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NAME

       Mail::Server::IMAP4::User - manage the folders of one user

INHERITANCE

        Mail::Server::IMAP4::User
          is a Mail::Box::Manage::User
          is a Mail::Box::Manager
          is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

        my $mgr = Mail::Server::IMAP4::User->new(...);

DESCRIPTION

       This class adds IMAP protocol features to the normal Mail::Box::Manager.

       Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

METHODS

       Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

   Constructors
       Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       Mail::Server::IMAP4::User->new(%options)
            -Option             --Defined in             --Default
             autodetect           Mail::Box::Manager       undef
             collection_type      Mail::Box::Manage::User  Mail::Box::Collection
             default_folder_type  Mail::Box::Manager       'mbox'
             delimiter            Mail::Box::Manage::User  "/"
             folder_id_type       Mail::Box::Manage::User  Mail::Box::Identity
             folder_types         Mail::Box::Manager       <all standard types>
             folderdir            Mail::Box::Manager       [ '.' ]
             folderdirs           Mail::Box::Manager       <synonym for C<folderdir>>
             identity             Mail::Box::Manage::User  <required>
             inbox                Mail::Box::Manage::User  undef
             index_filename                                $folderdir/index
             log                  Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
             topfolder_name       Mail::Box::Manage::User  '='
             trace                Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'

           autodetect => TYPE|ARRAY-OF-TYPES
           collection_type => CLASS
           default_folder_type => NAME|CLASS
           delimiter => STRING
           folder_id_type => CLASS|OBJECT
           folder_types => NEW-TYPE | ARRAY-OF-NEW-TYPES
           folderdir => DIRECTORY
           folderdirs => [DIRECTORIES]
           identity => OBJECT
           inbox => NAME
           index_filename => FILENAME
           log => LEVEL
           topfolder_name => STRING
           trace => LEVEL

   Attributes
       Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->defaultFolderType()
           Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->folderTypes()
           Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->folderdir()
           Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->identity()
           Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manage::User

       $obj->inbox( [$name] )
           Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manage::User

       $obj->indexFilename()
           Returns the filename of the index file.

       $obj->registerType($type, $class, %options)
           Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Manager

   Manage open folders
       Extends "Manage open folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->close($folder, %options)
           Inherited, see "Manage open folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->closeAllFolders(, %options)
           Inherited, see "Manage open folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->isOpenFolder($folder)
           Inherited, see "Manage open folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->open( [$foldername], %options )
           Inherited, see "Manage open folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->openFolders()
           Inherited, see "Manage open folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

   Manage existing folders
       Extends "Manage existing folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

   Manage folders
       Extends "Manage folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->create($name, %options)
           Creates a new folder with the specified name.  Folder info is returned, which will be
           very simple.  In the accidental case that the folder already exists, a warning will be
           issued, and that folder's data returned.

            -Option       --Defined in             --Default
             create_real    Mail::Box::Manage::User  <true>
             create_supers  Mail::Box::Manage::User  <false>
             deleted        Mail::Box::Manage::User  <false>
             id_options     Mail::Box::Manage::User  []

           create_real => BOOLEAN
           create_supers => BOOLEAN
           deleted => BOOLEAN
           id_options => ARRAY
       $obj->delete($name, %options)
           Remove all signs from the folder on the file-system.  Messages still in the folder
           will be removed.  This method returns a true value when the folder has been removed or
           not found, so "false" means failure.

           It is also possible to delete a folder using "$folder->delete", which will call this
           method here.  %options, which are used for some other folder types, will be ignored
           here: the user's index contains the required details.

            -Option   --Defined in        --Default
             recursive  Mail::Box::Manager  <folder's default>

           recursive => BOOLEAN

           example: how to delete a folder

            print "no xyz (anymore)\n" if $user->delete('xyz');

       $obj->folder($name)
           Inherited, see "Manage folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User

       $obj->folderCollection($name)
           Inherited, see "Manage folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User

       $obj->folderInfo($name)
           Returns a hash with folder information.  In normal circumstances, it is cheap to get
           these details, because they are cached in an index file, maintained by
           Mail::Box::Netzwert::UserIndex.

           DO NOT modify the values you find in the hash, because that data may or may not be
           lost (see Mail::Box::Netzwert::UserIndex subroutine change).

