NAME

Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity - translate Mail::Message to MIME::Entity vv

CLASS HIERARCHY

Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity
is a Mail::Message::Convert
is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

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

my Mail::Message $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
my MIME::Entity  $entity = $convert->export($msg);

my MIME::Entity  $entity = MIME::Entity->new;
my Mail::Message $msg    = $convert->from($entity);

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

DESCRIPTION

The MIME::Entity extends Mail::Internet message with multiparts and more methods. The Mail::Message objects are more flexible in how the message parts are stored, and uses separate header and body objects.

METHOD INDEX

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

The general methods for Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity 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::MimeEntity->new;
my Mail::Message $msg  = Mail::Message->new;
my MIME::Entity  $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::MimeEntity->new;
my MIME::Entity  $msg  = MIME::Entity->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.