Mail::Message::ConstruUserRContributed Perl Mail::Message::Construct::Reply(3)NAMEMail::Message::Construct::Reply - reply to a Mail::Message
SYNOPSIS
my Mail::Message $reply = $message->reply;
my $quoted = $message->replyPrelude($head->get('From'));
DESCRIPTION
Complex functionality on Mail::Message objects is implemented in
different files which are autoloaded. This file implements the
functionality related to creating message replies.
METHODS
Constructing a message
$obj->reply(OPTIONS)
Start a reply to this message. Some of the header-lines of the
original message will be taken. A message-id will be assigned. Some
header lines will be updated to facilitate message-thread detection
(see Mail::Box::Thread::Manager).
You may reply to a whole message or a message part. You may wish
to overrule some of the default header settings for the reply
immediately, or you may do that later with "set" on the header.
ADDRESSES may be specified as string, or a Mail::Address object, or
as array of Mail::Address objects.
All OPTIONS which are not listed below AND start with a capital,
will be added as additional headers to the reply message.
Option --Default
Bcc undef
Cc <'cc' in current>
From <'to' in current>
Message-ID <uniquely generated>
Subject replySubject()
To <sender in current>
body undef
group_reply <true>
include 'INLINE'
max_signature 10
message_type Mail::Message
postlude undef
prelude undef
quote '> '
signature undef
strip_signature qr/^--\s/
. Bcc => ADDRESSES
Receivers of blind carbon copies: their names will not be
published to other message receivers.
. Cc => ADDRESSES
The carbon-copy receivers, by default a copy of the "Cc" field
of the source message.
. From => ADDRESSES
Your identification, by default taken from the "To" field of
the source message.
. Message-ID => STRING
Supply a STRING as specific message-id for the reply. By
default, one is generated for you. If there are no angles
around your id, they will be added.
. Subject => STRING|CODE
Force the subject line to the specific STRING, or the result of
the subroutine specified by CODE. The subroutine will be
called passing the subject of the original message as only
argument. By default, Mail::Message::replySubject() is used.
. To => ADDRESSES
The destination of your message. By default taken from the
"Reply-To" field in the source message. If that field is not
present as well, the "From" line is scanned. If they all fail,
"undef" is returned by this method: no reply message produced.
. body => BODY
Usually, the reply method can create a nice, sufficient message
from the source message's body. In case you like more
complicated reformatting, you may also create a body yourself
first, and pass this on to this "reply" method. Some of the
other options to this method will be ingored in this case.
. group_reply => BOOLEAN
Will the people listed in the "Cc" headers (those who received
the message where you reply to now) also receive this message
as carbon copy?
. include => 'NO'|'INLINE'|'ATTACH'
Must the message where this is a reply to be included in the
message? If "NO" then not. With "INLINE" a reply body is
composed. "ATTACH" will create a multi-part body, where the
original message is added after the specified body. It is only
possible to inline textual messages, therefore binary or
multipart messages will always be enclosed as attachment.
. max_signature => INTEGER
Passed to "stripSignature" on the body as parameter
"max_lines". Only effective for single-part messages.
. message_type => CLASS
Create a message with the requested type. By default, it will
be a Mail::Message. This is correct, because it will be
coerced into the correct folder message type when it is added
to that folder.
. postlude => BODY|LINES
The line(s) which to be added after the quoted reply lines.
Create a body for it first. This should not include the
signature, which has its own option. The signature will be
added after the postlude when the reply is INLINEd.
. prelude => BODY|LINES
The line(s) which will be added before the quoted reply lines.
If nothing is specified, the result of the replyPrelude()
method is taken. When "undef" is specified, no prelude will be
added.
. quote => CODE|STRING
Mangle the lines of an "INLINE"d reply with CODE, or by
prepending a STRING to each line. The routine specified by
CODE is called when the line is in $_.
By default, '> ' is added before each line. Specify "undef" to
disable quoting. This option is processed after the body has
been decoded.
. signature => BODY|MESSAGE
The signature to be added in case of a multi-part reply. The
mime-type of the signature body should indicate this is a used
as such. However, in INLINE mode, the body will be taken, a
line containing '-- ' added before it, and added behind the
epilogue.
. strip_signature => REGEXP|STRING|CODE
Remove the signature of the sender. The value of this
parameter is passed to
Mail::Message::Body::stripSignature(pattern) unless the source
text is not included. The signature is stripped from the
message before quoting.
When a multipart body is encountered, and the message is
included to ATTACH, the parts which look like signatures will
be removed. If only one message remains, it will be the added
as single attachment, otherwise a nested multipart will be the
result. The value of this option does not matter, as long as
it is present. See Mail::Message::Body::Multipart.
example:
my $reply = $msg->reply
( prelude => "No spam, please!\n\n"
, postlude => "\nGreetings\n"
, strip_signature => 1
, signature => $my_pgp_key
, group_reply => 1
, 'X-Extra' => 'additional header'
);
$obj->replyPrelude([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS])
Produces a list of lines (usually only one), which will preceded
the quoted body of the message. STRING must comply to the RFC822
email address specification, and is usually the content of a "To"
or "From" header line. If a FIELD is specified, the field's body
must be compliant. Without argument -or when the argument is
"undef"- a slightly different line is produced.
An characteristic example of the output is
On Thu Oct 13 04:54:34 1995, him@example.com wrote:
$obj->replySubject(STRING)
Mail::Message->replySubject(STRING)
Create a subject for a message which is a reply for this one. This
routine tries to count the level of reply in subject field, and
transform it into a standard form. Please contribute improvements.
example:
subject --> Re: subject
Re: subject --> Re[2]: subject
Re[X]: subject --> Re[X+1]: subject
subject (Re) --> Re[2]: subject
subject (Forw) --> Re[2]: subject
<blank> --> Re: your mail
DIAGNOSTICS
Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.
Unknown alternative for the "include" option of reply(). Valid
choices are "NO", "INLINE", and "ATTACH".
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.094, built on
April 06, 2010. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2010 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see
ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself. See
http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
perl v5.10.12010-04-06Mail::Message::Construct::Reply(3)
