Perl - Recommended Perl Modules

Archive::Tar (Archive-Tar-x.xx)

Archive::Zip (Archive-Zip-x.xx) (1.09 or later is recommended!)

Compress::Zlib (Compress-Zlib-x.xx)

Convert::TNEF (Convert-TNEF-x.xx)

Convert::UUlib (Convert-UUlib-x.xxx) (stick to the new versions!)

MIME::Base64 (MIME-Base64-x.xx)

MIME::Parser (MIME-Tools-x.xxxx)

( the patched MIME-tools by David F. Skoll is recommended over 5.411,

as it better handles broken/bad MIME syntax:

http://www.mimedefang.org/ → Download section.

The new 6.2xx from http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/

also includes these patches, and more.

Mail::Internet (MailTools-1.58 or later have workarounds for Perl 5.8.0 bugs)

Net::Server (Net-Server-x.xx)

Net::SMTP (libnet-x.xx) (use libnet-1.16 or latter for performance)

Digest::MD5 (Digest-MD5-x.xx)

IO::Stringy (IO-stringy-x.xxx)

Time::HiRes (Time-HiRes-x.xx) (use 1.49 or later, some older cause problems)

Unix::Syslog (Unix-Syslog-x.xxx)