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NAME

Mail::Box::Dir::Message - one message in a direcory-organized folder

CLASS HIERARCHY

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

A Mail::Box::Dir::Message represents one message in a directory organized folder; each message is stored in a separate file. At the moment, two of these folder types are implemented:

  • MH

  • Maildir

METHOD INDEX

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

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

   MM bcc                              MMC lines
  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 ['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELE...
  MBM delete                            MM print [FILEHANDLE]
  MBM deleted [BOOL]                   MMC printStructure [INDENT]
   MM destinations                     MMC read FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-...
   MM encode OPTIONS                   MMC reply OPTIONS
   MR errors                           MMC replyPrelude [STRING|FIELD|...
  MMC file                             MMC replySubject STRING
      filename [FILENAME]               MR report [LEVEL]
  MBM folder [FOLDER]                   MR reportAll [LEVEL]
  MMC forward OPTIONS                   MM send [MAILER], OPTIONS
  MMC forwardPostlude                  MBM seqnr [INTEGER]
  MMC forwardPrelude                   MBM shortString
  MMC forwardSubject STRING             MM size
   MM from                             MMC string
   MM get FIELD                         MM subject
   MM guessTimestamp                    MM timestamp
   MM isDummy                           MM to
   MM isMultipart                       MM toplevel
   MM isPart                            MR trace [LEVEL]
   MM label LABEL [,VALUE [LABEL,...    MR warnings

The extra methods for extension writers:

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

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::Dir::Message  undef
 folder      Mail::Box::Message       <required>
 head        Mail::Message            undef
 head_wrap   Mail::Message            undef
 labels      Mail::Box::Message       []
 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.

filename [FILENAME]

Returns the name of the file in which this message is actually stored. This will return undef when the message is not stored in a file.

METHODS for extension writers

parser

Create and return a parser for this message (-file).

loadHead

This method is called by the autoloader when the header of the message is needed.

create FILENAME

Create the message in the specified file. If the message already has a filename and is not modified, then a move is tried. Otherwise the message is printed to the file. If the FILENAME already exists for this message, nothing is done. In any case, the new FILENAME is set as well.

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 2.018.

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.