NAME
Mail::Box::File::Message - one message in a Mbox folder
INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::File::Message
is a Mail::Box::Message
is a Mail::Message
is a Mail::Reporter
Mail::Box::File::Message is extended by
Mail::Box::Dbx::Message
Mail::Box::Mbox::Message
SYNOPSIS
my $folder = new Mail::Box::File folder => $ENV{MAIL}, ...;
my $message = $folder->message(0);
DESCRIPTION
Maintain one message in an file based folder, any Mail::Box::File extension.
METHODS
Constructors
$obj->clone(OPTIONS)
Mail::Box::File::Message->new(OPTIONS)
Messages in file-based folders use the following options for creation:
Option --Defined in --Default
body Mail::Message undef
body_type Mail::Box::Message <from folder>
deleted Mail::Message <false>
field_type Mail::Message undef
folder Mail::Box::Message <required>
from_line undef
head Mail::Message undef
head_type Mail::Message Mail::Message::Head::Complete
labels Mail::Message {}
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
messageId Mail::Message undef
modified Mail::Message <false>
size Mail::Box::Message undef
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
trusted Mail::Message <false>
. body => OBJECT
. body_type => CODE|CLASS
. deleted => BOOLEAN
. field_type => CLASS
. folder => FOLDER
. from_line => STRING
The line which begins each message in the file. Some people detest this line, but this is just how things were invented...
. head => OBJECT
. head_type => CLASS
. labels => ARRAY|HASH
. log => LEVEL
. messageId => STRING
. modified => BOOLEAN
. size => INTEGER
. trace => LEVEL
. trusted => BOOLEAN
Constructing a message
$obj->bounce([RG-OBJECT|OPTIONS])
Mail::Box::File::Message->build([MESSAGE|PART|BODY], CONTENT)
Mail::Box::File::Message->buildFromBody(BODY, [HEAD], HEADERS)
$obj->forward(OPTIONS)
$obj->forwardAttach(OPTIONS)
$obj->forwardEncapsulate(OPTIONS)
$obj->forwardInline(OPTIONS)
$obj->forwardNo(OPTIONS)
$obj->forwardPostlude
$obj->forwardPrelude
$obj->forwardSubject(STRING)
Mail::Box::File::Message->read(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS)
$obj->rebuild(OPTIONS)
$obj->reply(OPTIONS)
$obj->replyPrelude([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS])
$obj->replySubject(STRING)
Mail::Box::File::Message->replySubject(STRING)
The message
$obj->container
$obj->copyTo(FOLDER, OPTIONS)
$obj->escapedBody
Mbox folders contain multiple messages in one file, using a separator line to keep them apart. Typically, these lines start with "From ". Lines within the message could interfere with this separator, and should therefore be translated.
This method will return the escaped text of the body as reference.
$obj->folder([FOLDER])
$obj->fromLine([LINE])
Many people detest file-style folders because they store messages all in one file, where a line starting with From
leads the header. If we receive a message from a file-based folder, we store that line. If we write to such a file, but there is no such line stored, then we try to generate one.
If LINE is provided, then the starting line is set to this value.
$obj->isDummy
$obj->isPart
$obj->messageId
$obj->moveTo(FOLDER, OPTIONS)
$obj->print([FILEHANDLE])
$obj->send([MAILER], OPTIONS)
$obj->seqnr([INTEGER])
$obj->size
$obj->toplevel
$obj->write([FILEHANDLE])
Write one message to a file handle. It is the message including the leading 'From ' line and trailing blank. The From-line may interfere with lines in the body: those lines are escaped with an extra '>'.
example:
$msg->write(\*FILE); # print the message with encaps to FILE
$msg->write; # message with encaps to selected filehandle
$msg->print(\*FILE); # the message without encaps.
The header
$obj->bcc
$obj->cc
$obj->date
$obj->destinations
$obj->from
$obj->get(FIELDNAME)
$obj->guessTimestamp
$obj->head([HEAD])
$obj->nrLines
$obj->sender
$obj->study(FIELDNAME)
$obj->subject
$obj->timestamp
$obj->to
The body
$obj->body([BODY])
$obj->contentType
$obj->decoded(OPTIONS)
$obj->encode(OPTIONS)
$obj->isMultipart
$obj->isNested
$obj->parts(['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER])
Flags
$obj->delete
$obj->deleted([BOOLEAN])
$obj->isDeleted
$obj->isModified
$obj->label(LABEL|PAIRS)
$obj->labels
$obj->labelsToStatus
$obj->modified([BOOLEAN])
$obj->statusToLabels
The whole message as text
$obj->file
$obj->lines
$obj->printStructure([FILEHANDLE|undef],[INDENT])
$obj->string
Internals
$obj->clonedFrom
Mail::Box::File::Message->coerce(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)
$obj->diskDelete
$obj->fileLocation
Returns the location of the whole message including the from-line. In LIST context, both begin and end are returned. In SCALAR context, only the begin is passed back.
$obj->isDelayed
$obj->loadBody
$obj->moveLocation(DISTANCE)
The message is relocated in the file, being moved over DISTANCE bytes. Setting a new location will update the according information in the header and body.
$obj->readBody(PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE])
$obj->readFromParser(PARSER)
Read one message from a Mail::Box::File based folder, including the leading message separator.
$obj->readHead(PARSER [,CLASS])
$obj->recursiveRebuildPart(PART, OPTIONS)
$obj->storeBody(BODY)
$obj->takeMessageId([STRING])
Error handling
$obj->AUTOLOAD
$obj->addReport(OBJECT)
$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Box::File::Message->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
$obj->errors
$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Box::File::Message->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
Mail::Box::File::Message->logPriority(LEVEL)
$obj->logSettings
$obj->notImplemented
$obj->report([LEVEL])
$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
$obj->shortSize([VALUE])
Mail::Box::File::Message->shortSize([VALUE])
$obj->shortString
$obj->trace([LEVEL])
$obj->warnings
Cleanup
$obj->DESTROY
$obj->destruct
$obj->inGlobalDestruction
DETAILS
DIAGNOSTICS
Error: Cannot coerce a $class object into a $class object
Error: Cannot include forward source as $include.
Unknown alternative for the forward(include). Valid choices are NO
, INLINE
, ATTACH
, and ENCAPSULATE
.
Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.
Unknown alternative for the include
option of reply(). Valid choices are NO
, INLINE
, and ATTACH
.
Error: Method bounce requires To, Cc, or Bcc
The message bounce() 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 reply(). When you wish to modify the content, use forward().
Error: Method forwardAttach requires a preamble
Error: Method forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble
Error: No address to create forwarded to.
If a forward message is created, a destination address must be specified.
Error: No default mailer found to send message.
The message send() mechanism had not enough information to automatically find a mail transfer agent to sent this message. Specify a mailer explicitly using the via
options.
Error: No rebuild rule $name defined.
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 Mail::Message, and then add it to the folder. During this Mail::Box::addMessage() process, the message will get coerce()-d into the right message type, adding storage information and the like.
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.
Error: Unable to read delayed body.
Error: coercion starts with some object
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.084, built on September 26, 2008. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2008 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html