new¶

  my $email = Email::Simple->new($message, \%arg);

This method parses an email from a scalar containing an RFC2822 formatted message and returns an object. $message may be a reference to a message string, in which case the string will be altered in place. This can result in significant memory savings.

If you want to create a message from scratch, you should use the "create" method.

Valid arguments are:

  header_class - the class used to create new header objects
                 The named module is not 'require'-ed by Email::Simple!

create¶

  my $email = Email::Simple->create(header => [ @headers ], body => '...');

This method is a constructor that creates an Email::Simple object from a set of named parameters. The "header" parameter's value is a list reference containing a set of headers to be created. The "body" parameter's value is a scalar value holding the contents of the message body. Line endings in the body will normalized to CRLF.

If no "Date" header is specified, one will be provided for you based on the "gmtime" of the local machine. This is because the "Date" field is a required header and is a pain in the neck to create manually for every message. The "From" field is also a required header, but it is not provided for you.

header_obj¶

  my $header = $email->header_obj;

This method returns the object representing the email's header. For the interface for this object, see Email::Simple::Header.

header_obj_set¶

  $email->header_obj_set($new_header_obj);

This method substitutes the given new header object for the email's existing header object.

header¶

  my @values = $email->header($header_name);
  my $first  = $email->header($header_name);
  my $value  = $email->header($header_name, $index);

In list context, this returns every value for the named header. In scalar context, it returns the first value for the named header. If second parameter is specified then instead first value it returns value at position $index (negative $index is from the end).

header_set¶

    $email->header_set($field, $line1, $line2, ...);

Sets the header to contain the given data. If you pass multiple lines in, you get multiple headers, and order is retained. If no values are given to set, the header will be removed from to the message entirely.

header_raw¶

This is another name (and the preferred one) for "header".

header_raw_set¶

This is another name (and the preferred one) for "header_set".

header_raw_prepend¶

  $email->header_raw_prepend($field => $value);

This method adds a new instance of the name field as the first field in the header.

header_names¶

    my @header_names = $email->header_names;

This method returns the list of header names currently in the email object. These names can be passed to the "header" method one-at-a-time to get header values. You are guaranteed to get a set of headers that are unique. You are not guaranteed to get the headers in any order at all.

For backwards compatibility, this method can also be called as headers.

header_pairs¶

  my @headers = $email->header_pairs;

This method returns a list of pairs describing the contents of the header. Every other value, starting with and including zeroth, is a header name and the value following it is the header value.

header_raw_pairs¶

This is another name (and the preferred one) for "header_pairs".

body¶

Returns the body text of the mail.

body_set¶

Sets the body text of the mail.

as_string¶

Returns the mail as a string, reconstructing the headers.

crlf¶

This method returns the type of newline used in the email. It is an accessor only.

default_header_class¶

This returns the class used, by default, for header objects, and is provided for subclassing. The default default is Email::Simple::Header.