package Mail::Mbox::MessageParser; use strict; use 5.005; use Carp; use FileHandle::Unget; use File::Spec; use File::Temp; sub dprint; use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo; use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config; use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl; use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep; use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Cache; use vars qw( @ISA $VERSION $DEBUG ); use vars qw( $CACHE $UPDATING_CACHE ); @ISA = qw(Exporter); $VERSION = sprintf "%d.%02d%02d", q/1.50.2/ =~ /(\d+)/g; $DEBUG = 0; #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # The class-wide cache, which will be read and written when necessary. i.e. # read when an folder reader object is created which uses caching, and # written when a different cache is specified, or when the program exits, *CACHE = \$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo::CACHE; *UPDATING_CACHE = \$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo::UPDATING_CACHE; *SETUP_CACHE = \&Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo::SETUP_CACHE; sub SETUP_CACHE; #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Outputs debug messages if $DEBUG is true. sub dprint { return 1 unless $DEBUG; my $message = join '',@_; foreach my $line (split /\n/, $message) { warn "DEBUG (" . __PACKAGE__ . "): $line\n"; } # Be sure to return 1 so code like 'dprint "blah\n" and exit' works. return 1; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub new { my ($proto, $options, $cache_options) = @_; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; carp "You must provide either a file name or a file handle" unless defined $options->{'file_name'} || defined $options->{'file_handle'}; # Can't use grep or cache unless there is a filename unless (defined $options->{'file_name'}) { $options->{'enable_cache'} = 0; $options->{'enable_grep'} = 0; } $DEBUG = $options->{'debug'} if defined $options->{'debug'}; my ($file_type, $need_to_close_filehandle, $error, $endline); ($options->{'file_handle'}, $file_type, $need_to_close_filehandle, $error, $endline) = _PREPARE_FILE_HANDLE($options->{'file_name'}, $options->{'file_handle'}); if (defined $error && !($error eq 'Not a mailbox' && $options->{'force_processing'})) { # Here I assume the only error for which the filehandle was opened is # "Not a mailbox" close $options->{'file_handle'} if $error eq 'Not a mailbox'; return $error; } # Grep implementation doesn't support compression right now $options->{'enable_grep'} = 0 if _IS_COMPRESSED_TYPE($file_type); $options->{'enable_cache'} = 1 unless defined $options->{'enable_cache'};; $options->{'enable_grep'} = 1 unless defined $options->{'enable_grep'};; my $self = undef; if ($options->{'enable_cache'}) { $self = new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Cache($options, $cache_options); unless (ref $self) { warn "Couldn't instantiate Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Cache: $self"; $self = undef; } if ($UPDATING_CACHE) { dprint "Couldn't instantiate Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Cache: " . "Updating cache"; $self = undef; } } if (!defined $self && $options->{'enable_grep'}) { $self = new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep($options); unless (ref $self) { if ($self =~ /not installed/) { dprint "Couldn't instantiate Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep: $self"; } else { warn "Couldn't instantiate Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep: $self"; } $self = undef; } } if (!defined $self) { $self = new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl($options); warn "Couldn't instantiate Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Perl: $self" unless ref $self; } die "Couldn't instantiate any mailbox parser implementation" unless defined $self; dprint "Instantiate mailbox parser implementation: " . ref $self; $self->_print_debug_information(); $self->_read_prologue(); $self->{'need_to_close_filehandle'} = $need_to_close_filehandle; $self->{'endline'} = $endline; return $self; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _init { my $self = shift; $self->{'email_line_number'} = 0; $self->{'email_offset'} = 0; $self->{'email_length'} = 0; $self->{'email_number'} = 0; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; $self->{'file_handle'}->close() if $self->{'need_to_close_filehandle'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Returns: # - a file handle to the decompressed mailbox # - the file type (see _GET_FILE_TYPE) # - a boolean indicating whether the caller needs to close the file handle # - an error message (or undef) # - the endline: "\n", "\r\n", or undef sub _PREPARE_FILE_HANDLE { my $file_name = shift; my $file_handle = shift; dprint "Preparing file handle"; if (defined $file_handle) { # Promote this to a FileHandle::Unget if it isn't already $file_handle = new FileHandle::Unget($file_handle) unless UNIVERSAL::isa($file_handle, 'FileHandle::Unget'); binmode $file_handle; my $file_type = _GET_FILE_TYPE(\$file_handle); dprint "Filehandle file type: $file_type"; # Do decompression if we need to if (_IS_COMPRESSED_TYPE($file_type)) { my ($decompressed_file_handle,$error) = _DO_DECOMPRESSION($file_handle, $file_type); return ($file_handle,$file_type,0,$error,undef) unless defined $decompressed_file_handle; return ($decompressed_file_handle,$file_type,0,"Not a mailbox",undef) if _GET_FILE_TYPE(\$decompressed_file_handle) ne 'mailbox'; my $endline = _GET_ENDLINE(\$decompressed_file_handle); return ($decompressed_file_handle,$file_type,0,undef,$endline); } else { dprint "Filehandle is not compressed"; my $endline = _GET_ENDLINE(\$file_handle); return ($file_handle,$file_type,0,"Not a mailbox",$endline) if !eof($file_handle) && $file_type ne 'mailbox'; return ($file_handle,$file_type,0,undef,$endline); } } else { my $file_type = _GET_FILE_TYPE(\$file_name); dprint "Filename \"$file_name\" file type: $file_type"; my ($opened_file_handle,$error) = _OPEN_FILE_HANDLE($file_name, $file_type); return ($file_handle,$file_type,0,$error,undef) unless defined $opened_file_handle; my $endline = _GET_ENDLINE(\$opened_file_handle); if (_IS_COMPRESSED_TYPE($file_type)) { return ($opened_file_handle,$file_type,1,"Not a mailbox",$endline) if _GET_FILE_TYPE(\$opened_file_handle) ne 'mailbox'; return ($opened_file_handle,$file_type,1,undef,$endline); } else { return ($opened_file_handle,$file_type,1,"Not a mailbox",$endline) if $file_type ne 'mailbox'; return ($opened_file_handle,$file_type,1,undef,$endline); } } } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This function does not analyze the file to determine if it is valid. It only # opens it using a suitable decompresson if necessary. sub _OPEN_FILE_HANDLE { my $file_name = shift; my $file_type = shift; dprint "Opening file \"$file_name\""; # Non-compressed file unless (_IS_COMPRESSED_TYPE($file_type)) { my $file_handle = new FileHandle::Unget($file_name); return (undef,"Can't open $file_name: $!") unless defined $file_handle; binmode $file_handle; dprint "File \"$file_name\" is not compressed"; return ($file_handle,undef); } # It must be a known compressed file type return (undef,"Can't decompress $file_name--no decompressor available") unless defined $Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'programs'}{$file_type}; my $filter_command = "$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'programs'}{$file_type} -cd '$file_name' |"; dprint "Calling \"$filter_command\" to decompress file \"$file_name\"."; use vars qw(*OLDSTDERR); open OLDSTDERR,">&STDERR" or die "Can't save STDERR: $!\n"; open STDERR,">" . File::Spec->devnull() or die "Can't redirect STDERR to " . File::Spec->devnull() . ": $!\n"; my $file_handle = new FileHandle::Unget($filter_command); return (undef,"Can't execute \"$filter_command\" for file \"$file_name\": $!") unless defined $file_handle; binmode $file_handle; open STDERR,">&OLDSTDERR" or die "Can't restore STDERR: $!\n"; if (eof($file_handle)) { $file_handle->close(); return (undef,"Can't execute \"$filter_command\" for file \"$file_name\""); } return ($file_handle, undef); } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Returns: unknown, unknown binary, mailbox, non-mailbox ascii, bzip, # bzip2, gzip, compress sub _GET_FILE_TYPE { my $file_name_or_handle_ref = shift; # Open the file if we need to my $file_handle_ref; my $need_to_close_filehandle = 0; if (ref $file_name_or_handle_ref eq 'SCALAR') { my $temp = new FileHandle::Unget($$file_name_or_handle_ref); return 'unknown' unless defined $temp; $file_handle_ref = \$temp; $need_to_close_filehandle = 1; } else { $file_handle_ref = $file_name_or_handle_ref; } # Read test characters my $test_chars = ''; my $readResult; while(index($test_chars,"\n\n") == -1 && index($test_chars,"\r\n\r\n") == -1) { $readResult = read($$file_handle_ref,$test_chars,4000,CORE::length($test_chars)); last unless defined $readResult && $readResult != 0; last if _IS_BINARY_MAILBOX(\$test_chars); if(CORE::length($test_chars) > $Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'max_testchar_buffer_size'}) { if(index($test_chars,"\n\n") == -1 && index($test_chars,"\r\n\r\n") == -1) { dprint "Couldn't find end of first paragraph after " . "$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'max_testchar_buffer_size'} bytes." } last; } } if($need_to_close_filehandle) { $$file_handle_ref->close(); } else { $$file_handle_ref->ungets($test_chars); } return 'unknown' unless defined $readResult && $readResult != 0; unless (_IS_BINARY_MAILBOX(\$test_chars)) { return 'mailbox' if _IS_MAILBOX(\$test_chars); return 'non-mailbox ascii'; } # See "magic" on unix systems for details on how to identify file types return 'bzip2' if substr($test_chars, 0, 3) eq 'BZh'; return 'bzip' if substr($test_chars, 0, 2) eq 'BZ'; # return 'zip' if substr($test_chars, 0, 2) eq 'PK' && # ord(substr($test_chars,3,1)) == 0003 && ord(substr($test_chars,4,1)) == 0004; return 'gzip' if ord(substr($test_chars,0,1)) == 0037 && ord(substr($test_chars,1,1)) == 0213; return 'compress' if ord(substr($test_chars,0,1)) == 0037 && ord(substr($test_chars,1,1)) == 0235; return 'unknown binary'; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Returns: undef, "\r\n", "\n" sub _GET_ENDLINE { my $file_name_or_handle_ref = shift; # Open the file if we need to my $file_handle_ref; my $need_to_close_filehandle = 0; if (ref $file_name_or_handle_ref eq 'SCALAR') { my $temp = new FileHandle::Unget($$file_name_or_handle_ref); return 'unknown' unless defined $temp; $file_handle_ref = \$temp; $need_to_close_filehandle = 1; } else { $file_handle_ref = $file_name_or_handle_ref; } # Read test characters my $test_chars = ''; my $readResult; while(index($test_chars,"\n") == -1 && index($test_chars,"\r\n") == -1) { $readResult = read($$file_handle_ref,$test_chars,4000,CORE::length($test_chars)); last unless defined $readResult && $readResult != 0; last if _IS_BINARY_MAILBOX(\$test_chars); if(CORE::length($test_chars) > $Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'max_testchar_buffer_size'}) { if(index($test_chars,"\n") == -1 && index($test_chars,"\r\n") == -1) { dprint "Couldn't find end of first line after " . "$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'max_testchar_buffer_size'} bytes." } last; } } if($need_to_close_filehandle) { $$file_handle_ref->close(); } else { $$file_handle_ref->ungets($test_chars); } return undef unless defined $readResult && $readResult != 0; return undef if _IS_BINARY_MAILBOX(\$test_chars); if(index($test_chars,"\r\n") != -1) { return "\r\n"; } else { return "\n"; } } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _IS_COMPRESSED_TYPE { my $file_type = shift; local $" = '|'; my @types = qw( gzip bzip bzip2 compress ); my $file_type_pattern = "(@types)"; return $file_type =~ /^$file_type_pattern$/; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # man perlfork for details # simulate open(FOO, "-|") sub pipe_from_fork ($) { my $parent = shift; my $child = new FileHandle::Unget; pipe $parent, $child or die; my $pid = fork(); return undef unless defined $pid; if ($pid) { close $child; } else { close $parent; open(STDOUT, ">&=" . fileno($child)) or die; } return $pid; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _DO_WINDOWS_DECOMPRESSION { my $file_handle = shift; my $file_type = shift; return (undef,"Can't decompress file handle--no decompressor available") unless defined $Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'programs'}{$file_type}; my $filter_command = "$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'programs'}{$file_type} -cd"; my ($temp_file_handle, $temp_file_name) = File::Temp::tempfile('mail-mbox-messageparser-XXXXXX', SUFFIX => '.tmp', UNLINK => 1); while(my $line = <$file_handle>) { print $temp_file_handle $line; } close $file_handle; # So that it won't be deleted until the program is complete # close $temp_file_handle; dprint "Calling \"$filter_command\" to decompress filehandle"; my $decompressed_file_handle = new FileHandle::Unget("$filter_command $temp_file_name |"); binmode $decompressed_file_handle; return ($decompressed_file_handle,undef); } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _DO_NONWINDOWS_DECOMPRESSION { my $file_handle = shift; my $file_type = shift; return (undef,"Can't decompress file handle--no decompressor available") unless defined $Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'programs'}{$file_type}; my $filter_command = "$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'programs'}{$file_type} -cd"; dprint "Calling \"$filter_command\" to decompress filehandle"; # Implicit fork my $decompressed_file_handle = new FileHandle::Unget; my $pid = pipe_from_fork($decompressed_file_handle); unless (defined($pid)) { $file_handle->close(); die 'Can\'t fork to decompress file handle'; } # In child. Write to the parent, giving it all the data to decompress. # We have to do it this way because other methods (e.g. open2) require us # to feed the filter as we use the filtered data. This method allows us to # keep the remainder of the code the same for both compressed and # uncompressed input. unless ($pid) { open(FRONT_OF_PIPE, "|$filter_command 2>" . File::Spec->devnull()) or return (undef,"Can't execute \"$filter_command\" on file handle: $!"); binmode FRONT_OF_PIPE; print FRONT_OF_PIPE <$file_handle>; $file_handle->close() or return (undef,"Can't execute \"$filter_command\" on file handle: $!"); # We intentionally don't check for error here. This is because the # parent may have aborted, in which case we let it take care of # error messages. (e.g. Non-mailbox standard input.) close FRONT_OF_PIPE; exit; } binmode $decompressed_file_handle; # In parent return ($decompressed_file_handle,undef); } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _DO_DECOMPRESSION { my $file_handle = shift; my $file_type = shift; if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') { return _DO_WINDOWS_DECOMPRESSION($file_handle,$file_type); } else { return _DO_NONWINDOWS_DECOMPRESSION($file_handle,$file_type); } } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Simulates -B, which consumes data on a stream. We only look at the first # 1000 characters because the body may have foreign binary-like characters sub _IS_BINARY_MAILBOX { my $data_length; $data_length = index(${$_[0]},"\n\n"); $data_length = index(${$_[0]},"\r\n\r\n") if $data_length == -1; $data_length = CORE::length(${$_[0]}) if $data_length == -1; my $bin_length = substr(${$_[0]},0,$data_length) =~ tr/[\t\n\x20-\x7e]//c; my $non_bin_length = $data_length - $bin_length; return (($non_bin_length / $data_length) <= .70); } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Detects whether an ASCII file is a mailbox, based on whether it has a line # whose prefix is 'From' and another line whose prefix is 'Received ', # 'Date:', 'Subject:', 'X-Status:', 'Status:', or 'To:'. sub _IS_MAILBOX { my $test_characters = shift; if ($$test_characters =~ /$Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Config{'from_pattern'}/im && $$test_characters =~ /^(Received[ :]|Date:|Subject:|X-Status:|Status:|To:)/sm) { return 1; } else { return 0; } } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub reset { my $self = shift; if (_IS_A_PIPE($self->{'file_handle'})) { dprint "Avoiding seek() on a pipe"; } else { seek $self->{'file_handle'}, length($self->{'prologue'}), 0 } $self->{'email_line_number'} = 0; $self->{'email_offset'} = 0; $self->{'email_length'} = 0; $self->{'email_number'} = 0; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Ceci n'set pas une pipe sub _IS_A_PIPE { my $file_handle = shift; return (-t $file_handle || -S $file_handle || -p $file_handle || !-f $file_handle || !(seek $file_handle, 0, 1)); } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub endline { my $self = shift; return $self->{'endline'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub prologue { my $self = shift; return $self->{'prologue'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _print_debug_information { return unless $DEBUG; my $self = shift; dprint "Version: $VERSION"; foreach my $key (keys %$self) { my $value = $self->{$key}; if (defined $value) { $value = '' unless ref \$value eq 'SCALAR'; } else { $value = ''; } dprint "$key: $value"; } } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Returns true if the file handle has been fully read sub end_of_file { my $self = shift; # Reset