Class: Mail::Message

Inherits:
Object show all
Includes:
Patterns, Utilities
Defined in:
lib/mail/message.rb

Overview

The Message class provides a single point of access to all things to do with an email message.

You create a new email message by calling the Mail::Message.new method, or just Mail.new

A Message object by default has the following objects inside it:

  • A Header object which contains all information and settings of the header of the email

  • Body object which contains all parts of the email that are not part of the header, this includes any attachments, body text, MIME parts etc.

Per RFC2822

2.1. General Description

 At the most basic level, a message is a series of characters.  A
 message that is conformant with this standard is comprised of
 characters with values in the range 1 through 127 and interpreted as
 US-ASCII characters [ASCII].  For brevity, this document sometimes
 refers to this range of characters as simply "US-ASCII characters".

 Note: This standard specifies that messages are made up of characters
 in the US-ASCII range of 1 through 127.  There are other documents,
 specifically the MIME document series [RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047,
 RFC2048, RFC2049], that extend this standard to allow for values
 outside of that range.  Discussion of those mechanisms is not within
 the scope of this standard.

 Messages are divided into lines of characters.  A line is a series of
 characters that is delimited with the two characters carriage-return
 and line-feed; that is, the carriage return (CR) character (ASCII
 value 13) followed immediately by the line feed (LF) character (ASCII
 value 10).  (The carriage-return/line-feed pair is usually written in
 this document as "CRLF".)

 A message consists of header fields (collectively called "the header
 of the message") followed, optionally, by a body.  The header is a
 sequence of lines of characters with special syntax as defined in
 this standard. The body is simply a sequence of characters that
 follows the header and is separated from the header by an empty line
 (i.e., a line with nothing preceding the CRLF).

Direct Known Subclasses

Part

Constant Summary

Constants included from Patterns

Patterns::ATOM_UNSAFE, Patterns::CONTROL_CHAR, Patterns::CRLF, Patterns::FIELD_BODY, Patterns::FIELD_LINE, Patterns::FIELD_NAME, Patterns::FIELD_PREFIX, Patterns::FIELD_SPLIT, Patterns::FWS, Patterns::HEADER_LINE, Patterns::HEADER_SPLIT, Patterns::PHRASE_UNSAFE, Patterns::QP_SAFE, Patterns::QP_UNSAFE, Patterns::TEXT, Patterns::TOKEN_UNSAFE, Patterns::WSP

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Utilities

#atom_safe?, #bracket, #capitalize_field, #constantize, #dasherize, #dquote, #escape_paren, #map_lines, #map_with_index, #match_to_s, #paren, #quote_atom, #quote_phrase, #quote_token, #token_safe?, #unbracket, #underscoreize, #unparen, #unquote, #uri_escape, #uri_parser, #uri_unescape

Constructor Details

#initialize(*args, &block) ⇒ Message

Making an email

You can make an new mail object via a block, passing a string, file or direct assignment.

Making an email via a block

mail = Mail.new do
     from '[email protected]'
       to '[email protected]'
  subject 'This is a test email'
     body File.read('body.txt')
end

mail.to_s #=> "From: [email protected]\r\nTo: you@...

Making an email via passing a string

mail = Mail.new("To: [email protected]\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHi there!")
mail.body.to_s #=> 'Hi there!'
mail.subject   #=> 'Hello'
mail.to        #=> '[email protected]'

Making an email from a file

mail = Mail.read('path/to/file.eml')
mail.body.to_s #=> 'Hi there!'
mail.subject   #=> 'Hello'
mail.to        #=> '[email protected]'

Making an email via assignment

You can assign values to a mail object via four approaches:

  • Message#field_name=(value)

  • Message#field_name(value)

  • Message#=(value)

  • Message#=(value)

Examples:

mail = Mail.new
mail['from'] = '[email protected]'
mail[:to]    = '[email protected]'
mail.subject 'This is a test email'
mail.body    = 'This is a body'

mail.to_s #=> "From: [email protected]\r\nTo: you@...



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 100

def initialize(*args, &block)
  @body = nil
  @body_raw = nil
  @separate_parts = false
  @text_part = nil
  @html_part = nil
  @errors = nil
  @header = nil
  @charset = 'UTF-8'
  @defaulted_charset = true

  @smtp_envelope_from = nil
  @smtp_envelope_to = nil

  @perform_deliveries = true
  @raise_delivery_errors = true

  @delivery_handler = nil

  @delivery_method = Mail.delivery_method.dup

  @transport_encoding = Mail::Encodings.get_encoding('7bit')

  @mark_for_delete = false

  if args.flatten.first.respond_to?(:each_pair)
    init_with_hash(args.flatten.first)
  else
    init_with_string(args.flatten[0].to_s)
  end

  if block_given?
    instance_eval(&block)
  end

  self
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(name, *args, &block) ⇒ Object

Method Missing in this implementation allows you to set any of the standard fields directly as you would the “to”, “subject” etc.

