NAME

       Mail::MIMEDefang::Utils - Support methods used internally or by email filters

DESCRIPTION

       Mail::MIMEDefang::Utils are a set of methods that can be called from mimedefang-filter or by other
       methods.

METHODS

       time_str
           Method that returns a string representing the current time.

       hour_str
           Method that returns a string representing the current hour.

       synthesize_received_header
           Method  that  synthesizes  a  valid  Received:  header  to  reflect  re-mailing.   Needed  by  Apache
           SpamAssassin to correctly parse email messages.

       copy_or_link
           Method that copies a file if it fails to create an hard link to the original file.

       read_results
           Method that extracts an array of command, key, values from RESULTS file, needed for regression tests.

       re_match
           Method that returns 1 if either Content-Disposition.filename or Content-Type.name matches the regexp;
           0 otherwise.

       re_match_ext
           Method  that  returns  1  if  the  EXTENSION   part   of   either   Content-Disposition.filename   or
           Content-Type.name matches regexp; 0 otherwise.

       re_match_in_rar_directory
           Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the rar archive matches regexp.  To enable
           the check $Features{'unrar'} should be enabled.

       re_match_in_7zip_directory
           Method  that  returns  1  if  the  EXTENSION part of any file in the 7zip archive matches regexp.  To
           enable the check $Features{'7zip'} should be enabled.

       re_match_in_tgz_directory
           Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the tgz archive matches regexp.  To enable
           the check $Features{'tar'} should be enabled.

       re_match_in_zip_directory
           Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the zip archive matches regexp.

       md_copy_orig_msg_to_work_dir_as_mbox_file
           Method that copies original INPUTMSG file into work directory for  virus-scanning  as  a  valid  mbox
           file.

       gen_mx_id
           Method that generates a random indentifier used by MIMEDefang to create temporary files.

3.6                                                2025-10-05                         Mail::MIMEDefang::Utils(3)