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Mail::Filter(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Mail::Filter(3)

NAME
       Mail::Filter - Filter mail through multiple subroutines
SYNOPSIS
        use Mail::Filter;
        my $filter = Mail::Filter->new( \&filter1, \&filter2 );
        my $mail   = Mail::Internet->new( [<>] );
        my $mail   = $filter->filter($mail);
        my $folder = Mail::Folder->new( .... );
        my $filter->filter($folder);
DESCRIPTION
       "Mail::Filter" provides an interface to filtering Email through
       multiple subroutines.
       "Mail::Filter" filters mail by calling each filter subroutine in turn.
       Each filter subroutine is called with two arguments, the first is the
       filter object and the second is the mail or folder object being
       filtered.
       The result from each filter sub is passed to the next filter as the
       mail object. If a filter subroutine returns undef, then "Mail::Filter"
       will abort and return immediately.
       The function returns the result from the last subroutine to operate on
       the mail object.
METHODS
   Constructors
       Mail::Filter->new([FILTER [, ... ]])
           Create a new "Mail::Filter" object with the given filter
           subroutines. Each filter may be either a code reference or the name
           of a method to call on the <Mail::Filter> object.
   Accessors
       $obj->add(FILTER [, FILTER ...])
           Add the given filters to the end of the fliter list.
   Processing
       $obj->filter(MAIL-OBJECT | MAIL-FOLDER)
           If the first argument is a "Mail::Internet" object, then this
           object will be passed through the filter list. If the first
           argument is a "Mail::Folder" object, then each message in turn will
           be passed through the filter list.
       $obj->folder()
           While the "filter" method is called with a "Mail::Folder" object,
           these filter subroutines can call this method to obtain the folder
           object that is being processed.
       $obj->msgnum()
           If the "filter" method is called with a "Mail::Folder" object, then
           the filter subroutines may call this method to obtain the message
           number of the message that is being processed.
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 AT oslonett.no>.  Mail::Field::AddrList by
       Peter Orbaek <poe AT cit.dk>.  Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce
       <Tim.Bunce AT ig.uk>.  For other contributors see ChangeLog.
LICENSE
       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr AT pobox.com> and 2001-2007 Mark
       Overmeer <perl AT 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

perl v5.16.3                      2012-12-21                   Mail::Filter(3)