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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;

DESCRIPTION

Sisimai::Mail is a handler of UNIX mbox or Maildir for reading each mail. It is wrapper class of Sisimai::Mail::Mbox and Sisimai::Mail::Maildir classes.

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');

INSTANCE METHODS

"path()"

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

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

"mbox()"

"type()" Returns the name of data type 

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

"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 azumakuniyuki, All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This software is distributed under The BSD 2-Clause License.
2018-06-23 perl v5.24.1