=head1 NAME
Mail::Box::MH::Message - one message in an MH-folder
=head1 INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::MH::Message
is a Mail::Box::Dir::Message
is a Mail::Box::Message
is a Mail::Message
is a Mail::Reporter
=head1 SYNOPSIS
my
$folder
= new Mail::Box::MH ...
my
$message
=
$folder
->message(10);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
A C<Mail::Box::MH::Message> represents one message in an
L<Mail::Box::MH|Mail::Box::MH> folder . Each message is stored in a separate file,
as
for
all L<Mail::Box::Dir|Mail::Box::Dir> folder types.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 Constructors
$obj
-E<gt>B<clone>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Constructors"
>
=back
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<new>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Dir::Message/
"METHODS"
>
=back
=head2 Constructing a message
$obj
-E<gt>B<bounce>([RG-OBJECT|OPTIONS])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<build>([MESSAGE|PART|BODY], CONTENT)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Build/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<buildFromBody>(BODY, [HEAD], HEADERS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Build/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forward>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardAttach>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardEncapsulate>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardInline>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardNo>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardPostlude>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardPrelude>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<forwardSubject>(STRING)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<
read
>(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Read/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<rebuild>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<reply>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<replyPrelude>([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<replySubject>(STRING)
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<replySubject>(STRING)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/
"Constructing a message"
>
=back
=head2 The message
$obj
-E<gt>B<container>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<copyTo>(FOLDER, OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<filename>([FILENAME])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Dir::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<folder>([FOLDER])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isDummy>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isPart>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<messageId>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<moveTo>(FOLDER, OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<
print
>([FILEHANDLE])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<
send
>([MAILER], OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<seqnr>([INTEGER])
=over 4
The order of this message in the folder, counted from zero. Do not
change the number (
unless
you understand the implications).
WARNING: This sequence number
has
nothing to
do
with
the message's
filename, which in case of MH folders are also numbers! If you need
that one,
use
the File::Basename subroutine basename of the filename.
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<size>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<toplevel>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<
write
>([FILEHANDLE])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The message"
>
=back
=head2 The header
$obj
-E<gt>B<bcc>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<cc>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<date>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<destinations>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<from>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<get>(FIELDNAME)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<guessTimestamp>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<head>([HEAD])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<nrLines>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<sender>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<
study
>(FIELDNAME)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<subject>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<timestamp>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<to>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The header"
>
=back
=head2 The body
$obj
-E<gt>B<body>([BODY])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The body"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<decoded>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The body"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<encode>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The body"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isMultipart>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The body"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isNested>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The body"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<parts>([
'ALL'
|
'ACTIVE'
|
'DELETED'
|
'RECURSE'
|FILTER])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"The body"
>
=back
=head2 Flags
$obj
-E<gt>B<
delete
>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<deleted>([BOOLEAN])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isDeleted>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isModified>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<label>(LABEL|PAIRS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<labels>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<labelsToStatus>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<modified>([BOOLEAN])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<statusToLabels>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Flags"
>
=back
=head2 The whole message as text
$obj
-E<gt>B<file>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Text/
"The whole message as text"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<lines>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Text/
"The whole message as text"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<printStructure>([FILEHANDLE|
undef
],[INDENT])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Text/
"The whole message as text"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<string>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Text/
"The whole message as text"
>
=back
=head2 Internals
$obj
-E<gt>B<clonedFrom>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<coerce>(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<create>(FILENAME)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Dir::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<diskDelete>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<isDelayed>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<loadBody>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Dir::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<loadHead>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Dir::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<parser>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Dir::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<readBody>(PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<readFromParser>(PARSER, [BODYTYPE])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<readHead>(PARSER [,CLASS])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<recursiveRebuildPart>(PART, OPTIONS)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<storeBody>(BODY)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<takeMessageId>([STRING])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>
=back
=head2 Error handling
$obj
-E<gt>B<AUTOLOAD>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message::Construct/
"METHODS"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<addReport>(OBJECT)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<errors>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<
log
>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<
log
>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<logPriority>(LEVEL)
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<logPriority>(LEVEL)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<logSettings>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<notImplemented>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<report>([LEVEL])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<reportAll>([LEVEL])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<shortSize>([VALUE])
Mail::Box::MH::Message-E<gt>B<shortSize>([VALUE])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<shortString>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<trace>([LEVEL])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<warnings>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Error handling"
>
=back
=head2 Cleanup
$obj
-E<gt>B<DESTROY>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Message/
"Cleanup"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<destruct>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Message/
"Cleanup"
>
=back
$obj
-E<gt>B<inGlobalDestruction>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/
"Cleanup"
>
=back
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
I<Error:> Cannot create parser
for
$filename
.