eof in case the file was appended to. Hopefully this works all the # time. See perldoc -f seek for details. seek($self->{'file_handle'},0,1) if eof $self->{'file_handle'}; return eof $self->{'file_handle'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # The line number of the last email read sub line_number { my $self = shift; return $self->{'email_line_number'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub number { my $self = shift; return $self->{'email_number'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # The length of the last email read sub length { my $self = shift; return $self->{'email_length'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # The offset of the last email read sub offset { my $self = shift; return $self->{'email_offset'}; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub _read_prologue { die "Derived class must provide an implementation"; } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub read_next_email { my $self = shift; if ($UPDATING_CACHE) { dprint "Storing data into cache, length " . $self->{'email_length'}; my $CACHE = $Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Cache::CACHE; $CACHE->{$self->{'file_name'}}{'emails'}[$self->{'email_number'}-1]{'length'} = $self->{'email_length'}; $CACHE->{$self->{'file_name'}}{'emails'}[$self->{'email_number'}-1]{'line_number'} = $self->{'email_line_number'}; $CACHE->{$self->{'file_name'}}{'emails'}[$self->{'email_number'}-1]{'offset'} = $self->{'email_offset'}; $CACHE->{$self->{'file_name'}}{'emails'}[$self->{'email_number'}-1]{'validated'} = 1; $CACHE->{$self->{'file_name'}}{'modified'} = 1; if ($self->end_of_file()) { $UPDATING_CACHE = 0; # Last one is always validated $CACHE->{$self->{'file_name'}}{'emails'}[$self->{'email_number'}-1]{'validated'} = 1; } } } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # - Returns header lines in the email header which match the given name. # - Example names: 'From:', 'Received:' or 'From ' # - If the calling context wants a list, a list of the matching header lines # are returned. Otherwise, the first (and perhaps only) match is returned. # - Wrapped lines are handled. Look for multiple \n's in the return value(s) # - 'From ' also looks for Gnus 'X-From-Line:' or 'X-Draft-From:' # Stolen from grepmail sub _GET_HEADER_FIELD { my $email_header = shift; my $header_name = shift; my $endline = shift; die unless ref $email_header; # Avoid perl 5.6 bug which causes spurious warning even though $email_header # is defined. local $^W = 0 if $] >= 5.006 && $] < 5.8; if ($header_name =~ /^From$/i && $$email_header =~ /^((?:From\s|X-From-Line:|X-Draft-From:).*$endline(\s.*$endline)*)/im) { return wantarray ? ($1) : $1; } my @matches = $$email_header =~ /^($header_name\s.*$endline(?:\s.*$endline)*)/igm; if (@matches) { return wantarray ? @matches : shift @matches; } if (lc $header_name eq 'from ' && $$email_header =~ /^(From\s.*$endline(\s.*$endline)*)/im) { return wantarray ? ($1) : $1; } return undef; } 1; __END__ # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- =head1 NAME Mail::Mbox::MessageParser - A fast and simple mbox folder reader =head1 SYNOPSIS #!/usr/bin/perl use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser; my $file_name = 'mail/saved-mail'; my $file_handle = new FileHandle($file_name); # Set up cache. (Not necessary if enable_cache is false.) Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::SETUP_CACHE( { 'file_name' => '/tmp/cache' } ); my $folder_reader = new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser( { 'file_name' => $file_name, 'file_handle' => $file_handle, 'enable_cache' => 1, 'enable_grep' => 1, } ); die $folder_reader unless ref $folder_reader; # Any newlines or such before the start of the first email my $prologue = $folder_reader->prologue; print $prologue; # This is the main loop. It's executed once for each email while(!