Message::Convert::MailInternet(3)

NAME
Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet - translate Mail::Message to Mail::Internet vv

CLASS HIERARCHY
 Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet
 is a Mail::Message::Convert
 is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS
 use Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet;
 my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;

 my Mail::Message  $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
 my Mail::Internet $intern = $convert->export($msg);

 my Mail::Internet $intern = Mail::Internet->new;
 my Mail::Message  $msg    = $convert->from($intern);

 use Mail::Box::Manager;
 my $mgr     = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
 my $folder  = $mgr->open(folder => 'Outbox');
 $folder->addMessage($intern);

DESCRIPTION
The "Mail::Internet" class of message is very popular for all kinds of message applications written in Perl. However, the format was developed when e-mail messages where still small and attachments where rare; "Mail::Message" is much more flexible in this respect.

METHOD INDEX
Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Message::Convert (MMC).

The general methods for "Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet" objects:

   MR errors                            MR report [LEVEL]
      export MESSAGE, OPTIONS           MR reportAll [LEVEL]
      from OBJECT, OPTIONS              MR trace [LEVEL]
   MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]            MR warnings
      new OPTIONS

The extra methods for extension writers:

   MR AUTOLOAD                          MR logSettings
   MR DESTROY                           MR notImplemented
   MR inGlobalDestruction              MMC selectedFields HEAD
   MR logPriority LEVEL

METHODS

new OPTIONS
     OPTIONS         DESCRIBED IN           DEFAULT
     log             Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'
     trace           Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'

export MESSAGE, OPTIONS
    Returns a new message object based on the information from a "Mail::Message" object. The MESSAGE specified is an instance of a "Mail::Message".

    Examples:

     my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;
     my Mail::Message  $msg   = Mail::Message->new;
     my Mail::Internet $copy  = $convert->export($msg);

from OBJECT, OPTIONS
    Returns a new "Mail::Message" object based on the information from an message-type which is strange to the "Mail::Box" set of modules.

    Examples:

     my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet->new;
     my Mail::Internet $msg  = Mail::Internet->new;
     my Mail::Message  $copy = $convert->from($msg);

SEE ALSO
Mail::Box-Overview

For support and additional documentation, see http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

AUTHOR
Mark Overmeer (mailbox@overmeer.net). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

VERSION
This code is beta, version 2.018.

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Mark Overmeer. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.