---
name: "Mail::Message::Body::Delayed"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-mail-box"
version: "4.02-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Mail::Message::Body::Delayed"
---

# Mail::Message::Body::Delayed(3pm)

body of a Mail::Message but not read yet.

## NAME

Mail::Message::Body::Delayed - body of a Mail::Message but not read yet.

## INHERITANCE

```
 Mail::Message::Body::Delayed realizes a Mail::Message::Body
 Mail::Message::Body::Delayed
   is a Mail::Reporter
 Mail::Message::Body::Delayed
   is a Mail::Reporter
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
  See Mail::Message::Body
```

## DESCRIPTION

Message bodies of this type will be replaced by another type the moment you access the content.  In this documentation you will find the description of how a message body gets delay loaded.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Reporter.

## OVERLOADED

- overload: **""** stringification

  Returns the body as string --which will trigger completion-- unless called to produce a string for `"Carp"`.  The latter to avoid deep recursions.

  » example: stringification of delayed body

  ```
    print $msg->body;   # implicit by print
    my $body = $msg->body;
    my $x    = "$body"; # explicit by interpolation
  ```

- overload: **@{}** access as ARRAY

  When a body object is used as being an array reference, the lines of the body are returned.  This is the same as using the `"lines"` method.

- overload: **bool** existence

  Always returns a `"true"` value, which is needed to have overloaded objects to be used as in `if($body)`.  Otherwise, `"if(defined $body)"` would be needed to avoid a runtime error.

## METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Reporter.

### Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Reporter.

- $class-\>**new**(%options)

  Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Reporter

  ```
   -Option --Default
    message  <required>
  ```

  - message =\> MESSAGE

    The MESSAGE object which contains this delayed body.

### Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Reporter.

### Error handling

Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter.

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

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

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

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

### Cleanup

Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter.

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

  Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

### The body

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

  ### About to the payload

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

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

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

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

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

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

  ### Internals

- $obj-\>**fileLocation**( \[$begin, $end\] )

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

  Returns the loaded version of this body.

- $obj-\>**moveLocation**($distance)

  - $obj-\>**read**($parser, $head, $bodytype)

  ## DIAGNOSTICS

- Error: a message must be specified to a delayed body.

  Cast by `new()`

- Error: class $package does not implement method $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. Cast by `notImplemented()`

## SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Box version 4.02, built on April 10, 2026. Website: *http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/*

## LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2026 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.