           DO NOT trust on the existence of any field in the info: fields may get renamed,
           removed, or added over time.  Not all folder indexes will be generated by the same
           software release.

           example: how to get global info about a folder

            my $info = $user->folderInfo($name); # get info

       $obj->rename($oldname, $newname, %options)
           Inherited, see "Manage folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User

       $obj->topfolder()
           Inherited, see "Manage folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User

   Move messages to folders
       Extends "Move messages to folders" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->appendMessage( [$folder|$foldername], $messages, %options )
           Inherited, see "Move messages to folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->copyMessage( [$folder|$foldername], $messages, %options )
           Inherited, see "Move messages to folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->moveMessage( [$folder|$foldername], $messages, %options )
           Inherited, see "Move messages to folders" in Mail::Box::Manager

   Manage message threads
       Extends "Manage message threads" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->threads( [$folders], %options )
           Inherited, see "Manage message threads" in Mail::Box::Manager

   Internals
       Extends "Internals" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->decodeFolderURL($url)
           Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->toBeThreaded($folder, $messages)
           Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Manager

       $obj->toBeUnthreaded($folder, $messages)
           Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Manager

   Error handling
       Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->AUTOLOAD()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->addReport($object)
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
       Mail::Server::IMAP4::User->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level,
       $callback] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->errors()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
       Mail::Server::IMAP4::User->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority($level)
       Mail::Server::IMAP4::User->logPriority($level)
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logSettings()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->notImplemented()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->report( [$level] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->reportAll( [$level] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->trace( [$level] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->warnings()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

   Cleanup
       Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

       $obj->DESTROY()
           Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DETAILS

       Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Box::Manage::User.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Error: Cannot create folder directory $dir: $!
       Error: Cannot rename $name to $new: higher levels missing
           Unless you set create(create_supers), all higher level folders must exist before this
           new one can be created.

       Error: Cannot write name for folder in $file: $!
       Error: Failed writing folder name to $file: $!
       Warning: Folder $name already exists, creation skipped
       Error: Folder $name is already open.
           You cannot ask the manager for a folder which is already open. In some older releases
           (before MailBox 2.049), this was permitted, but then behaviour changed, because many
           nasty side-effects are to be expected.  For instance, an Mail::Box::update() on one
           folder handle would influence the second, probably unexpectedly.

       Error: Folder $name is not a Mail::Box; cannot add a message.
           The folder where the message should be appended to is an object which is not a folder
           type which extends Mail::Box.  Probably, it is not a folder at all.

       Warning: Folder does not exist, failed opening $type folder $name.
           The folder does not exist and creating is not permitted (see open(create)) or did not
           succeed.  When you do not have sufficient access rights to the folder (for instance
           wrong password for POP3), this warning will be produced as well.

           The manager tried to open a folder of the specified type.  It may help to explicitly
           state the type of your folder with the "type" option.  There will probably be another
           warning or error message which is related to this report and provides more details
           about its cause.  You may also have a look at new(autodetect) and new(folder_types).

       Warning: Folder type $type is unknown, using autodetect.
           The specified folder type (see open(type), possibly derived from the folder name when
           specified as url) is not known to the manager.  This may mean that you forgot to
           require the Mail::Box extension which implements this folder type, but probably it is
           a typo.  Usually, the manager is able to figure-out which type to use by itself.

       Error: Illegal folder URL '$url'.
           The folder name was specified as URL, but not according to the syntax.  See
           decodeFolderURL() for an description of the syntax.

       Error: No foldername specified to open.
           "open()" needs a folder name as first argument (before the list of options), or with
           the "folder" option within the list.  If no name was found, the MAIL environment
           variable is checked.  When even that does not result in a usable folder, then this
           error is produced.  The error may be caused by an accidental odd-length option list.

       Error: Package $package does not implement $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.

       Error: Unable to remove folder $dir
       Error: Use appendMessage() to add messages which are not in a folder.
           You do not need to copy this message into the folder, because you do not share the
           message between folders.

       Warning: Use moveMessage() or copyMessage() to move between open folders.
           The message is already part of a folder, and now it should be appended to a different
           folder.  You need to decide between copy or move, which both will clone the message
           (not the body, because they are immutable).

       Warning: Will never create a folder $name without having write access.
           You have set open(create), but only want to read the folder.  Create is only useful
           for folders which have write or append access modes (see Mail::Box::new(access)).

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Box-IMAP4 distribution version 3.002, built on June 29, 2017.

       Do not forget to read Mail::Box-Overview, Mail::Box-Cookbook, and Mail::Box-Index.
       Examples are included in the Mail-Box distribution, directories 'examples' and 'scripts'.

       Browseable manuals, papers, and other released material van be found at  Website:
       http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

       The central modules (in separate distributions) in the MailBox suite are: Mail::Message,
       Mail::Box, Mail::Box::IMAP4, Mail::Box::POP3, Mail::Box::Parser::C, Mail::Box::Dbx
       (unpublished), Mail::Transport, Object::Realize::Later, and User::Identity.

       Please post questions or ideas to the author markov@cpan.org.

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2017 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/