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

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 CWMail::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 CWgt. See Mail::Message::Body::printEscapedFrom().

Constructors

$obj->clone(OPTIONS) See Constructors in Mail::Message

Mail::Message::Part->new(OPTIONS) Create a message part.

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

Mail::Message::Part->build([MESSAGE|PART|BODY], CONTENT) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Build

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 Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardAttach(OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardEncapsulate(OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardInline(OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardNo(OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardPostlude See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardPrelude See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

$obj->forwardSubject(STRING) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

Mail::Message::Part->read(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Read

$obj->rebuild(OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild

$obj->reply(OPTIONS) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

$obj->replyPrelude([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS]) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

$obj->replySubject(STRING)

Mail::Message::Part->replySubject(STRING) See Constructing a message in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

The message

$obj->container See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->isDummy See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->isPart See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->messageId See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->print([FILEHANDLE]) See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->send([MAILER], OPTIONS) See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->size See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->toplevel See The message in Mail::Message

$obj->write([FILEHANDLE]) See The message in Mail::Message

The header

$obj->bcc See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->cc See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->date See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->destinations See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->from See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->get(FIELDNAME) See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->guessTimestamp See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->head([HEAD]) See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->nrLines See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->sender See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->study(FIELDNAME) See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->subject See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->timestamp See The header in Mail::Message

$obj->to See The header in Mail::Message

The body

$obj->body([BODY]) See The body in Mail::Message

$obj->decoded(OPTIONS) See The body in Mail::Message

$obj->encode(OPTIONS) See The body in Mail::Message

$obj->isMultipart See The body in Mail::Message

$obj->isNested See The body in Mail::Message

$obj->parts(['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER]) See The body in Mail::Message

Flags

$obj->delete See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->deleted([BOOLEAN]) See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->isDeleted See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->isModified See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->label(LABEL|PAIRS) See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->labels See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->labelsToStatus See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->modified([BOOLEAN]) See Flags in Mail::Message

$obj->statusToLabels See Flags in Mail::Message

The whole message as text

$obj->file See The whole message as text in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

$obj->lines See The whole message as text in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

$obj->printStructure([FILEHANDLE|undef],[INDENT]) See The whole message as text in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

$obj->string See The whole message as text in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

Internals

$obj->clonedFrom See Internals in Mail::Message

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 Internals in Mail::Message

$obj->readBody(PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE]) See Internals in Mail::Message

$obj->readFromParser(PARSER, [BODYTYPE]) See Internals in Mail::Message

$obj->readHead(PARSER [,CLASS]) See Internals in Mail::Message

$obj->recursiveRebuildPart(PART, OPTIONS) See Internals in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild

$obj->storeBody(BODY) See Internals in Mail::Message

$obj->takeMessageId([STRING]) See Internals in Mail::Message

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD See METHODS in Mail::Message::Construct

$obj->addReport(OBJECT) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

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

Mail::Message::Part->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

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

Mail::Message::Part->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Message::Part->logPriority(LEVEL) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->shortSize([VALUE])

Mail::Message::Part->shortSize([VALUE]) See Error handling in Mail::Message

$obj->shortString See Error handling in Mail::Message

$obj->trace([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY See Cleanup in Mail::Message

$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 Cleanup in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: Cannot include forward source as CW$include.

Unknown alternative for the forward(include). Valid choices are CWNO, CWINLINE, CWATTACH, and CWENCAPSULATE.

Error: Cannot include reply source as CW$include.

Unknown alternative for the CWinclude option of reply(). Valid choices are CWNO, CWINLINE, and CWATTACH.

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 CWvia options.

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 CW$package does not implement CW$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().

Error: 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: forwardAttach requires a preamble object

Error: forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble object

Error: no rebuild rule CW$name defined.

DETAILS

REFERENCES

See the MailBox website at <http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/> for more details.

COPYRIGHTS

Distribution version 2.063. Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net). See the ChangeLog for other contributors.

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.