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

NAME

Sisimai::Mail::Mbox - Mailbox reader

SYNOPSIS

    use Sisimai::Mail::Mbox;
    my $mailbox = Sisimai::Mail::Mbox->new('/var/spool/mail/root');
    while( my $r = $mailbox->read ) {
        print $r;   # print contents of each mail in mbox
    }

DESCRIPTION

"Sisimai::Mail::Mbox" is a mailbox file (UNIX mbox) reader.

CLASS METHODS

"new(path to mbox)"

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

    my $mailbox = Sisimai::Mail::Mbox->new('/var/mail/root');

INSTANCE METHODS

"dir()"

dir() method returns the directory name of the UNIX mbox

    print $mailbox->dir;   # /var/mail

"path()"

path() meethod returns the path to the mbox.

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

"file()"

file() method returns the file name of the mbox.

    print $mailbox->file;   # root

"size()"

size() method returns the file size of the mbox.

    print $mailbox->size;   # 94515

"offset()"

offset() method returns the offset position for seeking the mbox. The value of "offset" is a bytes which have already read.

    print $mailbox->offset;   # 0

"handle()"

handle() method returns file handle object "IO::File" of the mbox.

    $mailbox->handle->close;

"read()"

read() method works as an iterator for reading each email in the mbox.

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

AUTHOR

azumakuniyuki

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014-2016,2018,2019,2021,2024 azumakuniyuki, All rights reserved.

LICENSE

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

2024-07-28 perl v5.38.2