extract_url.pl is a Perl script that extracts URLsfrom either correctly-encoded MIME email messagesor from plain text. It can be used either as apre-parser for a URL selector (such as urlview),or as a standalone URL selector. It is veryconfigurable, can handle URLs that have beenbroken over several lines in format=floweddelsp=yes email messages, and eliminates duplicateURLs. It was designed primarily for use with Mutt,but can be used by for any similar purpose. Theidea is that if you want to access a URL in anemail, you pipe the email to a URL extractor (likethis one), which then lets you select a URL toview in some third program (such as Firefox).License: BSD License (original)Changes:
Sometimes, multipart/alternative parts don'tactually have analternative, which could confuse the script.They're now handledcorrectly, and MIME parsing has been made morerobust.