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:

    http://www.rfc-editor.org/

The RFCs implemented in this distribution are

Net::FTP        RFC959          File Transfer Protocol

Net::SMTP       RFC821          Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Net::Time       RFC867          Daytime Protocol

Net::Time       RFC868          Time Protocol

Net::NNTP       RFC977          Network News Transfer Protocol

Net::POP3       RFC1939         Post Office Protocol 3

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of libnet is available from the Comprehensive Perl

Archive Network (CPAN). To find a CPAN site near you see:

    http://search.cpan.org/dist/libnet/

The GitHub source repository can be browsed at

    https://github.com/steve-m-hay/perl-libnet

If you have a Git client, then you can checkout the latest code with

    git clone https://github.com/steve-m-hay/perl-libnet.git

DOCUMENTATION

See Changes for recent changes.  POD style documentation is included

in all modules and scripts.  These are normally converted to manual

pages and installed as part of the installation process.  You should

also be able to use the 'perldoc' utility to extract documentation from

the module files directly.

DEMOS

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.

SUPPORT

Questions about how to use this library should be directed to the

comp.lang.perl.modules USENET Newsgroup.  Bug reports and suggestions

for improvements can be reported 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.

INSTALLATION

See the INSTALL file.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Graham Barr.  All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 2013-2017 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.

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