Mail::SpamAssassin::Client(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Mail::SpamAssassin::Client(3)

NAME

       Mail::SpamAssassin::Client - Client for spamd Protocol

SYNOPSIS

	 my $client = new Mail::SpamAssassin::Client({
				       port => 783,
				       host => 'localhost',
				       username => 'someuser'});
	 or

	 my $client = new Mail::SpamAssassin::Client({
				       socketpath => '/path/to/socket',
				       username => 'someuser'});

	 Optionally takes timeout, which is applied to IO::Socket for the
	 initial connection.  If not supplied, it defaults to 30 seconds.

	 if ($client->ping()) {
	   print "Ping is ok
";
	 }

	 my $result = $client->process($testmsg);

	 if ($result->{isspam} eq 'True') {
	   do something with spam message here
	 }

DESCRIPTION

       Mail::SpamAssassin::Client is a module which provides a perl implementation of the spamd protocol.

PUBLIC METHODS

   new
       public class (Mail::SpamAssassin::Client) new (\% $args)

       Description: This method creates a new Mail::SpamAssassin::Client object.

   process
       public instance (\%) process (String $msg)

       Description: This method calls the spamd server with the PROCESS command.

       The return value is a hash reference containing several pieces of information, if available:

       content_length

       isspam

       score

       threshold

       message

   check
       public instance (\%) check (String $msg)

       Description: The method implements the check call.

       See the process method for the return value.

   headers
       public instance (\%) headers (String $msg)

       Description: This method implements the headers call.

       See the process method for the return value.

   learn
       public instance (Boolean) learn (String $msg, Integer $learntype)

       Description: This method implements the learn call.  $learntype should be an integer, 0 for spam, 1 for ham and 2 for forget.  The return
       value is a boolean indicating if the message was learned or not.

       An undef return value indicates that there was an error and you should check the resp_code/resp_msg values to determine what the error was.

   report
       public instance (Boolean) report (String $msg)

       Description: This method provides the report interface to spamd.

   revoke
       public instance (Boolean) revoke (String $msg)

       Description: This method provides the revoke interface to spamd.

   ping
       public instance (Boolean) ping ()

       Description: This method performs a server ping and returns 0 or 1 depending on if the server responded correctly.

PRIVATE METHODS

   _create_connection
       private instance (IO::Socket) _create_connection ()

       Description: This method sets up a proper IO::Socket connection based on the arguments used when creating the client object.

       On failure, it sets an internal error code and returns undef.

   _parse_response_line
       private instance (@) _parse_response_line (String $line)

       Description: This method parses the initial response line/header from the server and returns its parts.

       We have this as a separate method in case we ever decide to get fancy with the response line.

   _clear_errors
       private instance () _clear_errors ()

       Description: This method clears out any current errors.

   _filter
       private instance (\%) _filter (String $msg, String $command)

       Description: Makes the actual call to the spamd server for the various filter method (ie PROCESS, CHECK, HEADERS, etc).	The command that
       is passed in is sent to the spamd server.

       The return value is a hash reference containing several pieces of information, if available:

       content_length

       isspam

       score

       threshold

       message (if available)

perl v5.12.1							    2010-03-16					     Mail::SpamAssassin::Client(3)