$folder_reader->end_of_file()) { my $email = $folder_reader->read_next_email(); print $$email; } =head1 DESCRIPTION This module implements a fast but simple mbox folder reader. One of three implementations (Cache, Grep, Perl) will be used depending on the wishes of the user and the system configuration. The first implementation is a cached-based one which stores email information about mailboxes on the file system. Subsequent accesses will be faster because no analysis of the mailbox will be needed. The second implementation is one based on GNU grep, and is significantly faster than the Perl version for mailboxes which contain very large (10MB) emails. The final implementation is a fast Perl-based one which should always be applicable. The Cache implementation is about 6 times faster than the standard Perl implementation. The Grep implementation is about 4 times faster than the standard Perl implementation. If you have GNU grep, it's best to enable both the Cache and Grep implementations. If the cache information is available, you'll get very fast speeds. Otherwise, you'll take about a 1/3 performance hit when the Grep version is used instead. The overriding requirement for this module is speed. If you wish more sophisticated parsing, use Mail::MboxParser (which is based on this module) or Mail::Box. =head2 METHODS AND FUNCTIONS =over 4 =item SETUP_CACHE(...) SETUP_CACHE( { 'file_name' => } ); - the file name of the cache Call this function once to set up the cache before creating any parsers. You must provide the location to the cache file. There is no default value. =item new(...) new( { 'file_name' => , 'file_handle' => , 'enable_cache' => <1 or 0>, 'enable_grep' => <1 or 0>, 'force_processing' => <1 or 0>, 'debug' => <1 or 0>, } ); - the file name of the mailbox - the already opened file handle for the mailbox - true to attempt to use the cache implementation - true to attempt to use the grep implementation - true to force processing of files that look invalid - true to print some debugging information to STDERR The constructor takes either a file name or a file handle, or both. If the file handle is not defined, Mail::Mbox::MessageParser will attempt to open the file using the file name. You should always pass the file name if you have it, so that the parser can cache the mailbox information. This module will automatically decompress the mailbox as necessary. If a filename is available but the file handle is undef, the module will call either bzip2, or gzip to decompress the file in memory if the filename ends with .tz, .bz2, or .gz, respectively. If the file handle is defined, it will detect the type of compression and apply the correct decompression program. The Cache, Grep, or Perl implementation of the parser will be loaded, whichever is most appropriate. For example, the first time you use caching, there will be no cache. In this case, the grep implementation can be used instead. The cache will be updated in memory as the grep implementation parses the mailbox, and the cache will be written after the program exits. The file name is optional, in which case I and I must both be false. I will cause the module to process folders that look to be binary, or whose text data doesn't look like a mailbox. Returns a reference to a Mail::Mbox::MessageParser object on success, and a scalar desribing an error on failure. ("Not a mailbox", "Can't open : ", "Can't execute for file " =item reset() Reset the filehandle and all internal state. Note that this will not work with filehandles which are streams. If there is enough demand, I may add the ability to store the previously read stream data internally so that I will work correctly. =item endline() Returns "\n" or "\r\n", depending on the file format. =item prologue() Returns any newlines or other content at the start of the mailbox prior to the first email. =item end_of_file() Returns true if the end of the file has been encountered. =item line_number() Returns the line number for the start of the last email read. =item number() Returns the number of the last email read. (i.e. The first email will have a number of 1.) =item length() Returns the length of the last email read. =item offset() Returns the byte offset of the last email read. =item read_next_email() Returns a reference to a scalar holding the text of the next email in the mailbox, or undef at the end of the file. =back =head1 BUGS No known bugs. Contact david@coppit.org for bug reports and suggestions. =head1 AUTHOR David Coppit . =head1 LICENSE This software is distributed under the terms of the GPL. See the file "LICENSE" for more information. =head1 HISTORY This code was originally part of the grepmail distribution. See http://grepmail.sf.net/ for previous versions of grepmail which included early versions of this code. =head1 SEE ALSO Mail::MboxParser, Mail::Box =cut