Those fields used most often (to, subject et al) are given their own method for ease of documentation and also to avoid the hook call to method missing.

This will only catch the known fields listed in:

Mail::Field::KNOWN_FIELDS

as per RFC 2822, any ruby string or method name could pretty much be a field name, so we don’t want to just catch ANYTHING sent to a message object and interpret it as a header.

This method provides all three types of header call to set, read and explicitly set with the = operator

Examples:

mail.comments = 'These are some comments'
mail.comments #=> 'These are some comments'

mail.comments 'These are other comments'
mail.comments #=> 'These are other comments'

mail.date = 'Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200'
mail.date.to_s #=> 'Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200'

mail.date 'Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200'
mail.date.to_s #=> 'Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200'

mail.resent_msg_id = '<1234@resent_msg_id.lindsaar.net>'
mail.resent_msg_id #=> '<1234@resent_msg_id.lindsaar.net>'

mail.resent_msg_id '<4567@resent_msg_id.lindsaar.net>'
mail.resent_msg_id #=> '<4567@resent_msg_id.lindsaar.net>'



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1362

def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
  #:nodoc:
  # Only take the structured fields, as we could take _anything_ really
  # as it could become an optional field... "but therin lies the dark side"
  field_name = underscoreize(name).chomp("=")
  if Mail::Field::KNOWN_FIELDS.include?(field_name)
    if args.empty?
      header[field_name]
    else
      header[field_name] = args.first
    end
  else
    super # otherwise pass it on
  end
  #:startdoc:
end

Instance Attribute Details

#delivery_handler ⇒ Object

If you assign a delivery handler, mail will call :deliver_mail on the object you assign to delivery_handler, it will pass itself as the single argument.

If you define a delivery_handler, then you are responsible for the following actions in the delivery cycle:

  • Appending the mail object to Mail.deliveries as you see fit.

  • Checking the mail.perform_deliveries flag to decide if you should actually call :deliver! the mail object or not.

  • Checking the mail.raise_delivery_errors flag to decide if you should raise delivery errors if they occur.

  • Actually calling :deliver! (with the bang) on the mail object to get it to deliver itself.

A simplest implementation of a delivery_handler would be

class MyObject

  def initialize
    @mail = Mail.new('To: [email protected]')
    @mail.delivery_handler = self
  end

  attr_accessor :mail

  def deliver_mail(mail)
    yield
  end
end

Then doing:

obj = MyObject.new
obj.mail.deliver

Would cause Mail to call obj.deliver_mail passing itself as a parameter, which then can just yield and let Mail do its own private do_delivery method.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 177

def delivery_handler
  @delivery_handler
end

#perform_deliveries ⇒ Object

If set to false, mail will go through the motions of doing a delivery, but not actually call the delivery method or append the mail object to the Mail.deliveries collection. Useful for testing.

Mail.deliveries.size #=> 0
mail.delivery_method :smtp
mail.perform_deliveries = false
mail.deliver                        # Mail::SMTP not called here
Mail.deliveries.size #=> 0

If you want to test and query the Mail.deliveries collection to see what mail you sent, you should set perform_deliveries to true and use the :test mail delivery_method:

Mail.deliveries.size #=> 0
mail.delivery_method :test
mail.perform_deliveries = true
mail.deliver
Mail.deliveries.size #=> 1

This setting is ignored by mail (though still available as a flag) if you define a delivery_handler



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 201

def perform_deliveries
  @perform_deliveries
end

#raise_delivery_errors ⇒ Object

If set to false, mail will silently catch and ignore any exceptions raised through attempting to deliver an email.

This setting is ignored by mail (though still available as a flag) if you define a delivery_handler



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 208

def raise_delivery_errors
  @raise_delivery_errors
end

Class Method Details

.from_hash(hash) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1870

def self.from_hash(hash)
  Mail::Message.new(hash)
end

.from_yaml(str) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1848

def self.from_yaml(str)
  hash = YAML.load(str)
  m = self.new(:headers => hash['headers'])
  hash.delete('headers')
  hash.each do |k,v|
    case
    when k == 'delivery_handler'
      begin
        m.delivery_handler = Object.const_get(v) unless v.blank?
      rescue NameError
      end
    when k == 'transport_encoding'
      m.transport_encoding(v)
    when k == 'multipart_body'
      v.map {|part| m.add_part Mail::Part.from_yaml(part) }
    when k =~ /^@/
      m.instance_variable_set(k.to_sym, v)
    end
  end
  m
end

Instance Method Details

#<=>(other) ⇒ Object

Provides the operator needed for sort et al.

Compares this mail object with another mail object, this is done by date, so an email that is older than another will appear first.

Example:

mail1 = Mail.new do
  date(Time.now)
end
mail2 = Mail.new do
  date(Time.now - 86400) # 1 day older
end
[mail2, mail1].sort #=> [mail2, mail1]



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 313

def <=>(other)
  if other.nil?
    1
  else
    self.date <=> other.date
  end
end

#==(other) ⇒ Object

Two emails are the same if they have the same fields and body contents. One gotcha here is that Mail will insert Message-IDs when calling encoded, so doing mail1.encoded == mail2.encoded is most probably not going to return what you think as the assigned Message-IDs by Mail (if not already defined as the same) will ensure that the two objects are unique, and this comparison will ALWAYS return false.

