Scroll to navigation

Sisimai::Mail(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Sisimai::Mail(3pm)

NAME

Sisimai::Mail - Handler of Mbox/Maildir for reading each mail.

SYNOPSIS

    use Sisimai::Mail;
    my $mailbox = Sisimai::Mail->new('/var/mail/root');
    while( my $r = $mailbox->read ) {
        print $r;
    }
    $mailbox->close;
    my $maildir = Sisimai::Mail->new('/home/neko/Maildir/cur');
    while( my $r = $maildir->read ) {
        print $r;
    }
    $maildir->close;
    my $mailtxt = 'From Mailer-Daemon ...';
    my $mailobj = Sisimai::Mail->new(\$mailtxt);
    while( my $r = $mailobj->read ) {
        print $r;
    }

DESCRIPTION

Sisimai::Mail is a handler for reading a UNIX mbox, a Maildir, or any email message input from STDIN, variable. It is a wrapper class of the following child classes:

    * Sisimai::Mail::Mbox
    * Sisimai::Mail::Maildir
    * Sisimai::Mail::STDIN
    * Sisimai::Mail::Memory

CLASS METHODS

"new(path to mbox|Maildir/)"

"new()" is a constructor of Sisimai::Mail

    my $mailbox = Sisimai::Mail->new('/var/mail/root');
    my $maildir = Sisimai::Mail->new('/home/nyaa/Maildir/cur');
    my $mailtxt = 'From Mailer-Daemon ...';
    my $mailobj = Sisimai::Mail->new(\$mailtxt);

INSTANCE METHODS

"path()"

"path()" returns the path to mbox or Maildir.

    print $mailbox->path;   # /var/mail/root

"mbox()"

"kind()" Returns the name of data type

    print $mailbox->kind;   # mailbox or maildir, stdin, or memory.

"mail()"

"mail()" returns Sisimai::Mail::Mbox object or Sisimai::Mail::Maildir object.

    my $o = $mailbox->mail;
    print ref $o;   # Sisimai::Mail::Mbox

"read()"

"read()" works as a iterator for reading each email in mbox or Maildir. It calls Sisimai::Mail::Mbox->read or Sisimai::Mail::Maildir->read method.

    my $mailbox = Sisimai::Mail->new('/var/mail/neko');
    while( my $r = $mailbox->read ) {
        print $r;   # print each email in /var/mail/neko
    }
    $mailbox->close;

"close()"

"close()" Close the handle of the mailbox or the Maildir/.

    my $o = $mailbox->close;
    print $o;   # 1 = Successfully closed, 0 = already closed.

AUTHOR

azumakuniyuki

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014-2016,2018-2020 azumakuniyuki, All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This software is distributed under The BSD 2-Clause License.

2022-12-23 perl v5.36.0