NAME

Mail::Transport::Receive - receive messages

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Transport::Receive
   is a Mail::Transport
   is a Mail::Reporter

 Mail::Transport::Receive is extended by
   Mail::Transport::IMAP4
   Mail::Transport::POP3

SYNOPSIS

 my $receiver = Mail::Transport::POP3->new(...);
 my $message = $receiver->receive($id);

DESCRIPTION

Each object which extends Mail::Transport::Receive implement a protocol which can get messages into your application. The internals of each implementation can differ quite a lot, so have a look at each separate manual page as well.

Current message receivers:

* Mail::Transport::POP3: Implements the POP3 protocol. See also Mail::Box::POP3.

METHODS

Constructors

Mail::Transport::Receive->new(OPTIONS)

See Mail::Transport/"METHODS"

Receiving mail

$obj->receive([UNIQUE-MESSAGE-ID])

Receive one message from the remote server. Some receivers will provide the next message automatically, other are random access and use the specified ID.

Server connection

$obj->findBinary(NAME [, DIRECTORIES])

See Mail::Transport/"Server connection"

$obj->remoteHost

See Mail::Transport/"Server connection"

$obj->retry

See Mail::Transport/"Server connection"

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

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

Mail::Transport::Receive->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->errors

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

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

Mail::Transport::Receive->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Transport::Receive->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->trace([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->warnings

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY

See Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup"

$obj->inGlobalDestruction

See Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup"

DIAGNOSTICS

Warning: Avoid program abuse: specify an absolute path for $exec.

Specifying explicit locations for executables of email transfer agents should only be done with absolute file names, to avoid various pontential security problems.

Warning: Executable $exec does not exist.

The explicitly indicated mail transfer agent does not exists. The normal settings are used to find the correct location.

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.

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