NAME

       Mail::Message::Construct::Read - read a Mail::Message from a file handle

SYNOPSIS

        my $msg1 = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
        my $msg2 = Mail::Message->read(\@lines);

DESCRIPTION

       When complex methods are called on a "Mail::Message" object, this package is autoloaded to
       support the reading of messages directly from any file handle.

METHODS

   Constructing a message
       Mail::Message->read($fh|STRING|SCALAR|ARRAY, %options)
           Read a message from a $fh, STRING, SCALAR, or a reference to an ARRAY of lines.  Most
           %options are passed to the new() of the message which is created, but a few extra are
           defined.

           Please have a look at build() and buildFromBody() before thinking about this "read"
           method.  Use this "read" only when you have a file-handle like STDIN to parse from, or
           some external source of message lines.  When you already have a separate set of head
           and body lines, then "read" is certainly not your best choice.

           Some people use this method in a procmail script: the message arrives at stdin, so we
           only have a filehandle.  In this case, you are stuck with this method.  The message is
           preceded by a line which can be used as message separator in mbox folders.  See the
           example how to handle that one.

           This method will remove "Status" and "X-Status" fields when they appear in the source,
           to avoid the risk that these fields accidentally interfere with your internal
           administration, which may have security implications.

            -Option             --Default
             body_type            undef
             strip_status_fields  <true>

           body_type => CLASS
             Force a body type (any specific implementation of a Mail::Message::Body) to be used
             to store the message content.  When the body is a multipart or nested, this will be
             overruled.

           strip_status_fields => BOOLEAN
             Remove the "Status" and "X-Status" fields from the message after reading, to lower
             the risk that received messages from external sources interfere with your internal
             administration.  If you want fields not to be stripped (you would like to disable
             the stripping) you probably process folders yourself, which is a Bad Thing!

           example:

            my $msg1 = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
            my $msg2 = Mail::Message->read(\@lines, log => 'PROGRESS');
            $folder->addMessages($msg1, $msg2);

            my $msg3 = Mail::Message->read(<<MSG);
            Subject: hello world
            To: you@example.com
                                 # warning: empty line required !!!
            Hi, greetings!
            MSG

            # promail example
            my $fromline = <STDIN>;
            my $msg      = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
            my $coerced  = $mboxfolder->addMessage($msg);
            $coerced->fromLine($fromline);

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Message distribution version 3.012, built on February 11,
       2022. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2022 by [Mark Overmeer <markov@cpan.org>]. 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/