Mail::Box::MH::MessageUser Contributed Perl DocumentaMail::Box::MH::Message(3)NAMEMail::Box::MH::Message - one message in an MH-folder
INHERITANCEMail::Box::MH::Message
is a Mail::Box::Dir::Message
is a Mail::Box::Message
is a Mail::Message
is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS
my $folder = new Mail::Box::MH ...
my $message = $folder->message(10);
DESCRIPTION
A "Mail::Box::MH::Message" represents one message in an Mail::Box::MH
folder . Each message is stored in a separate file, as for all
Mail::Box::Dir folder types.
METHODS
Constructors
$obj->clone(OPTIONS)
See "Constructors" in Mail::Message
Mail::Box::MH::Message->new(OPTIONS)
See "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Dir::Message
Constructing a message
$obj->bounce([RG-OBJECT|OPTIONS])
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce
Mail::Box::MH::Message->build([MESSAGE|PART|BODY], CONTENT)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build
Mail::Box::MH::Message->buildFromBody(BODY, [HEAD], HEADERS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build
$obj->forward(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardAttach(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardEncapsulate(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardInline(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardNo(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardPostlude
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardPrelude
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
$obj->forwardSubject(STRING)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
Mail::Box::MH::Message->read(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES,
OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Read
$obj->rebuild(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild
$obj->reply(OPTIONS)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply
$obj->replyPrelude([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS])
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply
$obj->replySubject(STRING)
Mail::Box::MH::Message->replySubject(STRING)
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply
The message
$obj->container
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->copyTo(FOLDER, OPTIONS)
See "The message" in Mail::Box::Message
$obj->filename([FILENAME])
See "The message" in Mail::Box::Dir::Message
$obj->folder([FOLDER])
See "The message" in Mail::Box::Message
$obj->isDummy
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->isPart
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->messageId
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->moveTo(FOLDER, OPTIONS)
See "The message" in Mail::Box::Message
$obj->print([FILEHANDLE])
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->send([MAILER], OPTIONS)
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->seqnr([INTEGER])
The order of this message in the folder, counted from zero. Do not
change the number (unless you understand the implications).
WARNING: This sequence number has nothing to do with the message's
filename, which in case of MH folders are also numbers! If you
need that one, use the File::Basename subroutine basename of the
filename.
$obj->size
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->toplevel
See "The message" in Mail::Message
$obj->write([FILEHANDLE])
See "The message" in Mail::Message
The header
$obj->bcc
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->cc
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->date
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->destinations
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->from
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->get(FIELDNAME)
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->guessTimestamp
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->head([HEAD])
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->nrLines
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->sender
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->study(FIELDNAME)
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->subject
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->timestamp
See "The header" in Mail::Message
$obj->to
See "The header" in Mail::Message
The body
$obj->body([BODY])
See "The body" in Mail::Message
$obj->contentType
See "The body" in Mail::Message
$obj->decoded(OPTIONS)
See "The body" in Mail::Message
$obj->encode(OPTIONS)
See "The body" in Mail::Message
$obj->isMultipart
See "The body" in Mail::Message
$obj->isNested
See "The body" in Mail::Message
$obj->parts(['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER])
See "The body" in Mail::Message
Flags
$obj->delete
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->deleted([BOOLEAN])
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->isDeleted
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->isModified
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->label(LABEL|PAIRS)
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->labels
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->labelsToStatus
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->modified([BOOLEAN])
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
$obj->statusToLabels
See "Flags" in Mail::Message
The whole message as text
$obj->file
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
$obj->lines
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
$obj->printStructure([FILEHANDLE|undef],[INDENT])
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
$obj->string
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
Internals
$obj->clonedFrom
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
Mail::Box::MH::Message->coerce(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->create(FILENAME)
See "Internals" in Mail::Box::Dir::Message
$obj->diskDelete
See "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message
$obj->isDelayed
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->loadBody
See "Internals" in Mail::Box::Dir::Message
$obj->loadHead
See "Internals" in Mail::Box::Dir::Message
$obj->parser
