---
name: "Mail::Box::POP3::Message"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmail-box-pop3-perl"
version: "3.005-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Mail::Box::POP3::Message"
---

# Mail::Box::POP3::Message(3pm)

one message on a POP3 server

## NAME

Mail::Box::POP3::Message - one message on a POP3 server

## INHERITANCE

```
 Mail::Box::POP3::Message
   is a Mail::Box::Net::Message
   is a Mail::Box::Message
   is a Mail::Message
   is a Mail::Reporter
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
 my $folder = new Mail::Box::POP3 ...
 my $message = $folder->message(10);
```

## DESCRIPTION

A `"Mail::Box::POP3::Message"` represents one message on a POP3 server, maintained by a Mail::Box::POP3 folder. Each message is stored as separate entity on the server, and maybe temporarily in your program as well.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

## METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

### Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**clone**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message

- Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**new**(%options)

  ```
   -Option    --Defined in             --Default
    body        Mail::Message            undef
    body_type   Mail::Box::Message       Mail::Message::Body::Lines
    deleted     Mail::Message            <false>
    field_type  Mail::Message            undef
    folder      Mail::Box::Message       <required>
    head        Mail::Message            undef
    head_type   Mail::Message            Mail::Message::Head::Complete
    labels      Mail::Message            {}
    log         Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
    messageId   Mail::Message            undef
    modified    Mail::Message            <false>
    size        Mail::Box::Message       undef
    trace       Mail::Reporter           'WARNINGS'
    trusted     Mail::Message            <false>
    unique      Mail::Box::Net::Message  <unique string>
  ```

  - body =\> OBJECT

    - body\_type =\> CODE\|CLASS

    - deleted =\> BOOLEAN

    - field\_type =\> CLASS

    - folder =\> FOLDER

    - head =\> OBJECT

    - head\_type =\> CLASS

    - labels =\> ARRAY\|HASH

    - log =\> LEVEL

    - messageId =\> STRING

    - modified =\> BOOLEAN

    - size =\> INTEGER

    - trace =\> LEVEL

    - trusted =\> BOOLEAN

    - unique =\> STRING

    ### Constructing a message

Extends "Constructing a message" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**bounce**( \[\<$rg\_object\|%options\>\] )

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce

- Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**build**( \[$message\|$part\|$body\], $content )

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build

- Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**buildFromBody**($body, \[$head\], $headers)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build

- $obj-\>**forward**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardAttach**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardEncapsulate**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardInline**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardNo**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardPostlude**()

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardPrelude**()

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- $obj-\>**forwardSubject**(STRING)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward

- Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**read**($fh\|STRING\|SCALAR\|ARRAY, %options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Read

- $obj-\>**rebuild**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild

- $obj-\>**reply**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

- $obj-\>**replyPrelude**( \[STRING\|$field\|$address\|ARRAY-$of-$things\] )

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

- $obj-\>**replySubject**(STRING)

  - Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**replySubject**(STRING)

  Inherited, see "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply

### The message

Extends "The message" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**container**()

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**copyTo**($folder, %options)

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

- $obj-\>**folder**( \[$folder\] )

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

- $obj-\>**isDummy**()

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**isPart**()

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**messageId**()

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**moveTo**($folder, %options)

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

- $obj-\>**partNumber**()

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**print**( \[$fh\] )

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**send**( \[$mailer\], %options )

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**seqnr**( \[$integer\] )

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Message

- $obj-\>**size**()

  Returns the size of this message.  If the message is still on the remote server, POP is used to ask for the size.  When the message is already loaded onto the local system, the size of the parsed message is taken.  These sizes can differ because the difference in line-ending representation.

- $obj-\>**toplevel**()

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**unique**( \[STRING\|undef\] )

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Box::Net::Message

- $obj-\>**write**( \[$fh\] )

  Inherited, see "The message" in Mail::Message

### The header

Extends "The header" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**bcc**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**cc**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**date**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**destinations**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**from**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**get**($fieldname)

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**guessTimestamp**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**head**( \[$head\] )

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**nrLines**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**sender**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**study**($fieldname)

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**subject**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**timestamp**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**to**()

  Inherited, see "The header" in Mail::Message

### The body

Extends "The body" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**body**( \[$body\] )

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**contentType**()

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**decoded**(%options)

