NAME

Mail::Box::Dir::Message - one message in a direcory-organized folder

CLASS HIERARCHY

Mail::Box::Dir::Message
is a Mail::Box::Message
is a Mail::Message + ::Construct
is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

my $folder = new Mail::Box::MH ...
my $message = $folder->message(10);

DESCRIPTION

A Mail::Box::Dir::Message represents one message in a directory organized folder; each message is stored in a separate file. At the moment, two of these folder types are implemented:

• MH

• Maildir

METHOD INDEX

Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Message (MM), Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Box::Message (MBM), Mail::Message::Construct (MMC).

The general methods for Mail::Box::Dir::Message objects:

 MM bcc                               MM label LABEL [,VALUE [LABEL,...
MMC bounce OPTIONS                    MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]
MMC build [MESSAGE|BODY], CONTENT     MM messageId
MMC buildFromBody BODY, HEADERS       MM modified [BOOL]
 MM cc                                   new OPTIONS
MBM copyTo FOLDER                     MM nrLines
 MM date                              MM parent
 MM decoded OPTIONS                   MM parts
MBM delete                            MM print [FILEHANDLE]
MBM deleted [BOOL]                    MM printUndisclosed [FILEHANDLE]
 MM destinations                     MMC read FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-...
 MM encode OPTIONS                   MMC reply OPTIONS
 MR errors                           MMC replyPrelude [STRING|FIELD|...
    filename [FILENAME]              MMC replySubject STRING
MBM folder [FOLDER]                   MR report [LEVEL]
MMC forward OPTIONS                   MR reportAll [LEVEL]
MMC forwardPostlude                   MM send [MAILER], OPTIONS
MMC forwardPrelude                   MBM seqnr [INTEGER]
MMC forwardSubject STRING            MBM shortString
 MM from                              MM size
 MM get FIELD                         MM subject
 MM guessTimestamp                    MM timestamp
 MM isDummy                           MM to
 MM isMultipart                       MM toplevel
 MM isPart                            MR trace [LEVEL]

The extra methods for extension writers:

 MR AUTOLOAD                          MM labelsToStatus
 MM DESTROY                              loadHead
 MM body [BODY]                       MR logPriority LEVEL
 MM clone                             MR logSettings
 MM coerce MESSAGE                    MR notImplemented
    create FILENAME                      parser
MBM diskDelete                       MBM readBody PARSER, HEAD [, BO...
 MM head [HEAD]                       MM readFromParser PARSER, [BOD...
 MR inGlobalDestruction               MM readHead PARSER [,CLASS]
 MM isDelayed                         MM statusToLabels
 MM labels                            MM storeBody BODY

METHODS

new OPTIONS

Messages in directory-based folders use the following options:

OPTION      DESCRIBED IN             DEFAULT
body        Mail::Message            undef
deleted     Mail::Box::Message       0
filename    Mail::Box::Dir::Message  undef
folder      Mail::Box::Message       <required>
head        Mail::Message            undef
head_wrap   Mail::Message            undef
labels      Mail::Box::Message       []
log         Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
messageId   Mail::Message            undef
modified    Mail::Message            0
size        Mail::Box::Message       undef
trace       Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
trusted     Mail::Message            0

Only for extension writers:

OPTION      DESCRIBED IN             DEFAULT
body_type   Mail::Box::Message       <not used>
field_type  Mail::Message            undef
head_type   Mail::Message            'Mail::Message::Head::Complete'

• filename => FILENAME

  The file where the message is stored in.

filename [FILENAME]

Returns the name of the file in which this message is actually stored. This will return undef when the message is not stored in a file.

METHODS for extension writers

parser

Create and return a parser for this message (-file).

loadHead

This method is called by the autoloader when the header of the message is needed.

create FILENAME

Create the message in the specified file. If the message already has a filename and is not modified, then a move is tried. Otherwise the message is printed to the file. If the FILENAME already exists for this message, nothing is done. In any case, the new FILENAME is set as well.

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 2.013.

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.