Email::Simple - simple parsing of RFC2822 message format and headers
version 2.216
use Email::Simple;
my $email = Email::Simple->new($text);
my $from_header = $email->header("From");
my @received = $email->header("Received");
$email->header_set("From", 'Simon Cozens <simon@cpan.org>');
my $old_body = $email->body;
$email->body_set("Hello world\nSimon");
print $email->as_string;
...or, to create a message from scratch...
my $email = Email::Simple->create(
header => [
From => 'casey@geeknest.com',
To => 'drain@example.com',
Subject => 'Message in a bottle',
],
body => '...',
);
$email->header_set( 'X-Content-Container' => 'bottle/glass' );
print $email->as_string;
The Email:: namespace was begun as a reaction against the increasing complexity
and bugginess of Perl's existing email modules. Email::* modules are meant
to be simple to use and to maintain, pared to the bone, fast, minimal in their
external dependencies, and correct.
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!
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.
my $header = $email->header_obj;
This method returns the object representing the email's header. For the
interface for this object, see the Email::Simple::Header manpage.
$email->header_obj_set($new_header_obj);
This method substitutes the given new header object for the email's existing
header object.
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).
$email->header_set($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.
This is another name (and the preferred one) for header .
This is another name (and the preferred one) for header_set .
$email->header_raw_prepend($field => $value);
This method adds a new instance of the name field as the first field in the
header.
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.
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.
This is another name (and the preferred one) for header_pairs .
Returns the body text of the mail.
Sets the body text of the mail.
Returns the mail as a string, reconstructing the headers.
This method returns the type of newline used in the email. It is an accessor
only.
This returns the class used, by default, for header objects, and is provided
for subclassing. The default default is Email::Simple::Header.
Email::Simple handles only RFC2822 formatted messages. This means you cannot
expect it to cope well as the only parser between you and the outside world,
say for example when writing a mail filter for invocation from a .forward file
(for this we recommend you use the Email::Filter manpage anyway).
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Simon Cozens
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Casey West
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Ricardo SIGNES
This software is copyright (c) 2003 by Simon Cozens.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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