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**encode**(%options)

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**isMultipart**()

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**isNested**()

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**parts**( \[\<'ALL'\|'ACTIVE'\|'DELETED'\|'RECURSE'\|$filter\>\] )

  Inherited, see "The body" in Mail::Message

### Flags

Extends "Flags" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**delete**()

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**deleted**( \[BOOLEAN\] )

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**isDeleted**()

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**isModified**()

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**label**($label\|PAIRS)

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**labels**()

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**labelsToStatus**()

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**modified**( \[BOOLEAN\] )

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**statusToLabels**()

  Inherited, see "Flags" in Mail::Message

### The whole message as text

Extends "The whole message as text" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**file**()

  Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

- $obj-\>**lines**()

  Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

- $obj-\>**printStructure**( \[$fh\|undef\],\[$indent\] )

  Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

- $obj-\>**string**()

  Inherited, see "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text

### Internals

Extends "Internals" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**clonedFrom**()

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

- Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**coerce**($message, %options)

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**diskDelete**()

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message

- $obj-\>**isDelayed**()

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**loadBody**()

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Net::Message

- $obj-\>**readBody**( $parser, $head, \[$bodytype\] )

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Message

- $obj-\>**readFromParser**( $parser, \[$bodytype\] )

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**readHead**( $parser, \[$class\] )

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**recursiveRebuildPart**($part, %options)

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild

- $obj-\>**storeBody**($body)

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**takeMessageId**( \[STRING\] )

  Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message

### Error handling

Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**AUTOLOAD**()

  Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Construct

- $obj-\>**addReport**($object)

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**defaultTrace**( \[$level\]\|\[$loglevel, $tracelevel\]\|\[$level, $callback\] )

  - Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**defaultTrace**( \[$level\]\|\[$loglevel, $tracelevel\]\|\[$level, $callback\] )

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**errors**()

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**log**( \[$level, \[$strings\]\] )

  - Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**log**( \[$level, \[$strings\]\] )

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**logPriority**($level)

  - Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**logPriority**($level)

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**logSettings**()

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**notImplemented**()

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**report**( \[$level\] )

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**reportAll**( \[$level\] )

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**shortSize**( \[$value\] )

  - Mail::Box::POP3::Message-\>**shortSize**( \[$value\] )

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**shortString**()

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Message

- $obj-\>**trace**( \[$level\] )

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**warnings**()

  Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

### Cleanup

Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

- $obj-\>**DESTROY**()

  Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

- $obj-\>**destruct**()

  Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Message

## DETAILS

Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Box::Net::Message.

## DIAGNOSTICS

- Error: Cannot coerce a $class object into a $class object

  - Error: Cannot include forward source as $include.

  Unknown alternative for the forward(include).  Valid choices are `"NO"`, `"INLINE"`, `"ATTACH"`, and `"ENCAPSULATE"`.

- Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.

  Unknown alternative for the `"include"` option of **reply()**.  Valid choices are `"NO"`, `"INLINE"`, and `"ATTACH"`.

- Error: Method bounce requires To, Cc, or Bcc

  The message **bounce()** method forwards a received message off to someone else without modification; you must specified it's new destination. If you have the urge not to specify any destination, you probably are looking for **reply()**. When you wish to modify the content, use **forward()**.

- Error: Method forwardAttach requires a preamble

  - Error: Method forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble

  - Error: No address to create forwarded to.

  If a forward message is created, a destination address must be specified.

- Error: No default mailer found to send message.

  The message **send()** mechanism had not enough information to automatically find a mail transfer agent to sent this message.  Specify a mailer explicitly using the `"via"` options.

- Error: No rebuild rule $name defined.

  - Error: Only **build()** Mail::Message's; they are not in a folder yet

  You may wish to construct a message to be stored in a some kind of folder, but you need to do that in two steps.  First, create a normal Mail::Message, and then add it to the folder.  During this **Mail::Box::addMessage()** process, the message will get **coerce()**-d into the right message type, adding storage information and the like.

- Error: Package $package does not implement $method.

  Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not.  Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package.

- Error: Unable to read delayed body.

  - Error: Unable to read delayed head.

  - Error: coercion starts with some object

  ## SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Box-POP3 distribution version 3.005, built on May 03, 2019. Website: *http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/*

## LICENSE

Copyrights 2001-2019 by \[Mark Overmeer\]. 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/*
