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Mail-Box-2.025
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NAME

Mail::Transport::Receive - receive messages

CLASS INHERITANCE

Mail::Transport::Receive is a Mail::Transport is a Mail::Reporter

Mail::Transport::Receive is extended by Mail::Transport::POP3

SYNOPSIS

my $receiver = Mail::Transport::POP3->new(...);
my $message = $receiver->receive($id);

DESCRIPTION

Each object which extends Mail::Transport::Receive implement a protocol which can get messages into your application. The internals of each implementation can differ quite a lot, so have a look at each separate manual page as well.

Current message receivers:

  • Mail::Transport::POP3

    Implements the POP3 protocol. See also Mail::Box::POP3.

METHODS

Initiation

new OPTIONS 
OPTION               DEFAULT
hostname             'localhost'
interval             30
log                  'WARNINGS'
password             undef
port                 undef
proxy                undef
retry                <false>
timeout              120
trace                'WARNINGS'
username             undef
via                  'sendmail'
hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY-OF-HOSTNAMES

See Mail::Transport::new(hostname)

interval => SECONDS

See Mail::Transport::new(interval)

log => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(log)

password => STRING

See Mail::Transport::new(password)

port => INTEGER

See Mail::Transport::new(port)

proxy => PATH

See Mail::Transport::new(proxy)

retry => NUMBER|undef

See Mail::Transport::new(retry)

timeout => SECONDS

See Mail::Transport::new(timeout)

trace => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(trace)

username => STRING

See Mail::Transport::new(username)

via => CLASS|NAME

See Mail::Transport::new(via)

Server Connection

findBinary NAME [, DIRECTORIES]

See Mail::Transport::findBinary()

remoteHost

See Mail::Transport::remoteHost()

retry

See Mail::Transport::retry()

Receiving Mail

receive [UNIQUE-MESSAGE-ID]

Receive one message from the remote server. Some receivers will provide the next message automatically, other are random access and use the specified ID.

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.