NAME

Mail::Message::Part - a part of a message, but a message by itself

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Message::Part
   is a Mail::Message
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

 my Mail::Message $message = ...;
 if($message->isMultipart) {
    my Mail::Message::Part $part;

    foreach $part ($message->body->parts) {
       $part->print(\*OUT);
       my $attached_head = $part->head;
       my $attached_body = $part->body;      # encoded as read
       my $attached_body = $part->decoded;   # transfer-encoding removed
    }
 }

DESCRIPTION

A Mail::Message::Part object contains a message which is included in the body of an other message. For instance attachments are parts.

READ Mail::Message FIRST. A part is a special message: it has a reference to its parent message, and will usually not be sub-classed into mail folder specific variants.

METHODS

$obj->printEscapedFrom(FILEHANDLE)

Prints the message part, but all lines which start with 'From ' will get a leading gt. See Mail::Message::Body::printEscapedFrom().

Constructors

$obj->clone(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message/"Constructors"

Mail::Message::Part->new(OPTIONS)

Create a message part.

 Option    --Defined in     --Default
 body        Mail::Message    undef
 body_type   Mail::Message    Mail::Message::Body::Lines
 container                    <required>
 deleted     Mail::Message    <false>
 field_type  Mail::Message    undef
 head        Mail::Message    <empty header>
 head_type   Mail::Message    Mail::Message::Head::Complete
 labels      Mail::Message    {}
 log         Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 messageId   Mail::Message    undef
 modified    Mail::Message    <false>
 trace       Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 trusted     Mail::Message    <false>

. body => OBJECT

. body_type => CLASS

. container => BODY

Reference to the parental Mail::Message::Body object where this part is a member of. That object may be a Mail::Message::Body::Multipart or a Mail::Message::Body::Nested.

. deleted => BOOLEAN

. field_type => CLASS

. head => OBJECT

. head_type => CLASS

. labels => ARRAY|HASH

. log => LEVEL

. messageId => STRING

. modified => BOOLEAN

. trace => LEVEL

. trusted => BOOLEAN

Constructing a message

$obj->bounce([RG-OBJECT|OPTIONS])

See Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce/"Constructing a message"

Mail::Message::Part->build([MESSAGE|PART|BODY], CONTENT)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Build/"Constructing a message"

Mail::Message::Part->buildFromBody(BODY, CONTAINER, HEADERS)

Shape a message part around a BODY. Bodies have information about their content in them, which is used to construct a header for the message. Next to that, more HEADERS can be specified. No headers are obligatory. No extra headers are fabricated automatically.

example:

 my $multi = Mail::Message::Body::Multipart->new;
 my $part  = Mail::Message::Part->buildFromBody($body, $multi);

$obj->forward(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardAttach(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardEncapsulate(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardInline(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardNo(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardPostlude

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardPrelude

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

$obj->forwardSubject(STRING)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/"Constructing a message"

Mail::Message::Part->read(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Read/"Constructing a message"

$obj->rebuild(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild/"Constructing a message"

$obj->reply(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/"Constructing a message"

$obj->replyPrelude([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS])

See Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/"Constructing a message"

$obj->replySubject(STRING)

Mail::Message::Part->replySubject(STRING)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Reply/"Constructing a message"

The message

$obj->container

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->isDummy

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->isPart

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->messageId

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->print([FILEHANDLE])

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->send([MAILER], OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->size

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->toplevel

See Mail::Message/"The message"

$obj->write([FILEHANDLE])

See Mail::Message/"The message"

The header

$obj->bcc

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->cc

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->date

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->destinations

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->from

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->get(FIELDNAME)

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->guessTimestamp

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->head([HEAD])

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->nrLines

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->sender

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->study(FIELDNAME)

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->subject

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->timestamp

See Mail::Message/"The header"

$obj->to

See Mail::Message/"The header"

The body

$obj->body([BODY])

See Mail::Message/"The body"

$obj->contentType

See Mail::Message/"The body"

$obj->decoded(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message/"The body"

$obj->encode(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message/"The body"

$obj->isMultipart

See Mail::Message/"The body"

$obj->isNested

See Mail::Message/"The body"

$obj->parts(['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER])

See Mail::Message/"The body"

Flags

$obj->delete

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->deleted([BOOLEAN])

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->isDeleted

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->isModified

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->label(LABEL|PAIRS)

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->labels

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->labelsToStatus

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->modified([BOOLEAN])

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

$obj->statusToLabels

See Mail::Message/"Flags"

The whole message as text

$obj->file

See Mail::Message::Construct::Text/"The whole message as text"

$obj->lines

See Mail::Message::Construct::Text/"The whole message as text"

$obj->printStructure([FILEHANDLE|undef],[INDENT])

See Mail::Message::Construct::Text/"The whole message as text"

$obj->string

See Mail::Message::Construct::Text/"The whole message as text"

Internals

$obj->clonedFrom

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

Mail::Message::Part->coerce(BODY|MESSAGE, MULTIPART, HEADERS)

Transforms a BODY or MESSAGE to a real message part. The MULTIPART refers to the parental body.

When ta BODY is specified, extra HEADERS can be supplied as well. Bodies are coerced into message parts by calling buildFromBody(). If you specify a MESSAGE residing in a folder, this message will automatically be cloned.

$obj->isDelayed

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

$obj->readBody(PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE])

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

$obj->readFromParser(PARSER, [BODYTYPE])

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

$obj->readHead(PARSER [,CLASS])

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

$obj->recursiveRebuildPart(PART, OPTIONS)

See Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild/"Internals"

$obj->storeBody(BODY)

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

$obj->takeMessageId([STRING])

See Mail::Message/"Internals"

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD

See Mail::Message::Construct/"METHODS"

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

Mail::Message::Part->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->errors

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Message::Part->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Message::Part->logPriority(LEVEL)

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->logSettings

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->notImplemented

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->report([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->shortSize([VALUE])

Mail::Message::Part->shortSize([VALUE])

See Mail::Message/"Error handling"

$obj->shortString

See Mail::Message/"Error handling"

$obj->trace([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->warnings

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY

See Mail::Message/"Cleanup"

$obj->destruct

Message parts can not be destructed per part: only whole messages can be forcefully freed from memory. Of course, you can delete() separate parts, which only sets a flag not to write a part again. Furthermore, you may cosider rebuild() to get rit of deleted parts.

$obj->inGlobalDestruction

See Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup"

DETAILS

DIAGNOSTICS

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: 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: You cannot destruct message parts, only whole messages

Message parts can not be destructed per part: only whole messages can be forcefully freed from memory. Consider delete() or rebuild().

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.082, built on April 28, 2008. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE

Copyrights 2001-2008 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