NAME
Mail::Box::Mbox - handle folders in Mbox format
CLASS INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::Mbox is a Mail::Box::File is a Mail::Box is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Box::Mbox;
my $folder = Mail::Box::Mbox->new(folder => $ENV{MAIL}, ...);
DESCRIPTION
This documentation describes how Mbox mailboxes work, and also describes what you can do with the Mbox folder object Mail::Box::Mbox.
METHODS
Initiation
- new OPTIONS
-
OPTION DEFAULT access 'r' body_delayed_type 'Mail::Message::Body::Delayed' body_type <see description> coerce_options [] create <false> extract 10240 field_type undef folder $ENV{MAIL} folderdir $ENV{HOME}.'/Mail' head_delayed_type 'Mail::Message::Head::Delayed' head_type 'Mail::Message::Head::Complete' keep_dups <false> lock_extension '.lock' lock_file foldername.lock-extension lock_timeout 1 hour lock_type 'Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock' lock_wait 10 seconds locker undef log 'WARNINGS' manager undef message_type 'Mail::Box::Mbox::Message' multipart_type 'Mail::Message::Body::Multipart' remove_when_empty <true> save_on_exit <true> subfolder_extension '.d' trace 'WARNINGS' trusted <depends on folder location> write_policy undef
- access => MODE
-
See Mail::Box::new(access)
- body_delayed_type => CLASS
-
See Mail::Box::new(body_delayed_type)
- body_type => CLASS|CODE
-
See Mail::Box::File::new(body_type)
- coerce_options => ARRAY
-
See Mail::Box::new(coerce_options)
- create => BOOLEAN
-
See Mail::Box::new(create)
- extract => INTEGER | CODE | METHOD | 'LAZY'|'ALWAYS'
-
See Mail::Box::new(extract)
- field_type => CLASS
-
See Mail::Box::new(field_type)
- folder => FOLDERNAME
-
See Mail::Box::new(folder)
- folderdir => DIRECTORY
-
See Mail::Box::new(folderdir)
- head_delayed_type => CLASS
-
See Mail::Box::new(head_delayed_type)
- head_type => CLASS
-
See Mail::Box::new(head_type)
- keep_dups => BOOLEAN
-
See Mail::Box::new(keep_dups)
- lock_extension => FILENAME|STRING
-
See Mail::Box::File::new(lock_extension)
- lock_file => FILENAME
-
See Mail::Box::new(lock_file)
- lock_timeout => SECONDS
-
See Mail::Box::new(lock_timeout)
- lock_type => CLASS|STRING
-
See Mail::Box::new(lock_type)
- lock_wait => SECONDS
-
See Mail::Box::new(lock_wait)
- locker => OBJECT
-
See Mail::Box::new(locker)
- log => LEVEL
-
See Mail::Reporter::new(log)
- manager => MANAGER
-
See Mail::Box::new(manager)
- message_type => CLASS
-
See Mail::Box::new(message_type)
- multipart_type => CLASS
-
See Mail::Box::new(multipart_type)
- remove_when_empty => BOOLEAN
-
See Mail::Box::new(remove_when_empty)
- save_on_exit => BOOLEAN
-
See Mail::Box::new(save_on_exit)
- subfolder_extension => STRING
-
See Mail::Box::File::new(subfolder_extension)
- trace => LEVEL
-
See Mail::Reporter::new(trace)
- trusted => BOOLEAN
-
See Mail::Box::new(trusted)
- write_policy => 'REPLACE'|'INPLACE'|undef
-
See Mail::Box::File::new(write_policy)
Opening folders
- clone OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::clone()
- create FOLDERNAME, OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::File::create()
- folderdir [DIRECTORY]
-
See Mail::Box::folderdir()
- foundIn [FOLDERNAME] [,OPTIONS]
-
See Mail::Box::File::foundIn()
On open folders
- addMessage MESSAGE
-
See Mail::Box::addMessage()
- addMessages MESSAGE [, MESSAGE, ...]
-
See Mail::Box::addMessages()
- copyTo FOLDER, OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::copyTo()
- filename
-
See Mail::Box::File::filename()
- modified [BOOLEAN]
-
See Mail::Box::modified()
- name
-
See Mail::Box::name()
- organization
-
See Mail::Box::organization()
- update OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::update()
- writable
-
See Mail::Box::writable()
Closing the folder
- DESTROY
-
See Mail::Box::DESTROY()
- close OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::close()
- delete
-
See Mail::Box::delete()
The messages
- current [NUMBER|MESSAGE|MESSAGE-ID]
-
See Mail::Box::current()
- find MESSAGE-ID
-
See Mail::Box::find()
- message INDEX [,MESSAGE]
-
See Mail::Box::message()
- messageId MESSAGE-ID [,MESSAGE]
-
See Mail::Box::messageId()
- messageIds
-
See Mail::Box::messageIds()
- messages ['ALL',RANGE,'ACTIVE','DELETED',LABEL,!LABEL,FILTER]
-
See Mail::Box::messages()
- scanForMessages MESSAGE, MESSAGE-IDS, TIMESTAMP, WINDOW
-
See Mail::Box::scanForMessages()
Sub-folders
- listSubFolders OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::File::listSubFolders()
- openRelatedFolder OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::openRelatedFolder()
- openSubFolder NAME, OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::openSubFolder()
Message threads [internals]
- toBeThreaded MESSAGES
-
See Mail::Box::toBeThreaded()
- toBeUnthreaded MESSAGES
-
See Mail::Box::toBeUnthreaded()
Reading and Writing [internals]
- appendMessages OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::appendMessages()
- coerce MESSAGE
-
See Mail::Box::coerce()
- determineBodyType MESSAGE, HEAD
-
See Mail::Box::determineBodyType()
- folderToFilename FOLDERNAME, FOLDERDIR, EXTENSION
-
See Mail::Box::File::folderToFilename()
- lineSeparator [STRING|'CR'|'LF'|'CRLF']
-
See Mail::Box::lineSeparator()
- locker
-
See Mail::Box::locker()
- parser
-
See Mail::Box::File::parser()
- parserClose
-
See Mail::Box::File::parserClose()
- read OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::read()
- readMessages OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::readMessages()
- storeMessage MESSAGE
-
See Mail::Box::storeMessage()
- updateMessages OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::updateMessages()
- write OPTIONS
-
See Mail::Box::File::write()
- writeMessages
-
See Mail::Box::writeMessages()
Logging and Tracing
- defaultTrace [LEVEL, [LEVEL]
-
See Mail::Reporter::defaultTrace()
- errors
-
See Mail::Reporter::errors()
- log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]
-
See Mail::Reporter::log()
- report [LEVEL]
-
See Mail::Reporter::report()
- reportAll [LEVEL]
-
See Mail::Reporter::reportAll()
- trace [LEVEL]
-
See Mail::Reporter::trace()
- warnings
-
See Mail::Reporter::warnings()
Other Methods
- AUTOLOAD
-
See Mail::Reporter::AUTOLOAD()
- inGlobalDestruction
-
See Mail::Reporter::inGlobalDestruction()
- logPriority LEVEL
-
See Mail::Reporter::logPriority()
- logSettings
-
See Mail::Reporter::logSettings()
- notImplemented
-
See Mail::Reporter::notImplemented()
- timespan2seconds TIME
-
See Mail::Box::timespan2seconds()
SEE ALSO
A good start to read is Mail::Box-Overview. More documentation and a mailinglist are available from the project's website at http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/.
AUTHOR
Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net) with the help of many.
VERSION
This code is beta, version 2.025.
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.