- modify ( [ VALUE ] )
-
If "VALUE" is false then "Mail::Header" will not do any automatic
reformatting of the headers, other than to ensure that the line
starts with the tags given.
- mail_from ( OPTION )
-
"OPTION" specifies what to do when a `From ' line is encountered.
Valid values are "IGNORE" - ignore and discard the header,
"ERROR" - invoke an error (call die), "COERCE" - rename them as Mail-From
and "KEEP" - keep them.
- fold ( [ LENGTH ] )
-
Fold the header. If "LENGTH" is not given then "Mail::Header" uses the
following rules to determine what length to fold a line.
The fold length for the tag that is begin processed
The default fold length for the tag that is being processed
The default fold length for the object
- extract ( ARRAY_REF )
-
Extract a header from the given array. "extract" will modify this array.
Returns the object that the method was called on.
- read ( FD )
-
Read a header from the given file descriptor.
- empty ()
-
Empty the "Mail::Header" object of all lines.
- header ( [ ARRAY_REF ] )
-
"header" does multiple operations. First it will extract a header from
the array, if given. It will the reformat the header, if reformatting
is permitted, and finally return a reference to an array which
contains the header in a printable form.
- header_hashref ( [ HASH_REF ] )
-
As "header", but it will eventually set headers from a hash
reference, and it will return the headers as a hash reference.
The values in the hash might either be a scalar or an array reference,
as an example:
$hashref->{From}='Tobias Brox <tobix@cpan.org>';
$hashref->{To}=['you@somewhere', 'me@localhost'];
- add ( TAG, LINE [, INDEX ] )
-
Add a new line to the header. If "TAG" is undef the the tag will be
extracted from the beginning of the given line. If "INDEX" is given
the new line will be inserted into the header at the given point, otherwise
the new line will be appended to the end of the header.
- replace ( TAG, LINE [, INDEX ] )
-
Replace a line in the header. If "TAG" is undef the the tag will be
extracted from the beginning of the given line. If "INDEX" is given
the new line will replace the Nth instance of that tag, otherwise the
first instance of the tag is replaced. If the tag does not appear in the
header then a new line will be appended to the header.
- combine ( TAG [, WITH ] )
-
Combine all instances of "TAG" into one. The lines will be
joined togther with "WITH", or a single space if not given. The new
item will be positioned in the header where the first instance was, all
other instances of <TAG> will be removed.
- get ( TAG [, INDEX ] )
-
Get the text form a line. If "INDEX" is given then the text of the Nth
instance will be returned. If it is not given the return value depends on the
context in which "get" was called. In an array context a list of all the
text from all the instances of "TAG" will be returned. In a scalar context
the text for the first instance will be returned.
- delete ( TAG [, INDEX ] )
-
Delete a tag from the header. If "INDEX" id given then the Nth instance
of the tag will be removed. If "INDEX" is not given all instances
of tag will be removed.
- count ( TAG )
-
Returns the number of times the given atg appears in the header
- print ( [ FD ] )
-
Print the header to the given file descriptor, or "STDOUT" if no
file descriptor is given.
- as_string ()
-
Returns the header as a single string.
- fold_length ( [ TAG ], [ LENGTH ] )
-
Set the default fold length for all tags or just one. With no arguments
the default fold length is returned. With two arguments it sets the fold
length for the given tag and returns the previous value. If only "LENGTH"
is given it sets the default fold length for the current object.
In the two argument form "fold_length" may be called as a static method,
setting default fold lengths for tags that will be used by all
"Mail::Header" objects. See the "fold" method for
a description on how "Mail::Header" uses these values.
- tags ()
-
Retruns an array of all the tags that exist in the header. Each tag will
only appear in the list once. The order of the tags is not specified.
- dup ()
-
Create a duplicate of the current object.
- cleanup ()
-
Remove any header line that, other than the tag, only contains whitespace
- unfold ( [ TAG ] )
-
Unfold all instances of the given tag so that they do not spread across
multiple lines. IF "TAG" is not given then all lines are unfolded.