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Mail::Internet(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Internet(3)
NAME
Mail::Internet - manipulate Internet format (RFC 822) mail messages
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Internet;
DESCRIPTION
This package provides a class object which can be used for reading, creating,
manipulating and writing a message with RFC822 compliant headers.
If you start writing a new application, you may want to use the Mail::Box set of
packages (requires perl 5.6.1), which has more features and handles modern messages
much better. See <http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/>.
CONSTRUCTOR
new ( [ ARG ], [ OPTIONS ] )
"ARG" is optional and may be either a file descriptor (reference to a GLOB) or
a reference to an array. If given the new object will be initialized with head-
ers and body either from the array of read from the file descriptor.
"OPTIONS" is a list of options given in the form of key-value pairs, just like
a hash table. Valid options are
Header The value of this option should be a "Mail::Header" object. If given
then "Mail::Internet" will not attempt to read a mail header from
"ARG", if it was specified.
Body The value of this option should be a reference to an array which con-
tains the lines for the body of the message. Each line should be termi-
nated with "\n" (LF). If Body is given then "Mail::Internet" will not
attempt to read the body from "ARG" (even if it is specified).
The Mail::Header options "Modify", "MailFrom" and "FoldLength" may also be
given.
METHODS
body ( [ BODY ] )
Returns the body of the message. This is a reference to an array. Each entry
in the array represents a single line in the message.
If BODY is given, it can be a reference to an array or an array, then the body
will be replaced. If a reference is passed, it is used directly and not copied,
so any subsequent changes to the array will change the contents of the body.
print_header ( [ FILEHANDLE ] )
print_body ( [ FILEHANDLE ] )
print ( [ FILEHANDLE ] )
Print the header, body or whole message to file descriptor FILEHANDLE. $fd
should be a reference to a GLOB. If FILEHANDLE is not given the output will be
sent to STDOUT.
$mail->print( \*STDOUT ); # Print message to STDOUT
as_string ()
Returns the message as a single string.
as_mbox_string ( [ ALREADY_ESCAPED ] )
Returns the message as a string in mbox format. "ALREADY_ESCAPED", if given
and true, indicates that ->escape_from has already been called on this object.
head ()
Returns the "Mail::Header" object which holds the headers for the current mes-
sage
UTILITY METHODS
The following methods are more a utility type than a manipulation type of method.
remove_sig ( [ NLINES ] )
Attempts to remove a users signature from the body of a message. It does this
by looking for a line equal to '-- ' within the last "NLINES" of the message.
If found then that line and all lines after it will be removed. If "NLINES" is
not given a default value of 10 will be used. This would be of most use in
auto-reply scripts.
tidy_body ()
Removes all leading and trailing lines from the body that only contain white
spaces.
reply ()
Create a new object with header initialised for a reply to the current object.
And the body will be a copy of the current message indented.
add_signature ( [ FILE ] )
Append a signature to the message. "FILE" is a file which contains the signa-
ture, if not given then the file "$ENV{HOME}/.signature" will be checked for.
send ( [ type [ args.. ]] )
Send a Mail::Internet message using Mail::Mailer. Type and args are passed on
to "Mail::Mailer"
smtpsend ( [ OPTIONS ] )
Send a Mail::Internet message via SMTP, requires Net::SMTP
The return value will be a list of email addresses that the message was sent
to. If the message was not sent the list will be empty.
Options are passed as key-value pairs. Current options are
Host
Name of the SMTP server to connect to, or a Net::SMTP object to use
If "Host" is not given then the SMTP host is found by attempting connec-
tions first to hosts specified in $ENV{SMTPHOSTS}, a colon separated list,
then "mailhost" and "localhost".
MailFrom
The e-mail address which is used as sender. By default, the mailaddress()
method provides the address of the sender.
To
Cc
Bcc Send the email to the given addresses, each can be either a string or a
reference to a list of email addresses. If none of "To", <Cc> or "Bcc" are
given then the addresses are extracted from the message being sent.
Hello
Send a HELO (or EHLO) command to the server with the given name.
Port
Port number to connect to on remote host
Debug
Debug value to pass to Net::SMPT, see <Net::SMTP>
nntppost ( [ OPTIONS ] )
Post an article via NNTP, requires Net::NNTP.
Options are passed as key-value pairs. Current options are
Host
Name of NNTP server to connect to, or a Net::NNTP object to use.
Port
Port number to connect to on remote host
Debug
Debug value to pass to Net::NNTP, see <Net::NNTP>
escape_from ()
It can cause problems with some applications if a message contains a line
starting with 'From ', in particular when attempting to split a folder. This
method inserts a leading "'"'> on anyline that matches the regular expression
"/^"*From/>
unescape_from ()
This method will remove the escaping added by escape_from
SEE ALSO
Mail::Header Mail::Address
AUTHOR
Graham Barr. Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools AT overmeer.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Mark Overmeer, 1995-2001 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.
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