NAME

Net::IMAP::Simple - Perl extension for simple IMAP account handling.

SYNOPSIS

    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use Net::IMAP::Simple;
    use Email::Simple;

    # Create the object
    my $imap = Net::IMAP::Simple->new('imap.example.com') ||
       die "Unable to connect to IMAP: $Net::IMAP::Simple::errstr\n";

    # Log on
    if(!$imap->login('user','pass')){
        print STDERR "Login failed: " . $imap->errstr . "\n";
        exit(64);
    }

    # Print the subject's of all the messages in the INBOX
    my $nm = $imap->select('INBOX');

    for(my $i = 1; $i <= $nm; $i++){
        if($imap->seen($i)){
            print "*";
        } else {
            print " ";
        }

        my $es = Email::Simple->new(join '', @{ $imap->top($i) } );

        printf("[%03d] %s\n", $i, $es->header('Subject'));
    }

    $imap->quit;

DESCRIPTION

This module is a simple way to access IMAP accounts.

OBJECT CREATION METHOD

    my $imap = Net::IMAP::Simple->new( $server [ :port ]);

    # OR

    my $imap = Net::IMAP::Simple->new( $server [, option_name => option_value ] );

new

This class method constructs a new Net::IMAP::Simple object. It takes one required parameter which is the server to connect to, and additional optional parameters.

The server parameter may specify just the server, or both the server and port number. To specify an alternate port, seperate it from the server with a colon (:), example.com:5143.

On success an object is returned. On failure, nothing is returned and an error message is set to $Net::IMAP::Simple.

Options are provided as a hash to new():

port => int

Assign the port number (default: 143)

timeout => int (default: 90)

Connection timeout in seconds.

retry => int (default: 1)

Attempt to retry the connection attmpt (x) times before giving up

retry_delay => int (default: 5)

Wait (x) seconds before retrying a connection attempt

use_v6 => BOOL

If set to true, attempt to use IPv6 sockets rather than IPv4 sockets.

This option requires the IO::Socket::INET6 module

use_ssl => BOOL

If set to true, attempt to use IO::Socket::SSL sockets rather than vanilla sockets.

This option requires the IO::Socket::SSL module

bindaddr => str

Assign a local address to bind

use_select_cache => BOOL

Enable select() caching internally

select_cache_ttl => int

The number of seconds to allow a select cache result live before running $imap-select()> again.

debug => BOOL | \*HANDLE

Enable debugging output. If \*HANDLE is a valid file handle, debugging will be written to it. Otherwise debugging will be written to STDOUT

METHODS

starttls

    $imap->starttls;

If you start an IMAP session and wish to upgrade to SSL later, you can use this function to start TLS. This function will try to require IO::Socket::SSL and Net::SSLeay at runtime.

login

  my $inbox_msgs = $imap->login($user, $passwd);

This method takes two required parameters, a username and password. This pair is authenticated against the server. If authentication is successful TRUE (1) will be returned

Nothing is returned on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

select

    my $num_messages = $imap->select($folder);

Selects a folder named in the single required parameter. The number of messages in that folder is returned on success. On failure, nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

examine

This is very nearly a synonym for select(). The only real difference is that the EXAMINE command is sent to the server instead of SELECT. Net::IMAP::Simple is otherwise unaware of the read-only-ness of the mailbox.

messages

    print "Messages in Junk Mail -- " . $imap->messages("INBOX.Junk Mail") .  "\n";

This method is an alias for $imap-select>

flags

    print "Avaliable server flags: " . join(", ", $imap->flags) . "\n";

This method accepts an optional folder name and returns the current avaliable server flags as a list, for the selected folder. If no folder name is provided the last folder $imap->select'ed will be used.

This method uses caching.

recent

    print "Recent messages value: " . $imap->recent . "\n";

This method accepts an optional folder name and returns the 'RECENT' value provided durning a SELECT result set. If no folder name is provided the last folder $imap->select'ed will be used.

This method uses caching.

unseen

    print "Unseen messages value: " . $imap->unseen . "\n";

This method accepts an optional folder name and returns the 'UNSEEN' value provided darning a SELECT result set. If no folder name is provided the last folder $imap->select'ed will be used.

This method uses caching.

NOTE: The UNSEEN value varies from server to server, but according to the IMAP specification, it should be the number of the first unseen message, in the case the flag is provided. (If the flag is not provided, users would have to use the SEARCH command to find it -- not implemented.)

current_box

   print "Current Mail Box folder: " . $imap->current_box . "\n";

This method returns the current working mail box folder name.

top

    my $header = $imap->top( $message_number ); print for @{$header};

This method accepts a message number as its required parameter. That message will be retrieved from the currently selected folder. On success this method returns a list reference containing the lines of the header. Nothing is returned on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

seen

    print "Seen it!" if $imap->seen( $message_number );

A message number is the only required parameter for this method. The message's \Seen flag will be examined and if the message has been seen a true value is returned. All other failures return a false value and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

deleted

    print "Deleted!" if $imap->deleted( $message_number );

A message number is the only required parameter for this method. The message's \Deleted flag will be examined and if the message has been deleted a true value is returned. All other failures return a false value and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

list

    my $message_size  = $imap->list($message_number);
    my $mailbox_sizes = $imap->list;

This method returns size information for a message, as indicated in the single optional parameter, or all messages in a mailbox. When querying a single message a scalar value is returned. When listing the entire mailbox a hash is returned. On failure, nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

get

  my $message = $imap->get( $message_number ); print for @{$message};

This method fetches a message and returns its lines in a list reference. On failure, nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

put

  $imap->put( $mailbox_name, $message, @flags ) or warn $imap->errstr;

Save a message to the server under the folder named $mailbox_name. You may optionally specify flags for the mail (e.g. \Seen, \Answered), but they must start with a slash.

