NAME

       Mail::Field::AddrList - object representation of e-mail address lists

INHERITANCE

        Mail::Field::AddrList
          is a Mail::Field

SYNOPSIS

         use Mail::Field::AddrList;

         $to   = Mail::Field->new('To');
         $from = Mail::Field->new('From', 'poe@daimi.aau.dk (Peter Orbaek)');

         $from->create('foo@bar.com' => 'Mr. Foo', poe => 'Peter');
         $from->parse('foo@bar.com (Mr Foo), Peter Orbaek <poe>');

         # make a RFC822 header string
         print $from->stringify(),"\n";

         # extract e-mail addresses and names
         @addresses = $from->addresses(); # strings
         @names     = $from->names();     # strings
         @addr      = $from->addr_list(); # Mail::Address objects (v2.00)

         # adjoin a new address to the list
         $from->set_address('foo@bar.com', 'Mr. Foo');

DESCRIPTION

       Defines parsing and formatting of address field, for the following fields: "To", "From",
       "Cc", "Reply-To", and "Sender".

       All the normally used features of the address field specification of RFC2822 are
       implemented, but some complex (and therefore hardly ever used) constructs will not be
       inderstood.  Use Mail::Message::Field::Full in MailBox if you need full RFC compliance.

METHODS

   Constructors
       Mail::Field::AddrList->combine(FIELDS)
           See "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::AddrList->extract(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ])
           See "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::AddrList->new(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS])
           See "Constructors" in Mail::Field

   "Fake" constructors
       $obj->create(OPTIONS)
           See ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->parse()
           See ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field

   Accessors
       $obj->set(OPTIONS)
           See "Accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->stringify()
           See "Accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->tag()
       Mail::Field::AddrList->tag()
           See "Accessors" in Mail::Field

   Smart accessors
       $obj->addr_list()
           Returns the collected Mail::Address objects.

       $obj->addresses()
           Returns a list if email addresses, found in the field content.

       $obj->names()
           Returns a list of nicely formatted named, for each of the addresses found in the
           content.

       $obj->set_address(EMAIL, NAME)
           Add/replace an EMAIL address to the field.

       $obj->text([STRING])
           See "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field

DIAGNOSTICS

       Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
           Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.  Apparently, the
           mehod called is not implemented for the specific class of the field object.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of the MailTools distribution, http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.

AUTHORS

       The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr.  Later, Mark Overmeer took over
       maintenance without commitment to further development.

       Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>.  Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek
       <poe@cit.dk>.  Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>.  For other
       contributors see ChangeLog.

LICENSE

       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer
       <perl@overmeer.net>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html