NAME

Mail::Box::Net::Message - one message from a distant folder

CLASS HIERARCHY

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

SYNOPSIS

my $folder = new Mail::Box::POP3 ...
my $message = $folder->message(10);

DESCRIPTION

A Mail::Box::Net::Message represents one message in a folder which can only be accessed via some kind of protocol. On this moment, only a POP3 client is available. IMAP, DBI, and NNTP are other candidates.

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::Net::Message objects:

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

The extra methods for extension writers:

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

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
unique      Mail::Box::Net::Message  <obligatory>
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'

• unique => unique

  The unique keys which identifies this message on the remote server.

unique [unique]

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

loadHead

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

create unique

Create the message in the specified file. If the message already has a unique and is not modified, then a move is tried. Otherwise the message is printed to the file. If the unique already exists for this message, nothing is done. In any case, the new unique 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 2.017.

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.