NAME

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

CLASS INHERITANCE

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.

METHODS

Initiation

new OPTIONS

OPTION               DEFAULT
fields               <see description>
log                  'WARNINGS'
trace                'WARNINGS'

fields => NAMES|ARRAY-OF-NAMES|REGEXS

See Mail::Message::Convert::new(fields)

log => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(log)

trace => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(trace)

Converting

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);

selectedFields HEAD

See Mail::Message::Convert::selectedFields()

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()

DESTROY

See Mail::Reporter::DESTROY()

inGlobalDestruction

See Mail::Reporter::inGlobalDestruction()

logPriority LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::logPriority()

logSettings

See Mail::Reporter::logSettings()

notImplemented

See Mail::Reporter::notImplemented()

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.