Mail::Box::Dir::Message(3)

NAME
Mail::Box::Dir::Message - one message in a directory organized folder

INHERITANCE
 Mail::Box::Dir::Message
   is a Mail::Box::Message
   is a Mail::Message
   is a Mail::Reporter

 Mail::Box::Dir::Message is extended by
   Mail::Box::MH::Message
   Mail::Box::Maildir::Message

SYNOPSIS
 my $folder = new Mail::Box::MH ...
 my $message = $folder->message(10);

DESCRIPTION
A "Mail::Box::Dir::Message" is a base class for one message in a directory organized folder; each message is stored in a separate file. There are no objects of type "Mail::Box::Dir::Message", only extensions are allowed to be created.

At the moment, three of these extended message types are implemented:

•   Mail::Box::MH::Message

    which represents one message in a Mail::Box::MH folder. MH folders are very, very simple.... and hence not sophisticated nor fast.

•   Mail::Box::Maildir::Message

    which represents one message in a Mail::Box::Maildir folder. Flags are kept in the message's filename. It is stateless, so you will never loose a message.

•   Mail::Box::Netzwert::Message

    which represents one message in a Mail::Box::Netzwert folder. As advantage, it stores pre-parsed information in the message file. As disadvantage: the code is not GPLed (yet).

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Message.

METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Message.

  Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->clone(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message

Mail::Box::Dir::Message->new(%options)
    Create a messages in a directory organized folder.

     -Option    --Defined in        --Default
      body        Mail::Message       undef
      body_type   Mail::Box::Message  <from folder>
      deleted     Mail::Message       <false>
      field_type  Mail::Message       undef
      filename                        undef
      fix_header                      false
      folder      Mail::Box::Message  <required>
      head        Mail::Message       undef
      head_type   Mail::Message       Mail::Message::Head::Complete
      labels      Mail::Message       {}
      log         Mail::Reporter      'WARNINGS'
      messageId   Mail::Message       undef
      modified    Mail::Message       <false>
      size        Mail::Box::Message  undef
      trace       Mail::Reporter      'WARNINGS'
      trusted     Mail::Message       <false>

    body => OBJECT
    body_type => CODE|CLASS
    deleted => BOOLEAN
    field_type => CLASS
    filename => FILENAME
        The file where the message is stored in.

    fix_header => BOOLEAN
        See Mail::Box::new(fix_headers).

    folder => FOLDER
    head => OBJECT
    head_type => CLASS
    labels => ARRAY|HASH
    log => LEVEL
    messageId => STRING
    modified => BOOLEAN
    size => INTEGER
    trace => LEVEL
    trusted => BOOLEAN

  Constructing a message
Extends "Constructing a message" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->bounce( [<$rg_object|%options>] )
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce

Mail::Box::Dir::Message->build( [$message|$part|$body], $content )
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build

Mail::Box::Dir::Message->buildFromBody($body, [$head], $headers)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build

$obj->forward(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardAttach(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardEncapsulate(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardInline(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardNo(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardPostlude()
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardPrelude()
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardSubject(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

Mail::Box::Dir::Message->read($fh|STRING|SCALAR|ARRAY, %options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Read

$obj->rebuild(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild

$obj->reply(%options)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

$obj->replyPrelude( [STRING|$field|$address|ARRAY-$of-$things] )
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

$obj->replySubject(STRING)
Mail::Box::Dir::Message->replySubject(STRING)
    Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

  The message
Extends "The message" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->container()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->copyTo($folder, %options)
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

$obj->filename( [$filename] )
    Returns the name of the file in which this message is actually stored. This will return "undef" when the message is not stored in a file.

$obj->folder( [$folder] )
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

$obj->isDummy()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->isPart()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->messageId()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->moveTo($folder, %options)
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

$obj->partNumber()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->print( [$fh] )
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->send( [$mailer], %options )
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->seqnr( [$integer] )
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

$obj->size()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->toplevel()
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

$obj->write( [$fh] )
    Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

  The header
Extends "The header" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->bcc()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->cc()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->date()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->destinations()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->from()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->get($fieldname)
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->guessTimestamp()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->head( [$head] )
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->nrLines()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->sender()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->study($fieldname)
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->subject()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->timestamp()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

$obj->to()
    Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

  The body
Extends "The body" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->body( [$body] )
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

$obj->contentType()
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

$obj->decoded(%options)
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

$obj->encode(%options)
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

$obj->isMultipart()
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

$obj->isNested()
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

$obj->parts( [<'ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|$filter>] )
    Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

  Flags
Extends "Flags" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->delete()
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->deleted( [BOOLEAN] )
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->isDeleted()
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->isModified()
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->label($label|PAIRS)
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->labels()
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->labelsToStatus()
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->modified( [BOOLEAN] )
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

$obj->statusToLabels()
    Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

  The whole message as text
Extends "The whole message as text" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->file()
    Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

$obj->lines()
    Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

$obj->printStructure( [$fh|undef],[$indent] )
    Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

$obj->string()
    Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

  Internals
Extends "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->clonedFrom()
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

Mail::Box::Dir::Message->coerce($message, %options)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

$obj->create($filename)
    Create the message in the specified file. If the message already has a filename and is not modified, then a move is tried. Otherwise the message is printed to the file. If the $filename already exists for this message, nothing is done. In any case, the new $filename is set as well.

$obj->diskDelete()
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message

$obj->isDelayed()
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

$obj->loadBody()
    This method is called by the autoloader when the body of the message is needed.

$obj->loadHead()
    This method is called by the autoloader when the header of the message is needed.

$obj->parser()
    Create and return a parser for this message (-file).

$obj->readBody( $parser, $head, [$bodytype] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message

$obj->readFromParser( $parser, [$bodytype] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

$obj->readHead( $parser, [$class] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

$obj->recursiveRebuildPart($part, %options)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild

$obj->storeBody($body)
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

$obj->takeMessageId( [STRING] )
    Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

  Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->AUTOLOAD()
    Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Construct

$obj->addReport($object)
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Box::Dir::Message->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Box::Dir::Message->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Box::Dir::Message->logPriority($level)
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report( [$level] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll( [$level] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->shortSize( [$value] )
Mail::Box::Dir::Message->shortSize( [$value] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Message

$obj->shortString()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Message

$obj->trace( [$level] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

  Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Message.

$obj->DESTROY()
    Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->destruct()
    Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Message

DETAILS
Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Box::Message.

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 3.011, built on April 18, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2025 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://dev.perl.org/licenses/