NAME

Mail::Message::Dummy - a placeholder for a missing messages

CLASS INHERITANCE

Mail::Message::Dummy is a Mail::Message is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Dummy messages are used by modules which maintain ordered lists of messages, usually based on message-id. A good example is Mail::Box::Thread::Manager, which detects related messages by scanning the known message headers for references to other messages. As long as the referenced messages are not found inside the mailbox, their place is occupied by a dummy.

Be careful when using modules which may create dummies. Before trying to access the header or body use isDummy() to check if the message is a dummy message.

METHODS

Initiation

new MESSAGE-ID, OPTIONS

(Class method) Create a new dummy message to occupy the space for a real message with the specified MESSAGE-ID.

OPTION               DEFAULT
body                 <not used>
body_type            'Mail::Message::Body::Lines'
field_type           <not used>
head                 <not used>
head_type            <not used>
log                  'WARNINGS'
messageId            <required>
modified             <always false>
trace                'WARNINGS'
trusted              <always true>

body => OBJECT

See Mail::Message::new(body)

body_type => CLASS

See Mail::Message::new(body_type)

field_type => CLASS

See Mail::Message::new(field_type)

head => OBJECT

See Mail::Message::new(head)

head_type => CLASS

See Mail::Message::new(head_type)

log => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(log)

messageId => STRING

See Mail::Message::new(messageId)

modified => BOOLEAN

See Mail::Message::new(modified)

trace => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(trace)

trusted => BOOLEAN

See Mail::Message::new(trusted)

Examples:

my $message = Mail::Message::Dummy->new($msgid);
if($message->isDummy) {...}

Constructing a Message

bounce RG-OBJECT|OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::Construct::bounce()

build [MESSAGE|BODY], CONTENT

See Mail::Message::Construct::build()

buildFromBody BODY, HEADERS

See Mail::Message::Construct::buildFromBody()

coerce MESSAGE

See Mail::Message::coerce()

forward OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::Construct::forward()

forwardPostlude

See Mail::Message::Construct::forwardPostlude()

forwardPrelude

See Mail::Message::Construct::forwardPrelude()

forwardSubject STRING

See Mail::Message::Construct::forwardSubject()

read FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::Construct::read()

reply OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::Construct::reply()

replyPrelude [STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS]

See Mail::Message::Construct::replyPrelude()

replySubject STRING

See Mail::Message::Construct::replySubject()

The Message

clone

See Mail::Message::clone()

isDummy

See Mail::Message::isDummy()

isPart

See Mail::Message::isPart()

messageId

See Mail::Message::messageId()

modified [BOOLEAN]

See Mail::Message::modified()

parent

See Mail::Message::parent()

print [FILEHANDLE]

See Mail::Message::print()

send [MAILER], OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::send()

size

See Mail::Message::size()

toplevel

See Mail::Message::toplevel()

The Header

head [HEAD]

See Mail::Message::head()

Header Shortcuts

bcc

See Mail::Message::bcc()

cc

See Mail::Message::cc()

date

See Mail::Message::date()

destinations

See Mail::Message::destinations()

from

See Mail::Message::from()

get FIELD

See Mail::Message::get()

guessTimestamp

See Mail::Message::guessTimestamp()

nrLines

See Mail::Message::nrLines()

sender

See Mail::Message::sender()

subject

See Mail::Message::subject()

timestamp

See Mail::Message::timestamp()

to

See Mail::Message::to()

The Body

body [BODY]

See Mail::Message::body()

decoded OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::decoded()

encode OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::encode()

isMultipart

See Mail::Message::isMultipart()

parts ['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER]

See Mail::Message::parts()

Access to the Message

file

See Mail::Message::Construct::file()

lines

See Mail::Message::Construct::lines()

string

See Mail::Message::Construct::string()

Labels

label LABEL [,VALUE [LABEL, VALUE] ]

See Mail::Message::label()

labels

See Mail::Message::labels()

Reading and Writing [internals]

DESTROY

See Mail::Message::DESTROY()

isDelayed

See Mail::Message::isDelayed()

labelsToStatus

See Mail::Message::labelsToStatus()

readBody PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE]

See Mail::Message::readBody()

readFromParser PARSER, [BODYTYPE]

See Mail::Message::readFromParser()

readHead PARSER [,CLASS]

See Mail::Message::readHead()

statusToLabels

See Mail::Message::statusToLabels()

storeBody BODY

See Mail::Message::storeBody()

takeMessageId [STRING]

See Mail::Message::takeMessageId()

Logging and Tracing

defaultTrace [LEVEL, [LEVEL]

See Mail::Reporter::defaultTrace()

errors

See Mail::Reporter::errors()

log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]

See Mail::Reporter::log()

printStructure [FILEHANDLE][, INDENT]

See Mail::Message::Construct::printStructure()

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()

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.

cpanm Mail::Box

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Mail::Box