NAME
libnet - Simple API to the client side of various internet protocols
DESCRIPTION
libnet is a collection of Perl modules which provides a simple and
consistent programming interface (API) to the client side of various
protocols used in the internet community.
For details of each protocol please refer to the RFC. RFCs can be found in
various places on the web, for a starting point look at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/
The RFCs implemented in this distribution are:
Net::FTP RFC959 File Transfer Protocol
Net::NNTP RFC977 Network News Transfer Protocol
Net::POP3 RFC1939 Post Office Protocol 3
Net::SMTP RFC821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Net::Time RFC867 Daytime Protocol
Net::Time RFC868 Time Protocol
EXAMPLES
The demos directory does contain a few demo scripts. These should be run
from the top directory like:
demos/smtp.self -user my-email-address -debug
However, I do not guarantee these scripts to work.
FEEDBACK
Patches, bug reports, suggestions or any other feedback is welcome.
Patches can be sent as GitHub pull requests at
<https://github.com/steve-m-hay/perl-libnet/pulls>.
Bug reports and suggestions can be made on the CPAN Request Tracker at
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=libnet>.
(Most of the modules in this library have an option to output a debug
transcript to STDERR. When reporting bugs/problems please, if possible,
include a transcript of a run.)
Currently active requests on the CPAN Request Tracker can be viewed at
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Status=Active;Queue=libnet>.
Please test this distribution. See CPAN Testers Reports at
<https://www.cpantesters.org/> for details of how to get involved.
Previous test results on CPAN Testers Reports can be viewed at
<https://www.cpantesters.org/distro/L/libnet.html>.
Please rate this distribution on CPAN Ratings at
<https://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=libnet>.
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this module is available from CPAN (see "CPAN" in
perlmodlib for details) at
<https://metacpan.org/release/libnet> or
<https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHAY/> or
<https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/libnet/>.
The latest source code is available from GitHub at
<https://github.com/steve-m-hay/perl-libnet>.
INSTALLATION
See the INSTALL file.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 2013-2017, 2020, 2021 Steve Hay. All rights reserved.
LICENCE
This distribution is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU
General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the LICENCE
file.