent mail handling code. For instance, in
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the cases of "Mail::Thread" or "Mail::ListDetector", a key part of
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the code involves reading the headers from a mail object. Where
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previously one would either have to specify the mail class required,
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or to build a new object from scratch, "Email::Abstract" can be
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used to perform certain simple operations on an object regardless
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of its underlying representation.
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"Email::Abstract" currently supports "Mail::Internet", "MIME::Entity",
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"Mail::Message", "Email::Simple" and "Email::MIME". Other
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representations are encouraged to create their own "Email::Abstract::*"
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class by copying "Email::Abstract::EmailSimple". All modules
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installed under the "Email::Abstract" hierarchy will be automatically
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picked up and used.
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