If $msg is an arrayref, the lines will be printed correctly.

msg_flags

    my @flags = $imap->msg_flags( $message_number );
    my $flags = $imap->msg_flags( $message_number );

    # aught to come out roughly the same
    print "Flags on message #$message_number: @flags\n";
    print "Flags on message #$message_number: $flags\n";

getfh

  my $file = $imap->getfh( $message_number ); print <$file>;

On success this method returns a file handle pointing to the message identified by the required parameter. On failure, nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

quit

  $imap->quit;

  OR

  $imap->quit(BOOL);

This method logs out of the IMAP server, expunges the selected mailbox, and closes the connection. No error message will ever be returned from this method.

Optionally if BOOL is TRUE (1) then a hard quit is preformed which closes the socket connection. This hard quit will still issue both EXPUNGE and LOGOUT commands however the response is ignored and the socket is closed after issuing the commands.

last

  my $message_number = $imap->last;

This method returns the message number of the last message in the selected mailbox, since the last time the mailbox was selected. On failure, nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

delete

  print "Gone!" if $imap->delete( $message_number );

This method sets the \Deleted flag on the given message. On success it returns true, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message. If the flag was already there, no error is produced.

undelete

  print "Resurrected!" if $imap->undelete( $message_number );

This method removes the \Deleted flag on the given message. On success it returns true, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message. If the flag wasn't there, no error is produced.

see

  print "You've seen message #$msgno" if $imap->see( $messageno );

This method sets the \Seen flag on the given message. On success it returns true, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message. If the flag was already there, no error is produced.

unsee

  print "You've not seen message #$msgno" if $imap->unsee( $messageno );

This method removes the \Seen flag on the given message. On success it returns true, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message. If the flag wasn't there, no error is produced.

add_flags

delete and see above really just call this function for those flags.

   $imap->add_flags( $msgno, qw(\Seen \Deleted) )
        or die $imap->errstr;

sub_flags

unsee above really just calls this function for that flag.

   $imap->sub_flags( $msgno, '\Seen' ) or die $imap->errstr;

mailboxes

  my @boxes   = $imap->mailboxes;
  my @folders = $imap->mailboxes("Mail/%");
  my @lists   = $imap->mailboxes("lists/perl/*", "/Mail/");

This method returns a list of mailboxes. When called with no arguments it recurses from the IMAP root to get all mailboxes. The first optional argument is a mailbox path and the second is the path reference. RFC 3501 section 6.3.8 has more information.

On failure nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

mailboxes_subscribed

  my @boxes   = $imap->mailboxes_subscribed;
  my @folders = $imap->mailboxes_subscribed("Mail/%");
  my @lists   = $imap->mailboxes_subscribed("lists/perl/*", "/Mail/");

This method returns a list of mailboxes subscribed to. When called with no arguments it recurses from the IMAP root to get all mailboxes. The first optional argument is a mailbox path and the second is the path reference. RFC 3501 has more information.

On failure nothing is returned and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

create_mailbox

  print "Created" if $imap->create_mailbox( "/Mail/lists/perl/advocacy" );

This method creates the mailbox named in the required argument. Returns true on success, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

expunge_mailbox

  print "Expunged" if $imap->expunge_mailbox( "/Mail/lists/perl/advocacy" );

This method removes all mail marked as deleted in the mailbox named in the required argument. Returns true on success, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

delete_mailbox

  print "Deleted" if $imap->delete_mailbox( "/Mail/lists/perl/advocacy" );

This method deletes the mailbox named in the required argument. Returns true on success, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

rename_mailbox

  print "Renamed" if $imap->rename_mailbox( $old => $new );

This method renames the mailbox in the first required argument to the mailbox named in the second required argument. Returns true on success, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

folder_subscribe

  print "Subscribed" if $imap->folder_subscribe( "/Mail/lists/perl/advocacy" );

This method subscribes to the folder. Returns true on success, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

folder_unsubscribe

  print "Unsubscribed" if $imap->folder_unsubscribe( "/Mail/lists/perl/advocacy" );

This method un-subscribes to the folder. Returns true on success, false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

copy

  print "copied" if $imap->copy( $message_number, $mailbox );

This method copies the message number in the currently selected mailbox to the fold specified in the second argument. Both arguments are required. On success this method returns true. Returns false on failure and the errstr() error handler is set with the error message.

errstr

 print "Login ERROR: " . $imap->errstr . "\n" if !$imap->login($user, $pass);

Return the last error string captured for the last operation which failed.

AUTHOR

Creator: Joao Fonseca <joao_g_fonseca@yahoo.com>
2004 maintainer: Casey West <casey@geeknst.com>
2005 maintainer: Colin Faber <cfaber@fpsn.net>
2009 maintainer: Paul Miller <jettero@cpan.org>

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