Provided by: libuser-identity-perl_0.98-1_all 
NAME
Mail::Identity - an e-mail role
INHERITANCE
Mail::Identity
is a User::Identity::Item
SYNOPSIS
use User::Identity;
use Mail::Identity;
my $me = User::Identity->new(...);
my $addr = Mail::Identity->new(address => 'x@y');
$me->add(email => $addr);
# Simpler
use User::Identity;
my $me = User::Identity->new(...);
my $addr = $me->add(email => 'x@y');
my $addr = $me->add( email => 'home'
, address => 'x@y');
# Conversion
my $ma = Mail::Address->new(...);
my $mi = Mail::Identity->coerce($ma);
DESCRIPTION
The "Mail::Identity" object contains the description of role played by a human when
sending e-mail. Most people have more than one role these days: for instance, a private
and a company role with different e-mail addresses.
An "Mail::Identity" object combines an e-mail address, user description ("phrase"), a
signature, pgp-key, and so on. All fields are optional, and some fields are smart. One
such set of data represents one role. "Mail::Identity" is therefore the smart cousine of
the Mail::Address object.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in User::Identity::Item.
METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in User::Identity::Item.
Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in User::Identity::Item.
Mail::Identity->new( [$name], %options )
-Option --Defined in --Default
address <username@domain or name>
charset <user's charset>
comment <user's fullname if phrase is different>
description User::Identity::Item undef
domain <from email or localhost>
language <from user>
location <random user's location>
name User::Identity::Item <phrase or user's fullName>
organization <location's organization>
parent User::Identity::Item undef
pgp_key undef
phrase <user's fullName>
signature undef
username <from address or user's nickname>
address => STRING
The e-mail address is constructed from the username/domain, but when both do not
exist, the name is taken.
charset => STRING
comment => STRING
description => STRING
domain => STRING
language => STRING
location => NAME|OBJECT
The user's location which relates to this mail identity. This can be specified as
location name (which will be looked-up when needed), or as User::Identity::Location
object.
name => STRING
organization => STRING
Usually defined for e-mail addresses which are used by a company or other
organization, but less common for personal addresses. This value will be used to
fill the "Organization" header field of messages.
parent => OBJECT
pgp_key => STRING|FILENAME
phrase => STRING
signature => STRING
username => STRING
Attributes
Extends "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item.
$obj->address()
Returns the e-mail address for this role. If none was specified, it will be
constructed from the username and domain. If those are not present as well, then the
name() is used when it contains a "@", else the user's nickname is taken.
$obj->charset()
Returns the character set used in comment and phrase. When set to "undef", the
strings (are already encoded to) contain only ASCII characters. This defaults to the
value of the user's charset, if a user is defined.
$obj->comment( [STRING] )
E-mail address -when included in message MIME headers- can contain a comment. The
RFCs advice not to store useful information in these comments, but it you really want
to, you can do it. The comment defaults to the user's fullname if the phrase is not
the fullname and there is a user defined.
Comments will be enclosed in parenthesis when used. Parenthesis (matching) or non-
matching) which are already in the string will carefully escaped when needed. You do
not need to worry.
$obj->description()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->domain()
The domain is the part of the e-mail address after the "@"-sign. When this is not
defined, it can be deducted from the email address (see address()). If nothing is
known, "localhost" is returned.
$obj->language()
Returns the language which is used for the description fields of this e-mail address,
which defaults to the user's language.
$obj->location()
Returns the object which describes to which location this mail address relates. The
location may be used to find the name of the organization involved, or to create a
signature. If no location is specified, but a user is defined which has locations,
one of those is randomly chosen.
$obj->name( [$newname] )
Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->organization()
Returns the organization which relates to this e-mail identity. If not explicitly
specified, it is tried to be found via the location.
$obj->phrase()
The phrase is used in an e-mail address to explain who is sending the message. This
usually is the fullname (the user's fullname is used by default), description of your
function (Webmaster), or any other text.
When an email string is produced, the phase will be quoted if needed. Quotes which
are within the string will automatically be escaped, so you do no need to worry: input
cannot break the outcome!
$obj->username()
Returns the username of this e-mail address. If none is specified, first it is tried
to extract it from the specified e-mail address. If there is also no username in the
e-mail address, the user identity's nickname is taken.
Collections
Extends "Collections" in User::Identity::Item.
$obj->add($collection, $role)
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->addCollection( $object | <[$type], %options> )
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->collection($name)
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->parent( [$parent] )
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->removeCollection($object|$name)
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->type()
Mail::Identity->type()
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->user()
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
Searching
Extends "Searching" in User::Identity::Item.
$obj->find($collection, $role)
Inherited, see "Searching" in User::Identity::Item
DIAGNOSTICS
Error: $object is not a collection.
The first argument is an object, but not of a class which extends
User::Identity::Collection.
Error: Cannot load collection module for $type ($class).
Either the specified $type does not exist, or that module named $class returns
compilation errors. If the type as specified in the warning is not the name of a
package, you specified a nickname which was not defined. Maybe you forgot the
'require' the package which defines the nickname.
Error: Creation of a collection via $class failed.
The $class did compile, but it was not possible to create an object of that class
using the options you specified.
Error: Don't know what type of collection you want to add.
If you add a collection, it must either by a collection object or a list of options
which can be used to create a collection object. In the latter case, the type of
collection must be specified.
Warning: No collection $name
The collection with $name does not exist and can not be created.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of User-Identity distribution version 0.98, built on November 08,
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/userid/
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 2003-2017 by [Mark Overmeer <markov@cpan.org>]. For other contributors see
Changes.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic
license. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html