Mail::Message::Dummy(3pm)

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Mail::Message::Dummy(3pm)

NAME¶

Mail::Message::Dummy - a placeholder for a missing messages

INHERITANCE¶

 Mail::Message::Dummy
   is a Mail::Message
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

Dummy messages are used by modules which maintain ordered lists of messages, usually based on message-id. A good example is Mail::Box::Thread::Manager, which detects related messages by scanning the known message headers for references to other messages. As long as the referenced messages are not found inside the mailbox, their place is occupied by a dummy.

Be careful when using modules which may create dummies. Before trying to access the header or body use isDummy() to check if the message is a dummy message.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message.

METHODS¶

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message.

Constructors¶

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Message.

$obj->clone(%options)

Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message

$class->new($message_id, %options)

Create a new dummy message to occupy the space for a real message with the specified $message_id. Improves base, see "Constructors" in Mail::Reporter

 -Option    --Defined in     --Default
  body        Mail::Message    <not used>
  body_type   Mail::Message    Mail::Message::Body::Lines
  deleted     Mail::Message    false
  field_type  Mail::Message    <not used>
  head        Mail::Message    <not used>
  head_type   Mail::Message    <not used>
  labels      Mail::Message    +{}
  log         Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
  messageId   Mail::Message    <required>
  modified    Mail::Message    <always false>
  trace       Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
  trusted     Mail::Message    <always true>

body => $object
body_type => $class
deleted => BOOLEAN
field_type => $class
head => $object
head_type => $class
labels => ARRAY|HASH
log => LEVEL
messageId => $id
modified => BOOLEAN
trace => LEVEL
trusted => BOOLEAN

» example:

  my $message = Mail::Message::Dummy->new($msgid);
  if($message->isDummy) {...}

Attributes¶

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Message.

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

Constructing a message¶

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

$obj->bounce( [<$rg_object|%options>] ): Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce
$class->build( [$message|$part|$body], @fields, %options ): Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build
$class->buildFromBody($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
$class->read($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
$any->replySubject(STRING): Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

The message¶

Extends "The message" in Mail::Message.

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

$obj->clonedFrom(): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message
$class->coerce($message, %options): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->isDelayed(): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message
$obj->readBody( $parser, $head, [$bodytype] ): Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::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::Message.

$obj->AUTOLOAD(): Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Construct
$obj->addReport($object): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->log( [$level, [$strings]] ): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->logPriority($level): 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
$any->shortSize( [$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::Message.

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

DETAILS¶

Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Message.

DIAGNOSTICS¶

Error: Cannot coerce a $class object into a $class object: Cast by coerce()
Error: Cannot include forward source as $include.: Unknown alternative for the forward(include). Valid choices are "NO", "INLINE", "ATTACH", and "ENCAPSULATE". Cast by forward()
Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.: Unknown alternative for the "include" option of reply(). Valid choices are "NO", "INLINE", and "ATTACH". Cast by reply()
Error: Message-Id is required for a dummy.: A dummy message occupies the place for a real message. When a dummy is created, the id of the message which place it is holding must be known. Cast by new()
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(). Cast by bounce()
Error: Method forwardAttach requires a preamble: Cast by forwardAttach()
Error: Method forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble: Cast by forwardEncapsulate()
Error: No address to create forwarded to.: If a forward message is created, a destination address must be specified. Cast by forward()
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. Cast by send()
Error: No rebuild rule $name defined.: Cast by rebuild()
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. Cast by build()
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. Cast by notImplemented()
Error: You cannot take the head/body of a dummy message: Dummy messages are place-holders in message threads: the thread detected the existence of the message, because it found the message-id in a Reply-To or References field, however it did not find the header and body of the message yet. Use isDummy() to check whether the thread node returned a dummy or not. Cast by head()
Error: coercion starts with some object: Cast by coerce()

LICENSE¶

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

2025-12-07

perl v5.40.1

Source file:	Mail::Message::Dummy.3pm.en.gz (from libmail-box-perl 3.012-1)
Source last updated:	2025-12-07T03:51:46Z
Converted to HTML:	2025-12-07T08:48:15Z