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 2.046. 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.