This class represents a message which exists on the POP server. Instances of this class are created by the POP3 class; they should not be directly created by the user.

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[R] length

The length of the message in octets.
[R] number

The sequence number of the message on the server.
[R] size

The length of the message in octets.
Instance Public methods
all( dest = '' )
Alias for: pop
delete()

Marks a message for deletion on the server. Deletion does not actually occur until the end of the session; deletion may be cancelled for all marked messages by calling Net::POP3#reset.

This method raises a POPError if an error occurs.

Example

POP3.start('pop.example.com', 110,
           'YourAccount, 'YourPassword') do |pop|
  n = 1
  pop.mails.each do |popmail|
    File.open("inbox/#{n}", 'w') do |f|
      f.write popmail.pop
    end
    popmail.delete         ####
    n += 1
  end
end
Also aliased as: delete!

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 857
def delete
  @command.dele @number
  @deleted = true
end
delete!()
Alias for: delete
deleted?()

True if the mail has been deleted.

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 865
def deleted?
  @deleted
end
header(dest = '')

Fetches the message header.

The optional dest argument is obsolete.

This method raises a POPError if an error occurs.

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 833
def header(dest = '')
  top(0, dest)
end
inspect()

Provide human-readable stringification of class state.

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 759
def inspect
  "#<#{self.class} #{@number}#{@deleted ? ' deleted' : ''}>"
end
mail( dest = '' )
Alias for: pop
pop( dest = '' )

This method fetches the message. If called with a block, the message is yielded to the block one chunk at a time. If called without a block, the message is returned as a String. The optional dest argument will be prepended to the returned String; this argument is essentially obsolete.

Example without block

POP3.start('pop.example.com', 110,
           'YourAccount, 'YourPassword') do |pop|
  n = 1
  pop.mails.each do |popmail|
    File.open("inbox/#{n}", 'w') do |f|
      f.write popmail.pop
    end
    popmail.delete
    n += 1
  end
end

Example with block

POP3.start('pop.example.com', 110,
           'YourAccount, 'YourPassword') do |pop|
  n = 1
  pop.mails.each do |popmail|
    File.open("inbox/#{n}", 'w') do |f|
      popmail.pop do |chunk|            ####
        f.write chunk
      end
    end
    n += 1
  end
end

This method raises a POPError if an error occurs.

Also aliased as: all, mail

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 801
def pop( dest = '', &block ) # :yield: message_chunk
  if block_given?
    @command.retr(@number, &block)
    nil
  else
    @command.retr(@number) do |chunk|
      dest << chunk
    end
    dest
  end
end
top(lines, dest = '')

Fetches the message header and lines lines of body.

The optional dest argument is obsolete.

This method raises a POPError if an error occurs.

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 821
def top(lines, dest = '')
  @command.top(@number, lines) do |chunk|
    dest << chunk
  end
  dest
end
uidl()
Alias for: unique_id
unique_id()

Returns the unique-id of the message. Normally the unique-id is a hash string of the message.

This method raises a POPError if an error occurs.

Also aliased as: uidl

Source: show 

# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 873
def unique_id
  return @uid if @uid
  @pop.set_all_uids
  @uid
end