Mail::Internet(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Internet(3)NAMEMail::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 fea-
tures and handles modern messages much better. See <http://perl.over-
meer.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 headers 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 contains the lines for the body of the message. Each
line should be terminated 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 FILEHAN-
DLE. $fd should be a reference to a GLOB. If FILEHANDLE is not
given the output will be sent to STDOUT.
$mail->print( \*STDOUT ); # Print message to STDOUT
as_string ()
Returns the message as a single string.
as_mbox_string ( [ ALREADY_ESCAPED ] )
Returns the message as a string in mbox format. "ALREADY_ESCAPED",
if given and true, indicates that ->escape_from has already been
called on this object.
head ()
Returns the "Mail::Header" object which holds the headers for the
current message
UTILITY METHODS
The following methods are more a utility type than a manipulation type
of method.
remove_sig ( [ NLINES ] )
Attempts to remove a users signature from the body of a message. It
does this by looking for a line equal to '-- ' within the last
"NLINES" of the message. If found then that line and all lines
after it will be removed. If "NLINES" is not given a default value
of 10 will be used. This would be of most use in auto-reply
scripts.
tidy_body ()
Removes all leading and trailing lines from the body that only con-
tain white spaces.
reply ()
Create a new object with header initialised for a reply to the cur-
rent object. And the body will be a copy of the current message
indented.
add_signature ( [ FILE ] )
Append a signature to the message. "FILE" is a file which contains
the signature, if not given then the file "$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 attempt-
ing connections 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@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.
perl v5.8.8 2007-05-11 Mail::Internet(3)