See "Internals" in Mail::Box::Dir::Message
$obj->readBody(PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE])
See "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message
$obj->readFromParser(PARSER, [BODYTYPE])
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->readHead(PARSER [,CLASS])
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->recursiveRebuildPart(PART, OPTIONS)
See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild
$obj->storeBody(BODY)
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->takeMessageId([STRING])
See "Internals" in Mail::Message
Error handling
$obj->AUTOLOAD
See "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Construct
$obj->addReport(OBJECT)
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Box::MH::Message->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL,
TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Box::MH::Message->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
Mail::Box::MH::Message->logPriority(LEVEL)
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logSettings
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->report([LEVEL])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->shortSize([VALUE])
Mail::Box::MH::Message->shortSize([VALUE])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Message
$obj->shortString
See "Error handling" in Mail::Message
$obj->trace([LEVEL])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
Cleanup
$obj->DESTROY
See "Cleanup" in Mail::Message
$obj->destruct
See "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Message
$obj->inGlobalDestruction
See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DETAILS
Structure of a Message
The header
The body
Message object implementation
Message class implementation
Labels
Predefined labels
Status and X-Status fields
The .mh_sequences file
Typically, the file which contains the labels is called
".mh_sequences". The MH messages are numbered from 1. As example
content for ".mh_sequences":
cur: 93
unseen: 32 35-56 67-80
To generalize labels on messages, two are treated specially:
· cur
The "cur" specifies the number of the message where the user
stopped reading mail from this folder at last access. Internally
in these modules referred to as label "current".
· unseen
With "unseen" is listed which message was never read. This must be
a mistake in the design of MH: it must be a source of confusion.
People should never use labels with a negation in the name:
if($seen) if(!$unseen) #yuk!
if(!$seen) if($unseen)
unless($seen) unless($unseen) #yuk!
So: label "unseen" is translated into "seen" for internal use.
DIAGNOSTICS
Error: Cannot coerce a $class object into a $class object
Error: Cannot create parser for $filename.
For some reason (the previous message have told you already) it was
not possible to create a message parser for the specified filename.
Error: Cannot include forward source as $include.
Unknown alternative for the forward(include). Valid choices are
"NO", "INLINE", "ATTACH", and "ENCAPSULATE".
Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.
Unknown alternative for the "include" option of reply(). Valid
choices are "NO", "INLINE", and "ATTACH".
Error: Cannot write message to $filename: $!
When a modified or new message is written to disk, it is first
written to a temporary file in the folder directory. For some
reason, it is impossible to create this file.
Error: Failed to move $new to $filename: $!
When a modified or new message is written to disk, it is first
written to a temporary file in the folder directory. Then, the new
file is moved to replace the existing file. Apparently, the latter
fails.
Error: Method bounce requires To, Cc, or Bcc
The message bounce() method forwards a received message off to
someone else without modification; you must specified it's new
destination. If you have the urge not to specify any destination,
you probably are looking for reply(). When you wish to modify the
content, use forward().
Error: Method forwardAttach requires a preamble
Error: Method forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble
Error: No address to create forwarded to.
If a forward message is created, a destination address must be
specified.
Error: No default mailer found to send message.
The message send() mechanism had not enough information to
automatically find a mail transfer agent to sent this message.
Specify a mailer explicitly using the "via" options.
Error: No rebuild rule $name defined.
Error: Only build() Mail::Message's; they are not in a folder yet
You may wish to construct a message to be stored in a some kind of
folder, but you need to do that in two steps. First, create a
normal Mail::Message, and then add it to the folder. During this
Mail::Box::addMessage() process, the message will get coerce()-d
into the right message type, adding storage information and the
like.
Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does
not implement this method where it should. This message means that
some other related classes do implement this method however the
class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and
probably inform the author of the package.
Error: Unable to read delayed body.
For some reason, the header of the message could be read, but the
body cannot. Probably the file has disappeared or the permissions
were changed during the progress of the program.
Error: Unable to read delayed head.
Mail::Box tries to be lazy with respect to parsing messages. When
a directory organized folder is opened, only the filenames of
messages are collected. At first use, the messages are read from
their file. Apperently, a message is used for the first time here,
but has disappeared or is unreadible for some other reason.
Error: coercion starts with some object
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.097, built on
January 26, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2011 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see
ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself. See
http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
perl v5.14.1 2011-01-26 Mail::Box::MH::Message(3)