For some reason (the previous message have told you already) it was not possible
to create a message parser
for
the specified filename.
I<Error:> Cannot include forward source as
$include
.
Unknown alternative
for
the L<forward(include)|Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>. Valid choices are
C<NO>, C<INLINE>, C<ATTACH>, and C<ENCAPSULATE>.
I<Error:> Cannot include reply source as
$include
.
Unknown alternative
for
the C<include> option of L<reply()|Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/
"Constructing a message"
>. Valid
choices are C<NO>, C<INLINE>, and C<ATTACH>.
I<Error:> Cannot
write
message to
$filename
: $!
When a modified or new message is written to disk, it is first written
to a temporary file in the folder directory. For some reason, it is
impossible to create this file.
I<Error:> Failed to move
$new
to
$filename
: $!
When a modified or new message is written to disk, it is first written
to a temporary file in the folder directory. Then, the new file is
moved to replace the existing file. Apparently, the latter fails.
I<Error:> No address to create forwarded to.
If a forward message is created, a destination address must be specified.
I<Error:> No
default
mailer found to
send
message.
The message L<
send
()|Mail::Message/
"The message"
> mechanism had not enough information to automatically
find a mail transfer agent to sent this message. Specify a mailer
explicitly using the C<via> options.
I<Error:> Only build() Mail::Message's; they are not in a folder yet
You may wish to construct a message to be stored in a some kind
of folder, but you need to
do
that in two steps. First, create a
normal L<Mail::Message|Mail::Message>, and then add it to the folder. During this
L<Mail::Box::addMessage()|Mail::Box/
"The folder"
> process, the message will get L<coerce()|Mail::Message/
"Internals"
>-d
into the right message type, adding storage information and the like.
I<Error:> Package
$package
does not implement
$method
.
Fatal error: the specific
package
(or one of its superclasses) does not
implement this method where it should. This message means that some other
related classes
do
implement this method however the class at hand does
not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author
of the
package
.
I<Error:> Unable to
read
delayed body.
For some reason, the header of the message could be
read
, but the body
cannot. Probably the file
has
disappeared or the permissions were
changed during the progress of the program.
I<Error:> Unable to
read
delayed head.
Mail::Box tries to be I<lazy>
with
respect to parsing messages. When a
directory organized folder is opened, only the filenames of messages are
collected. At first
use
, the messages are
read
from their file. Apperently,
a message is used
for
the first
time
here, but
has
disappeared or is
unreadible
for
some other reason.
I<Error:> bounce requires To, Cc, or Bcc
The message L<bounce()|Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce/
"Constructing a message"
> method forwards a received message off to someone
else
without modification; you must specified it's new destination.
If you have the urge not to specify any destination, you probably
are looking
for
L<reply()|Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/
"Constructing a message"
>. When you wish to modify the content,
use
L<forward()|Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/
"Constructing a message"
>.
I<Error:> forwardAttach requires a preamble object
I<Error:> forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble object
I<Error:>
no
rebuild rule
$name
defined
.
=head1 DETAILS
=head2 Labels
=head3 The .mh_sequences file
Typically, the file which contains the labels is called C<.mh_sequences>.
The MH messages are numbered from C<1>. As example content
for
C<.mh_sequences>:
cur: 93
unseen: 32 35-56 67-80
To generalize labels on messages, two are treated specially:
=over 4
=item * cur
The C<cur> specifies the number of the message where the user stopped
reading mail from this folder at
last
access. Internally in these
modules referred to as label C<current>.
=item * unseen
With C<unseen> is listed which message was never
read
.
This must be a mistake in the design of MH: it must be a source of
confusion. People should never
use
labels
with
a negation in the
name:
if
(
$seen
)
if
(!
$unseen
)
if
(!
$seen
)
if
(
$unseen
)
unless
(
$seen
)
unless
(
$unseen
)
So: label C<unseen> is translated into C<seen>
for
internal
use
.
=back
=head1 REFERENCES
=head1 COPYRIGHTS
Distribution version 2.063.
Written by Mark Overmeer (mark
@overmeer
.net). See the ChangeLog
for
other contributors.
Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.