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NAME
pop3d::dbox - Simple mailbox database for pop3d
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.3
package require pop3d::dbox ?1.0.2?
::pop3d::dbox::new ?dbName?
dbName option ?arg arg ...?
dbName destroy
dbName base base
dbName add mbox
dbName remove mbox
dbName move old new
dbName list
dbName exists mbox
dbName locked mbox
dbName lock mbox
dbName unlock mbox
dbName stat mbox
dbName size mbox ?msgId?
dbName dele mbox msgList
storageCmd get mbox msgId
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DESCRIPTION
The package pop3d::dbox provides simple/basic mailbox management facilities. Each mailbox object manages
a single base directory whose subdirectories represent the managed mailboxes. Mails in a mailbox are
represented by files in a mailbox directory, where each of these files contains a single mail, both
headers and body, in RFC 822 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc822.txt) conformant format.
Any mailbox object following the interface described below can be used in conjunction with the pop3
server core provided by the package pop3d. It is especially possible to directly use the objects created
by this package in the storage callback of pop3 servers following the same interface as servers created
by the package pop3d.
::pop3d::dbox::new ?dbName?
This command creates a new database object with an associated global Tcl command whose name is
dbName.
The command dbName may be used to invoke various operations on the database. It has the following
general form:
dbName option ?arg arg ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.
The following commands are possible for database objects:
dbName destroy
Destroys the mailbox database and all transient data. The directory associated with the object is
not destroyed.
dbName base base
Defines the base directory containing the mailboxes to manage. If this method is not called none
of the following methods will work.
dbName add mbox
Adds a mailbox of name mbox to the database. The name must be a valid path component.
dbName remove mbox
Removes the mailbox specified through mbox, and the mails contained therein, from the database.
This method will fail if the specified mailbox is locked.
dbName move old new
Changes the name of the mailbox old to new.
dbName list
Returns a list containing the names of all mailboxes in the directory associated with the
database.
dbName exists mbox
Returns true if the mailbox with name mbox exists in the database, or false if not.
dbName locked mbox
Checks if the mailbox specified through mbox is currently locked.
dbName lock mbox
This method locks the specified mailbox for use by a single connection to the server. This is
necessary to prevent havoc if several connections to the same mailbox are open. The complementary
method is unlock. The command will return true if the lock could be set successfully or false if
not.
dbName unlock mbox
This is the complementary method to lock, it revokes the lock on the specified mailbox.
dbName stat mbox
Determines the number of messages in the specified mailbox and returns this number. This method
fails if the mailbox mbox is not locked.
dbName size mbox ?msgId?
Determines the size of the message specified through its id in msgId, in bytes, and returns this
number. The command will return the size of the whole maildrop if no message id was specified. If
specified the msgId has to be in the range "1 ... [dbName stat]" or this call will fail. If stat
was not called before this call, size will assume that there are zero messages in the mailbox.
dbName dele mbox msgList
Deletes the messages whose numeric ids are contained in the msgList from the mailbox specified via
mbox. The msgList must not be empty or this call will fail. The numeric ids in msgList have to
be in the range "1 ... [dbName stat]" or this call will fail. If stat was not called before this
call, dele will assume that there are zero messages in the mailbox.
storageCmd get mbox msgId
Returns a handle for the specified message. This handle is a mime token following the interface
described in the documentation of package mime. The token is read-only. In other words, the caller
is allowed to do anything with the token except to modify it. The msgId has to be in the range "1
... [dbName stat]" or this call will fail. If stat was not called before this call, get will
assume that there are zero messages in the mailbox.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please
report such in the category pop3d of the Tcllib Trackers [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist]. Please
also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.
When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the output of diff -u.
Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. Attachments can be made by
going to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the left-most button
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KEYWORDS
internet, network, pop3, protocol, rfc 822
CATEGORY
Networking
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>