my $message = Mail::Message->read($rfc822) || Email::Simple->new($rfc822) || Mail::Internet->new([split /\n/, $rfc822]) || ... || $rfc822; my $email = Email::Abstract->new($message); my $subject = $email->get_header("Subject"); $email->set_header(Subject => "My new subject"); my $body = $email->get_body; $rfc822 = $email->as_string; my $mail_message = $email->cast("Mail::Message");
"Email::Abstract" currently supports "Mail::Internet", "MIME::Entity", "Mail::Message", "Email::Simple", "Email::MIME", and "Courriel". Other representations are encouraged to create their own "Email::Abstract::*" class by copying "Email::Abstract::EmailSimple". All modules installed under the "Email::Abstract" hierarchy will be automatically picked up and used.
Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.
my $return = Email::Abstract->method($message, @args);
This is provided primarily for backwards compatibility.
my $email = Email::Abstract->new($message);
Given a message, either as a string or as an object for which an adapter is installed, this method will return a Email::Abstract object wrapping the message.
If the message is given as a string, it will be used to construct an object, which will then be wrapped.
my $header = $email->get_header($header_name); my @headers = $email->get_header($header_name);
This returns the values for the given header. In scalar context, it returns the first value.
$email->set_header($header => @values);
This sets the $header header to the given one or more values.
my $body = $email->get_body;
This returns the body as a string.
$email->set_body($string);
This changes the body of the email to the given string.
WARNING! You probably don't want to call this method, despite what you may think. Email message bodies are complicated, and rely on things like content type, encoding, and various MIME requirements. If you call "set_body" on a message more complicated than a single-part seven-bit plain-text message, you are likely to break something. If you need to do this sort of thing, you should probably use a specific message class from end to end.
This method is left in place for backwards compatibility.
my $string = $email->as_string;
This returns the whole email as a decoded string.
my $mime_entity = $email->cast('MIME::Entity');
This method will convert a message from one message class to another. It will throw an exception if no adapter for the target class is known, or if the adapter does not provide a "construct" method.
my $message = $email->object;
This method returns the message object wrapped by Email::Abstract. If called as a class method, it returns false.
Note that, because strings are converted to message objects before wrapping, this method will return an object when the Email::Abstract was constructed from a string.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.