NAME

Mail::Box::Maildir::Message - one message in a Maildir folder

CLASS HIERARCHY

 Mail::Box::Maildir::Message
 is a Mail::Box::Dir::Message
 is a Mail::Box::Message
 is a Mail::Message + ::Construct
 is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

 my $folder = new Mail::Box::Maildir ...
 my $message = $folder->message(10);

DESCRIPTION

A Mail::Box::Maildir::Message represents one message in an Maildir-folder. Each message is stored in a separate file.

The bottom of this page provides more details about details about the implementation, but first the use.

METHOD INDEX

Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Message (MM), Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Box::Message (MBM), Mail::Message::Construct (MMC), Mail::Box::Dir::Message (MBDM).

The general methods for Mail::Box::Maildir::Message objects:

   MM bcc                               MM label LABEL [,VALUE [LABEL,...
  MMC bounce OPTIONS                    MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]
  MMC build [MESSAGE|BODY], CONTENT     MM messageId
  MMC buildFromBody BODY, HEADERS       MM modified [BOOL]
   MM cc                                   new OPTIONS
  MBM copyTo FOLDER                     MM nrLines
   MM date                              MM parent
   MM decoded OPTIONS                   MM parts
  MBM delete                            MM print [FILEHANDLE]
  MBM deleted [BOOL]                    MM printUndisclosed [FILEHANDLE]
   MM destinations                     MMC read FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-...
   MM encode OPTIONS                   MMC reply OPTIONS
   MR errors                           MMC replyPrelude [STRING|FIELD|...
      filename [FILENAME]              MMC replySubject STRING
  MBM folder [FOLDER]                   MR report [LEVEL]
  MMC forward OPTIONS                   MR reportAll [LEVEL]
  MMC forwardPostlude                   MM send [MAILER], OPTIONS
  MMC forwardPrelude                   MBM seqnr [INTEGER]
  MMC forwardSubject STRING            MBM shortString
   MM from                              MM size
   MM get FIELD                         MM subject
   MM guessTimestamp                    MM timestamp
   MM isDummy                           MM to
   MM isMultipart                       MM toplevel
   MM isPart                            MR trace [LEVEL]

The extra methods for extension writers:

   MR AUTOLOAD                             labelsToFilename
   MM DESTROY                           MM labelsToStatus
   MM body [BODY]                     MBDM loadHead
   MM clone                             MR logPriority LEVEL
   MM coerce MESSAGE                    MR logSettings
 MBDM create FILENAME                   MR notImplemented
  MBM diskDelete                      MBDM parser
      guessTimestamp                   MBM readBody PARSER, HEAD [, BO...
   MM head [HEAD]                       MM readFromParser PARSER, [BOD...
   MR inGlobalDestruction               MM readHead PARSER [,CLASS]
   MM isDelayed                         MM statusToLabels
   MM labels                            MM storeBody BODY

METHODS

new OPTIONS

Messages in directory-based folders use the following options:

 OPTION      DESCRIBED IN            DEFAULT
 body        Mail::Message           undef
 deleted     Mail::Box::Message      0
 filename    Mail::Box::Maildir::Message  undef
 folder      Mail::Box::Message      <required>
 head        Mail::Message           undef
 head_wrap   Mail::Message           undef
 log         Mail::Reporter          'WARNINGS'
 messageId   Mail::Message           undef
 modified    Mail::Message           0
 size        Mail::Box::Message      undef
 trace       Mail::Reporter          'WARNINGS'
 trusted     Mail::Message           0

Only for extension writers:

 OPTION      DESCRIBED IN            DEFAULT
 body_type   Mail::Box::Message      <not used>
 field_type  Mail::Message           undef
 head_type   Mail::Message           'Mail::Message::Head::Complete'

• filename => FILENAME

  The file where the message is stored in on the moment. For maildir messages, this name can change all the time.

filename [FILENAME]

Returns the current filename for this message. If the FILENAME argument is specified, a new filename will be set. For maildir messages this means that modifications are immediately performed: there will be a rename (move) from the old name to the new name. Labels may change within in the message object as well.

METHODS for extension writers

labelsToFilename

When the labels on a message change, this may implicate a change in the message's filename. The change will take place immediately.

guessTimestamp

The filename of a Mail::Box::Maildir::Message contains a timestamp. This is a wild guess about the actual time of sending of the message: it is the time of receipt which may be seconds to hours off. But is still a good guess... When the message header is not parsed, then this date is used.

SEE ALSO

Mail::Box-Overview

AUTHOR

Mark Overmeer (mailbox@overmeer.net). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

VERSION

This code is beta, version 2.012.

Copyright (c) 2001 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.