NAME

Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity - translate Mail::Message to MIME::Entity vv

CLASS INHERITANCE

Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity is a Mail::Message::Convert is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

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

 my Mail::Message $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
 my MIME::Entity  $entity = $convert->export($msg);

 my MIME::Entity  $entity = MIME::Entity->new;
 my Mail::Message $msg    = $convert->from($entity);

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

DESCRIPTION

The MIME::Entity extends Mail::Internet message with multiparts and more methods. The Mail::Message objects are more flexible in how the message parts are stored, and uses separate header and body objects.

METHODS

Initiation

new OPTIONS

 OPTION               DEFAULT
 fields               <see description>
 log                  'WARNINGS'
 trace                'WARNINGS'

fields => NAMES|ARRAY-OF-NAMES|REGEXS

See Mail::Message::Convert::new(fields)

log => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(log)

trace => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(trace)

Converting

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::MimeEntity->new;
 my Mail::Message $msg  = Mail::Message->new;
 my MIME::Entity  $copy = $convert->export($msg);

from OBJECT, [CONTAINER]

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::MimeEntity->new;
 my MIME::Entity  $msg  = MIME::Entity->new;
 my Mail::Message $copy = $convert->from($msg);

selectedFields HEAD

See Mail::Message::Convert::selectedFields()

Logging and Tracing

defaultTrace [LEVEL, [LEVEL]

See Mail::Reporter::defaultTrace()

errors

See Mail::Reporter::errors()

log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]

See Mail::Reporter::log()

report [LEVEL]

See Mail::Reporter::report()

reportAll [LEVEL]

See Mail::Reporter::reportAll()

trace [LEVEL]

See Mail::Reporter::trace()

warnings

See Mail::Reporter::warnings()

Other Methods

AUTOLOAD

See Mail::Reporter::AUTOLOAD()

DESTROY

See Mail::Reporter::DESTROY()

inGlobalDestruction

See Mail::Reporter::inGlobalDestruction()

logPriority LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::logPriority()

logSettings

See Mail::Reporter::logSettings()

notImplemented

See Mail::Reporter::notImplemented()

SEE ALSO

A good start to read is Mail::Box-Overview. More documentation and a mailinglist are available from the project's website at http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/.

AUTHOR

Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net) with the help of many. See the ChangeLog for details.

VERSION

This code is beta, version 2.034.

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 by the authors. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.