The filter aims to make SMTP data transparent just before going onto the wire as per RFC 821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Section 4.5.2. TRANSPARENCY. See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html for details. Conversely the filter takes transparent data from the wire and converts it to the original format. The main purpose of this filter is to help POE::Component::Client::SMTP create transparent messages when comunicating with an SMTP server. However the filter can be used by any Perl SMTP client or server. WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/POE-Filter-Transparent-SMTP