Mail::...::IMAP4(3pm)

💖 Mail::...::IMAP4(3pm) — bestie's guide 💖

okay so this page lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of your man pages, and it's the whole vibe check on Mail::Server::IMAP4. grab a snack, we're doing this 🌸

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✨ NAME ✨

Mail::Server::IMAP4 — an IMAP4 server implementation (and bestie... it is not completed 💀)

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🫶 INHERITANCE 🫶

the family tree goes like this:

Mail::Server::IMAP4
  is a Mail::Server
  is a Mail::Reporter

so it inherits from Mail::Server, which inherits from Mail::Reporter. it's giving nepo baby but in a legitimate-object-oriented way ✨

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

look at this and know: it is partially implemented. that's not me being shady, that's literally what it says:

!!!Partially implemented!!!!
my $server = Mail::Server::IMAP4->new($msg);

new($msg) — that's the constructor call, one argument, $msg. that's it. that's the whole synopsis. short and honestly iconic 🎀

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea, bestie: this module is a place-holder. like, the actual purpose is to be a spot where you can grow code that's needed to implement a full IMAP4 server. it's a plot of land. you bring the house 🏡

and even though the server is not implemented — not yet, she's a work in progress — parts of this server are already available. so it's not empty, it's just not finished. main character energy in progress 💜

here's what's already out there:

• Mail::Server::IMAP4::Fetch — used to capture "FETCH" related information from a message, and produce server-side FETCH answers. love that for her ✨
• Mail::Server::IMAP4::List — produce LIST responses about existing folders. this one works in combination with a Mail::Box::Manage::User object. no cap, it actually functions 🫶
• Mail::Server::IMAP4::Search — the SEARCH request. Not implemented yet... looking for a volunteer. not me volunteering, not me not volunteering 🙈 (fr fr, the manpage literally asks for a volunteer — if that's your moment, that's your moment 👑)

this section Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Server.

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🔥 METHODS 🔥

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Server.

(that's the whole section. short king 👑)

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🦋 DETAILS 🦋

See

RFC2060: "Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP4v1"

like, go read the RFC if you want the real lore 📜

this section Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Server.

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😭 DIAGNOSTICS 😭

• 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().

so basically: someone in the inheritance chain was supposed to show up and they didn't 💀 the method exists somewhere in the family, just not in the class you're holding. investigate it, and probably tell the author of the package. communication is key bestie 🫶

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

This module is part of Mail-Box-IMAP4 version 4.01, built on December 13, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/ 🌐

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🎀 LICENSE 🎀

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2025 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.

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💖 and that's the whole page bestie! go forth, implement an IMAP4 server, or don't — the placeholder will hold your dreams either way 🧚

and for the cute sign-off: this whole thing came to you via perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-01-21, filed under Mail::...::IMAP4(3pm). slay ⭐