
=head1 NAME

Mail::Message::Construct::Read - read a Mail::Message from a file handle



=head1 SYNOPSIS

 my $msg1 = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
 my $msg2 = Mail::Message->read(\@lines);


=head1 DESCRIPTION

When complex methods are called on a C<Mail::Message> object, this package
is autoloaded to support the reading of messages directly from any file
handle.



=head1 METHODS


=head2 Constructing a message


Mail::Message-E<gt>B<read>(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS)

=over 4

Read a message from a FILEHANDLE, SCALAR, a reference to a SCALAR, or
a reference to an array of LINES.  Most OPTIONS are passed to the L<new()|Mail::Message/"Constructors">
of the message which is created, but a few extra are defined.

Please have a look at L<build()|Mail::Message::Construct::Build/"Constructing a message"> and L<buildFromBody()|Mail::Message::Construct::Build/"Constructing a message"> before thinking about
this C<read> method.  Use this C<read> only when you have a file-handle
like STDIN to parse from, or some external source of message lines.
When you already have a separate set of head and body lines, then C<read>
is certainly B<not> your best choice.

Some people use this method in a procmail script: the message arrives
at stdin, so we only have a filehandle.  In this case, you are stuck
with this method.  The message is preceeded by a line which can be used
as message separator in mbox folders.  See the example how to handle
that one.

This method will remove C<Status> and C<X-Status> fields when they appear
in the source, to avoid the risk that these fields accidentally interfere
with your internal administration, which may have security implications.

 Option               Defined in       Default 
 body_type                             C<undef>
 strip_status_fields                   <true>  

. body_type CLASS

=over 4

Force a body type (any specific implementation of a L<Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body>)
to be used to store the message content.  When the body is a multipart or
nested, this will be overruled.

=back

. strip_status_fields BOOLEAN

=over 4

Remove the C<Status> and C<X-Status> fields from the message after
reading, to lower the risk that received messages from external
sources interfere with your internal administration.  If you want
fields not to be stripped (you would like to disable the stripping)
you probably process folders yourself, which is a Bad Thing!

=back

I<Example:> 

 my $msg1 = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
 my $msg2 = Mail::Message->read(\@lines, log => 'PROGRESS');
 $folder->addMessages($msg1, $msg2);

 my $msg3 = Mail::Message->read(<<MSG);
 Subject: hello world
 To: you@example.com
                      # warning: empty line required !!!
 Hi, greetings!
 MSG

 # promail example
 my $fromline = <STDIN>;
 my $msg      = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
 my $coerced  = $mboxfolder->addMessage($msg);
 $coerced->fromLines($fromline);

=back








=head1 REFERENCES

See the MailBox website at L<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/> for more details.

=head1 COPYRIGHTS

Distribution version 2.055.
Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net).  See the ChangeLog for
other contributors.

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.


