NAME

Mail::Transport::Receive - receive messages

CLASS HIERARCHY

Mail::Transport::Receive
is a Mail::Transport
is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

my $receiver = Mail::Transport::POP3->new(...);
my $message = $receiver->receive($id);

DESCRIPTION

Each object which extends Mail::Transport::Receive implement a protocol which can get messages into your application. The internals of each implementation can differ quite a lot, so have a look at each separate manual page as well.

Current message receivers:

• Mail::Transport::POP3

  Implements the POP3 protocol. See also Mail::Box::POP3.

METHOD INDEX

Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Transport (MT).

The general methods for Mail::Transport::Receive objects:

MR errors                            MR report [LEVEL]
MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]            MR reportAll [LEVEL]
   new OPTIONS                       MR trace [LEVEL]
   receive [UNIQUE-MESSAGE-ID]       MR warnings

The extra methods for extension writers:

MR AUTOLOAD                          MR logSettings
MR DESTROY                           MR notImplemented
MT findBinary NAME [, DIRECTOR...    MT remoteHost
MR inGlobalDestruction               MT retry
MR logPriority LEVEL

METHODS

new OPTIONS

OPTION        DESCRIBED IN             DEFAULT
hostname      Mail::Transport          'localhost'
interval      Mail::Transport          30
log           Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
password      Mail::Transport          undef
proxy         Mail::Transport          undef
retry         Mail::Transport          undef
timeout       Mail::Transport          120
trace         Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
username      Mail::Transport          undef
via           Mail::Transport          undef

receive [UNIQUE-MESSAGE-ID]

Receive one message from the remote server. Some receivers will provide the next message automatically, other are random access and use the specified ID.

SEE ALSO

Mail::Box-Overview

For support and additional documentation, see http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

AUTHOR

Mark Overmeer (mailbox@overmeer.net). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

VERSION

This code is beta, version 2.018.

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Mark Overmeer. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.