Sympa::Spool::Topic(3Sympa)

💖 Sympa::Spool::Topic — bestie edition 💖

okay so we're deep in the <pink>sympa 6.2.80</pink> manual, and today's main character is Sympa::Spool::Topic(3Sympa) — aka the ✨message topic✨ module. Let's get into it, no cap. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

Sympa::Spool::Topic — Message topic 💌

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

look bestie, here's the vibe in code:

use Sympa::Spool::Topic;

$topic = Sympa::Spool::Topic->new(topic => $topics, method => 'auto');
$topic->store($message);

$topic = Sympa::Spool::Topic->load($message);

that's it, that's the whole energy 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

TBD.

...yes bestie, it literally just says TBD, I'm not gatekeeping, that's the actual content 😭 iconic honestly.

🎀 Methods 🎀

new ( options... )

Constructor energy ✨ Makes you a brand new instance of Sympa::Spool::Topic, freshly squeezed, main character origin story 💖

load ( $message, [ in_reply_to => 1 ] )

Constructor, round two 🔥 She goes looking for a msg topic file using the message_id of the message, loads it up, and hands back all the info inside as hash items. Detective work but make it slay 🕵️♀️

Parameters:

• $message — the Sympa::Message instance she's out here looking for 👀
• in_reply_to => 1 — use the value of the "In-Reply-To:" field instead of the message ID. lowkey a whole different lookup vibe 🦋

Returns:

• An instance of Sympa::Spool::Topic or, if the topic wasn't found, "undef" 💀 (sad girl hours, it happens)

store ( $message )

Instance method 🧚♀️ She tags the message by literally creating the msg topic file. Filing but cute.

Parameter:

• $message — the message getting tagged 💌

Returns:

• The message topic filename, or "undef" 🫠

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🌈 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS 🌈

• queuetopic — the directory path where topic files live. 🏠

Note: bestie, even though it's neither a queue nor a spool, it's named like that for historical reasons. Not a bug, just lore. 📜

• umask — the umask used to make the directory. permissions but make it fashion 💅

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💀 CAVEAT 💀

Sympa::Spool::Topic is not a real subclass of Sympa::Spool. not me exposing the family drama 😭 it's giving found family, not bloodline. 🌈

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📜 HISTORY 📜

• The feature to handle message topics was introduced on Sympa 5.2b. ⭐
• The Sympa::Topic module appeared on Sympa 6.2.10. ✨
• It was renamed to Sympa::Spool::Topic on Sympa 6.2.45b.3. 👑

glow-up arc fr fr 🧚♀️

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okay and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left absolutely no crumbs 💅✨ this was the Sympa::Spool::Topic(3Sympa) page, <pink>sympa 6.2.80</pink>, dated <purple>2026-10-19</purple> — mwah, periodt 🎀🫶