NAME
Mail::Message::Construct::Text - capture a Mail::Message as text
SYNOPSIS
my $text = $msg->string;
my $text = "$msg"; # via overload
my @text = $msg->lines;
my @text = @$lines; # via overload
my $fh = $msg->file;
my $line = <$fh>;
$msg->printStructure;DESCRIPTION
Complex functionality on Mail::Message objects is implemented in different files which are autoloaded. This file implements the functionality related to creating message replies.
METHODS
The whole message as text
$obj->file
Returns the message as file-handle.
$obj->lines
Returns the whole message as set of lines. In LIST context, copies of the lines are returned. In SCALAR context, a reference to an array of lines is returned.
$obj->printStructure([FILEHANDLE][, INDENT])
Print the structure of a message to the selected filehandle. The message's subject and the types of all composing parts are displayed.
INDENT specifies the initial indentation string: it is added in front of each line, and SHALL end with a blank, if specified.
Example:
my $msg = ...;
$msg->printStructure(\*OUTPUT);
$msg->printStructure;
# Possible output for one message:
multipart/mixed: forwarded message from Pietje Puk (1550 bytes)
text/plain (164 bytes)
message/rfc822 (1043 bytes)
multipart/alternative: A multipart alternative (942 bytes)
text/plain (148 bytes, deleted)
text/html (358 bytes)$obj->string
Returns the whole message as string.
REFERENCES
See the MailBox website at http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/ for more details.
COPYRIGHTS
Distribution version 2.044. Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net). See the ChangeLog for other contributors.
Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.