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Mail::Filter(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Filter(3pm)
NAME
Mail::Filter - Filter mail through multiple subroutines
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Filter;
my $filter = Mail::Filter->new( \&filter1, \&filter2 );
my $mail = Mail::Internet->new( [<>] );
my $mail = $filter->filter($mail);
my $folder = Mail::Folder->new( .... );
my $filter->filter($folder);
DESCRIPTION
"Mail::Filter" provides an interface to filtering Email through multiple subroutines.
"Mail::Filter" filters mail by calling each filter subroutine in turn. Each filter
subroutine is called with two arguments, the first is the filter object and the second is
the mail or folder object being filtered.
The result from each filter sub is passed to the next filter as the mail object. If a
filter subroutine returns undef, then "Mail::Filter" will abort and return immediately.
The function returns the result from the last subroutine to operate on the mail object.
METHODS
Constructors
Mail::Filter->new([FILTER [, ... ]])
Create a new "Mail::Filter" object with the given filter subroutines. Each filter may
be either a code reference or the name of a method to call on the <Mail::Filter>
object.
Accessors
$obj->add(FILTER [, FILTER ...])
Add the given filters to the end of the filter list.
Processing
$obj->filter(MAIL-OBJECT | MAIL-FOLDER)
If the first argument is a "Mail::Internet" object, then this object will be passed
through the filter list. If the first argument is a "Mail::Folder" object, then each
message in turn will be passed through the filter list.
$obj->folder()
While the "filter" method is called with a "Mail::Folder" object, these filter
subroutines can call this method to obtain the folder object that is being processed.
$obj->msgnum()
If the "filter" method is called with a "Mail::Folder" object, then the filter
subroutines may call this method to obtain the message number of the message that is
being processed.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of the MailTools distribution, http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
AUTHORS
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark Overmeer took over
maintenance without commitment to further development.
Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas AT oslonett.no>. Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek
<poe AT cit.dk>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce AT ig.uk>. For other
contributors see ChangeLog.
LICENSE
Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr AT pobox.com> and 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer
<perl AT overmeer.net>.
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 v5.20.0 2014-01-05 Mail::Filter(3pm)
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