Provided by: libmail-message-perl_3.015-1_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Receivers of blind carbon copies: their names will not be published to other message receivers.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 3.015, built on December 11, 2023. Website:
http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2023 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/
perl v5.36.0 2023-12-11 Mail::Message::Construct::Reply(3pm)