Provided by: libmail-message-perl_3.012-1_all 
NAME
Mail::Message::Construct::Reply - reply to a Mail::Message
SYNOPSIS
my Mail::Message $reply = $message->reply;
my $quoted = $message->replyPrelude($head->get('From'));
DESCRIPTION
Complex functionality on Mail::Message objects is implemented in different files which are
autoloaded. This file implements the functionality related to creating message replies.
METHODS
Constructing a message
$obj->reply(%options)
Start a reply to this message. Some of the header-lines of the original message will
be taken. A message-id will be assigned. Some header lines will be updated to
facilitate message-thread detection (see Mail::Box::Thread::Manager).
You may reply to a whole message or a message part. You may wish to overrule some of
the default header settings for the reply immediately, or you may do that later with
"set" on the header.
ADDRESSES may be specified as string, or a Mail::Address object, or as array of
Mail::Address objects.
All %options which are not listed below AND start with a capital, will be added as
additional headers to the reply message.
-Option --Default
Bcc undef
Cc <'cc' in current>
From <'to' in current>
Message-ID <uniquely generated>
Subject replySubject()
To <sender in current>
body undef
group_reply <true>
include 'INLINE'
max_signature 10
message_type Mail::Message
postlude undef
prelude undef
quote '> '
signature undef
strip_signature qr/^--\s/
Bcc => ADDRESSES
Receivers of blind carbon copies: their names will not be published to other message
receivers.
Cc => ADDRESSES
The carbon-copy receivers, by default a copy of the "Cc" field of the source
message.
From => ADDRESSES
Your identification, by default taken from the "To" field of the source message.
Message-ID => STRING
Supply a STRING as specific message-id for the reply. By default, one is generated
for you. If there are no angles around your id, they will be added.
Subject => STRING|CODE
Force the subject line to the specific STRING, or the result of the subroutine
specified by CODE. The subroutine will be called passing the subject of the
original message as only argument. By default, Mail::Message::replySubject() is
used.
To => ADDRESSES
The destination of your message. By default taken from the "Reply-To" field in the
source message. If that field is not present as well, the "From" line is scanned.
If they all fail, "undef" is returned by this method: no reply message produced.
body => BODY
Usually, the reply method can create a nice, sufficient message from the source
message's body. In case you like more complicated reformatting, you may also create
a body yourself first, and pass this on to this "reply" method. Some of the other
options to this method will be ignored in this case.
group_reply => BOOLEAN
Will the people listed in the "Cc" headers (those who received the message where you
reply to now) also receive this message as carbon copy?
include => 'NO'|'INLINE'|'ATTACH'
Must the message where this is a reply to be included in the message? If "NO" then
not. With "INLINE" a reply body is composed. "ATTACH" will create a multi-part
body, where the original message is added after the specified body. It is only
possible to inline textual messages, therefore binary or multipart messages will
always be enclosed as attachment.
max_signature => INTEGER
Passed to "stripSignature" on the body as parameter "max_lines". Only effective for
single-part messages.
message_type => CLASS
Create a message with the requested type. By default, it will be a Mail::Message.
This is correct, because it will be coerced into the correct folder message type
when it is added to that folder.
postlude => BODY|LINES
The line(s) which to be added after the quoted reply lines. Create a body for it
first. This should not include the signature, which has its own option. The
signature will be added after the postlude when the reply is INLINEd.
prelude => BODY|LINES
The line(s) which will be added before the quoted reply lines. If nothing is
specified, the result of the replyPrelude() method is taken. When "undef" is
specified, no prelude will be added.
quote => CODE|STRING
Mangle the lines of an "INLINE"d reply with CODE, or by prepending a STRING to each
line. The routine specified by CODE is called when the line is in $_.
By default, '> ' is added before each line. Specify "undef" to disable quoting.
This option is processed after the body has been decoded.
signature => BODY|MESSAGE
The signature to be added in case of a multi-part reply. The mime-type of the
signature body should indicate this is a used as such. However, in INLINE mode, the
body will be taken, a line containing '-- ' added before it, and added behind the
epilogue.
strip_signature => REGEXP|STRING|CODE
Remove the signature of the sender. The value of this parameter is passed to
Mail::Message::Body::stripSignature(pattern) unless the source text is not included.
The signature is stripped from the message before quoting.
When a multipart body is encountered, and the message is included to ATTACH, the
parts which look like signatures will be removed. If only one message remains, it
will be the added as single attachment, otherwise a nested multipart will be the
result. The value of this option does not matter, as long as it is present. See
Mail::Message::Body::Multipart.
example:
my $reply = $msg->reply
( prelude => "No spam, please!\n\n"
, postlude => "\nGreetings\n"
, strip_signature => 1
, signature => $my_pgp_key
, group_reply => 1
, 'X-Extra' => 'additional header'
);
$obj->replyPrelude( [STRING|$field|$address|ARRAY-$of-$things] )
Produces a list of lines (usually only one), which will preceded the quoted body of
the message. STRING must comply to the RFC822 email address specification, and is
usually the content of a "To" or "From" header line. If a $field is specified, the
field's body must be compliant. Without argument -or when the argument is "undef"- a
slightly different line is produced.
An characteristic example of the output is
On Thu Oct 13 04:54:34 1995, him@example.com wrote:
$obj->replySubject(STRING)
Mail::Message->replySubject(STRING)
Create a subject for a message which is a reply for this one. This routine tries to
count the level of reply in subject field, and transform it into a standard form.
Please contribute improvements.
example:
subject --> Re: subject
Re: subject --> Re[2]: subject
Re[X]: subject --> Re[X+1]: subject
subject (Re) --> Re[2]: subject
subject (Forw) --> Re[2]: subject
<blank> --> Re: your mail
DIAGNOSTICS
Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.
Unknown alternative for the "include" option of reply(). Valid choices are "NO",
"INLINE", and "ATTACH".
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/