Mail::...Groups(3pm)

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version 1.04 Β· 4 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

πŸ’– Mail::...Groups(3pm) β€” or, bestie, let's talk Google Groups πŸ’–

okay so this is the manual page for Mail::ListDetector::Detector::GoogleGroups, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection. it's giving very niche, very useful, very "iykyk". let's get into it 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

Mail::ListDetector::Detector::GoogleGroups β€” a whole entire Google Groups message detector, no cap πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use Mail::ListDetector::Detector::GoogleGroups;

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. load it up and you're off πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so basically, this is an implementation of a mailing list detector β€” specifically for Google Groups mailing lists. if you want the tea on Google Groups itself, go peek at http://groups-beta.google.com β˜•βœ¨

here's the thing though, and this is the part that lowkey matters: Google Groups mailing list messages are RFC2919 compliant already… but this module exists anyway because it provides more information. it's the upgraded version. the main character version. the one that actually tells you what's going on πŸ’–


πŸ‘‘ METHODS πŸ‘‘

🌈 new()

inherited straight from Mail::ListDetector::Detector::Base. it didn't have to reinvent the wheel, and honestly? iconic behavior. it just shows up ready to go ✨

πŸ’œ match()

okay so this one takes a Mail::Internet object and it returns either:

  • a Mail::ListDetector::List object β€” if the message is, in fact, a post to a Google Groups mailing list βœ…
  • or undef β€” if it's not πŸ™ˆ

how does it know? Mail::ListDetector::Detector::RFC2919 is the one doing the actual info-extracting about the list. this module just takes that info and munge it around a lil bit so we can confidently say "yeah bestie, this is a Google Groups list" πŸ’… fr fr


πŸ’€ BUGS πŸ’€

No known bugs.

not a single one. the bug count is zero. we're thriving. slay 🌈✨ (do not perceive this as a challenge, universe 😭)


πŸŽ€ AUTHOR πŸŽ€

the legends behind all this, in order:

  • Matthew Walker β€” matthew@walker.wattle.id.au
  • Michael Stevens β€” michael@etla.org
  • Peter Oliver β€” p.d.oliver@mavit.freeserve.co.uk
  • Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 🫢 (free as in freedom, bestie, go wild, just keep the same terms)


and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-11-29, and it lives under the name Mail::...Groups(3pm) in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. mwah, go detect some lists πŸ’–πŸŒΈπŸ¦‹βœ¨

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