NAME

Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet - translate Mail::Message to Mail::Internet vv

CLASS HIERARCHY

 Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet
 is a Mail::Message::Convert
 is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

 use Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet;
 my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;

 my Mail::Message  $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
 my Mail::Internet $intern = $convert->export($msg);

 my Mail::Internet $intern = Mail::Internet->new;
 my Mail::Message  $msg    = $convert->from($intern);

 use Mail::Box::Manager;
 my $mgr     = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
 my $folder  = $mgr->open(folder => 'Outbox');
 $folder->addMessage($intern);

DESCRIPTION

The Mail::Internet class of message is very popular for all kinds of message applications written in Perl. However, the format was developed when e-mail messages where still small and attachments where rare; Mail::Message is much more flexible in this respect.

METHOD INDEX

Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Message::Convert (MMC).

The general methods for Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet objects:

   MR errors                            MR report [LEVEL]
      export MESSAGE, OPTIONS           MR reportAll [LEVEL]
      from OBJECT, OPTIONS              MR trace [LEVEL]
   MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]            MR warnings
      new OPTIONS

The extra methods for extension writers:

   MR AUTOLOAD                          MR logSettings
   MR DESTROY                           MR notImplemented
   MR inGlobalDestruction              MMC selectedFields HEAD
   MR logPriority LEVEL

METHODS

new OPTIONS

 OPTIONS         DESCRIBED IN           DEFAULT
 log             Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'
 trace           Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'

export MESSAGE, OPTIONS

Returns a new message object based on the information from a Mail::Message object. The MESSAGE specified is an instance of a Mail::Message.

Examples:

 my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;
 my Mail::Message  $msg   = Mail::Message->new;
 my Mail::Internet $copy  = $convert->export($msg);

from OBJECT, OPTIONS

Returns a new Mail::Message object based on the information from an message-type which is strange to the Mail::Box set of modules.

Examples:

 my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;
 my Mail::Internet $msg  = Mail::Internet->new;
 my Mail::Message  $copy = $convert->from($msg);

SEE ALSO

Mail::Box-Overview

For support and additional documentation, see http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

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 2.017.

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.