


Message::ConverUseriContributed)PMessage::Convert::MimeEntity(3p)


NAME
       Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity - translate Mail::Message to
       MIME::Entity vv

CLASS HIERARCHY
        Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity
        is a Mail::Message::Convert
        is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS
        use Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity;
        my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity->new;

        my Mail::Message $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
        my MIME::Entity  $entity = $convert->export($msg);

        my MIME::Entity  $entity = MIME::Entity->new;
        my Mail::Message $msg    = $convert->from($entity);

        use Mail::Box::Manager;
        my $mgr     = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
        my $folder  = $mgr->open(folder => 'Outbox');
        $folder->addMessage($entity);

DESCRIPTION
       The "MIME::Entity" extends "Mail::Internet" message with multiparts and
       more methods.  The "Mail::Message" objects are more flexible in how the
       message parts are stored, and uses separate header and body objects.

METHOD INDEX
       Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Reporter
       (MR), Mail::Message::Convert (MMC).

       The general methods for "Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity" objects:

          MR errors                            MR report [LEVEL]
             export MESSAGE, OPTIONS           MR reportAll [LEVEL]
             from OBJECT, OPTIONS              MR trace [LEVEL]
          MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]            MR warnings
             new OPTIONS

       The extra methods for extension writers:

          MR AUTOLOAD                          MR logSettings
          MR DESTROY                           MR notImplemented
          MR inGlobalDestruction              MMC selectedFields HEAD
          MR logPriority LEVEL

METHODS
       new OPTIONS
            OPTIONS         DESCRIBED IN           DEFAULT
            log             Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'
            trace           Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'




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Message::ConverUseriContributed)PMessage::Convert::MimeEntity(3p)


       export MESSAGE, OPTIONS
           Returns a new message object based on the information from a
           "Mail::Message" object.  The MESSAGE specified is an instance of a
           "Mail::Message".

           Examples:

            my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity->new;
            my Mail::Message $msg  = Mail::Message->new;
            my MIME::Entity  $copy = $convert->export($msg);

       from OBJECT, OPTIONS
           Returns a new "Mail::Message" object based on the information from
           an message-type which is strange to the "Mail::Box" set of modules.

           Examples:

            my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity->new;
            my MIME::Entity  $msg  = MIME::Entity->new;
            my Mail::Message $copy = $convert->from($msg);

SEE ALSO
       Mail::Box-Overview

       For support and additional documentation, see
       http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

AUTHOR
       Mark Overmeer (mailbox@overmeer.net).  All rights reserved.  This
       program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

VERSION
       This code is beta, version 2.018.

       Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Mark Overmeer. All rights reserved.  This
       program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.



















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