NAME

Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet - translate Mail::Message to Mail::Internet vv

CLASS HIERARCHY

Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet
is a Mail::Message::Convert
is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

use Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet;
my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;

my Mail::Message  $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
my Mail::Internet $intern = $convert->export($msg);

my Mail::Internet $intern = Mail::Internet->new;
my Mail::Message  $msg    = $convert->from($intern);

use Mail::Box::Manager;
my $mgr     = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
my $folder  = $mgr->open(folder => 'Outbox');
$folder->addMessage($intern);

DESCRIPTION

The Mail::Internet class of message is very popular for all kinds of message applications written in Perl. However, the format was developed when e-mail messages where still small and attachments where rare; Mail::Message is much more flexible in this respect.

METHOD INDEX

Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Message::Convert (MMC).

The general methods for Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet objects:

MR errors                            MR report [LEVEL]
   export MESSAGE, OPTIONS           MR reportAll [LEVEL]
   from OBJECT, OPTIONS              MR trace [LEVEL]
MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]            MR warnings
   new OPTIONS

The extra methods for extension writers:

MR AUTOLOAD                          MR logSettings
MR DESTROY                           MR notImplemented
MR inGlobalDestruction              MMC selectedFields HEAD
MR logPriority LEVEL

METHODS

new OPTIONS

OPTIONS         DESCRIBED IN           DEFAULT
log             Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'
trace           Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'

export MESSAGE, OPTIONS

Returns a new message object based on the information from a Mail::Message object. The MESSAGE specified is an instance of a Mail::Message.

Examples:

my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;
my Mail::Message  $msg   = Mail::Message->new;
my Mail::Internet $copy  = $convert->export($msg);

from OBJECT, OPTIONS

Returns a new Mail::Message object based on the information from an message-type which is strange to the Mail::Box set of modules.

Examples:

my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;
my Mail::Internet $msg  = Mail::Internet->new;
my Mail::Message  $copy = $convert->from($msg);

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.