Mail::...essage(3pm)

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version 4.02 · 9 versions
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👑 NAME 👑

Mail::Box::Mbox::Message — literally just one message in an Mbox folder 💌

(and bestie, it's from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, section 3pm, iykyk)

🌸 INHERITANCE 🌸

okay so the family tree goes like this, don't skip it:

Mail::Box::Mbox::Message
  is a Mail::Box::File::Message
  is a Mail::Box::Message
  is a Mail::Message
  is a Mail::Reporter

she got it from her mama, who got it from her mama 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the vibe:

my $folder  = Mail::Box::Mbox->new(folder => $ENV{MAIL}, ...);
my $message = $folder->message(0);

that's it. that's the whole thing. grab the folder, grab message zero, slay 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Maintain one message in an Mail::Box::Mbox folder. That's her job. That's her whole personality. 🫶

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::File::Message.

💖 METHODS 💖

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::File::Message.

(no extra methods of her own here, she's just carrying on the legacy ✨)

🌈 DETAILS 🌈

Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Box::File::Message.

again: nothing new, everything she knows she learned from Mail::Box::File::Message.

💀 DIAGNOSTICS 💀

bestie these are the error messages she might throw at you. every single one, no skipping 😭

  • Error: Cannot include forward source as $kind. Unknown alternative for the forward(include). Valid choices are "NO", "INLINE", "ATTACH", and "ENCAPSULATE". Cast by forward()
  • Error: No default mailer found to send message. The message send() mechanism had not enough information to automatically find a mail transfer agent to sent this message. Specify a mailer explicitly using the "via" options. Cast by send()
  • Error: Unable to read delayed body. Cast by loadBody()
  • Error: cannot coerce a $type object into a $me object. Cast by coerce()
  • Error: cannot include reply source as $kind. Unknown alternative for the "include" option of reply(). Valid choices are "NO", "INLINE", and "ATTACH". Cast by reply()
  • Error: cannot read message from a $source. Cast by read()
  • Error: class $package does not implement method $method. Fatal error: the specific $package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package. Cast by notImplemented()
  • Error: coercion starts with some object, not '$type'. Cast by coerce()
  • Error: method bounce requires To, Cc, or Bcc. The message bounce() method forwards a received message off to someone else without modification; you must specified it's new destination. If you have the urge not to specify any destination, you probably are looking for reply(). When you wish to modify the content, use forward(). Cast by bounce()
  • Error: method forwardAttach requires a preamble. Cast by forwardAttach()
  • Error: method forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble. Cast by forwardEncapsulate()
  • Error: method forwardNo requires a To. Cast by forwardNo()
  • Error: method forwardNo requires a body. Cast by forwardNo()
  • Error: no rebuild rule $name defined. Cast by rebuild()
  • Error: only build() Mail::Message's; they are not in a folder yet. You may wish to construct a message to be stored in a some kind of folder, but you need to do that in two steps. First, create a normal Mail::Message, and then add it to the folder. During this Mail::Box::addMessage() process, the message will get coerce()-d into the right message type, adding storage information and the like. Cast by build()
  • Error: please install Email::Simple. Cast by coerce()
  • Error: please install MIME::Entity. Cast by coerce()
  • Error: please install Mail::Internet. Cast by coerce()
  • Error: select parts via '$what'? Cast by parts()
  • Warning: skipped unknown key '$key' in build. Cast by build()
lowkey the "please install" ones are just the module asking you nicely to go get her friends 🥺

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

This module is part of Mail-Box version 4.02, built on April 10, 2026. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

🎀 LICENSE 🎀

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2026 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

okay and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 💖 this was perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-05-09 — periodt, go forth and read your mail 👑✨🦋

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