Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl(3)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl(3)

NAME

       Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl - A Perl-based mbox folder reader

SYNOPSIS

	 #!/usr/bin/perl

	 use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser;

	 my $filename = 'mail/saved-mail';
	 my $filehandle = new FileHandle($filename);

	 my $folder_reader =
	   new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser( {
	     'file_name' => $filename,
	     'file_handle' => $filehandle,
	   } );

	 die $folder_reader unless ref $folder_reader;

	 # Any newlines or such before the start of the first email
	 my $prologue = $folder_reader->prologue;
	 print $prologue;

	 # This is the main loop. It's executed once for each email
	 while(!$folder_reader->end_of_file());
	 {
	   my $email = $folder_reader->read_next_email();
	   print $email;
	 }

DESCRIPTION

       This module implements a Perl-based mbox folder reader.	Users must not instantiate this class directly--use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser
       instead. The base MessageParser module will automatically manage the use of faster implementations if they can be used.

   METHODS AND FUNCTIONS
       The following methods and functions are specific to the Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl package. For additional inherited ones, see the
       Mail::Mbox::MessageParser documentation.

       $ref = new( { 'file_name' => <mailbox file name>, 'file_handle' => <mailbox file handle> });
	       <file_name> - The full filename of the mailbox
	       <file_handle> - An opened file handle for the mailbox

	   The constructor for the class takes two parameters. The optional file_name parameter is the filename of the mailbox. The required
	   file_handle argument is the opened file handle to the mailbox.

	   Returns a reference to a Mail::Mbox::MessageParser object, or a string describing the error.

BUGS

       No known bugs.

       Contact david@coppit.org for bug reports and suggestions.

AUTHOR

       David Coppit <david@coppit.org>.

LICENSE

       This software is distributed under the terms of the GPL. See the file "LICENSE" for more information.

HISTORY

       This code was originally part of the grepmail distribution. See http://grepmail.sf.net/ for previous versions of grepmail which included
       early versions of this code.

SEE ALSO

       Mail::Mbox::MessageParser

perl v5.12.1							    2009-08-09					Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl(3)