So the == operator has been defined like so: Two messages are the same if they have the same content, ignoring the Message-ID field, unless BOTH emails have a defined and different Message-ID value, then they are false.

So, in practice the == operator works like this:

m1 = Mail.new("Subject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m2 = Mail.new("Subject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m1 == m2 #=> true

m1 = Mail.new("Subject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m2 = Mail.new("Message-ID: <1234@test>\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m1 == m2 #=> true

m1 = Mail.new("Message-ID: <1234@test>\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m2 = Mail.new("Subject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m1 == m2 #=> true

m1 = Mail.new("Message-ID: <1234@test>\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m2 = Mail.new("Message-ID: <1234@test>\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m1 == m2 #=> true

m1 = Mail.new("Message-ID: <1234@test>\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m2 = Mail.new("Message-ID: <DIFFERENT@test>\r\nSubject: Hello\r\n\r\nHello")
m1 == m2 #=> false



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 352

def ==(other)
  return false unless other.respond_to?(:encoded)

  if self.message_id && other.message_id
    self.encoded == other.encoded
  else
    self_message_id, other_message_id = self.message_id, other.message_id
    begin
      self.message_id, other.message_id = '<temp@test>', '<temp@test>'
      self.encoded == other.encoded
    ensure
      self.message_id, other.message_id = self_message_id, other_message_id
    end
  end
end

#[](name) ⇒ Object

Allows you to read an arbitrary header

Example:

mail['foo'] = '1234'
mail['foo'].to_s #=> '1234'



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1319

def [](name)
  header[underscoreize(name)]
end

#[]=(name, value) ⇒ Object

Allows you to add an arbitrary header

Example:

mail['foo'] = '1234'
mail['foo'].to_s #=> '1234'



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1301

def []=(name, value)
  if name.to_s == 'body'
    self.body = value
  elsif name.to_s =~ /content[-_]type/i
    header[name] = value
  elsif name.to_s == 'charset'
    self.charset = value
  else
    header[name] = value
  end
end

#action ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1568

def action
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.action
end

#add_charset ⇒ Object

Adds a content type and charset if the body is US-ASCII

Otherwise raises a warning



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1462

def add_charset
  if !body.empty?
    # Only give a warning if this isn't an attachment, has non US-ASCII and the user
    # has not specified an encoding explicitly.
    if @defaulted_charset && body.raw_source.not_ascii_only? && !self.attachment?
      warning = "Non US-ASCII detected and no charset defined.\nDefaulting to UTF-8, set your own if this is incorrect.\n"
      STDERR.puts(warning)
    end
    header[:content_type].parameters['charset'] = @charset
  end
end

#add_content_transfer_encoding ⇒ Object

Adds a content transfer encoding

Otherwise raises a warning



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1477

def add_content_transfer_encoding
  if body.only_us_ascii?
    header[:content_transfer_encoding] = '7bit'
  else
    warning = "Non US-ASCII detected and no content-transfer-encoding defined.\nDefaulting to 8bit, set your own if this is incorrect.\n"
    STDERR.puts(warning)
    header[:content_transfer_encoding] = '8bit'
  end
end

#add_content_type ⇒ Object

Adds a content type and charset if the body is US-ASCII

Otherwise raises a warning



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1455

def add_content_type
  header[:content_type] = 'text/plain'
end

#add_date(date_val = '') ⇒ Object

Creates a new empty Date field and inserts it in the correct order into the Header. The DateField object will automatically generate DateTime.now’s date if you try and encode it or output it to_s without specifying a date yourself.

It will preserve any date you specify if you do.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1438

def add_date(date_val = '')
  header['date'] = date_val
end

#add_file(values) ⇒ Object

Adds a file to the message. You have two options with this method, you can just pass in the absolute path to the file you want and Mail will read the file, get the filename from the path you pass in and guess the MIME media type, or you can pass in the filename as a string, and pass in the file content as a blob.

Example:

m = Mail.new
m.add_file('/path/to/filename.png')

m = Mail.new
m.add_file(:filename => 'filename.png', :content => File.read('/path/to/file.jpg'))

Note also that if you add a file to an existing message, Mail will convert that message to a MIME multipart email, moving whatever plain text body you had into its own text plain part.

Example:

m = Mail.new do
  body 'this is some text'
end
m.multipart? #=> false
m.add_file('/path/to/filename.png')
m.multipart? #=> true
m.parts.first.content_type.content_type #=> 'text/plain'
m.parts.last.content_type.content_type #=> 'image/png'

See also #attachments



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1763

def add_file(values)
  convert_to_multipart unless self.multipart? || self.body.decoded.blank?
  add_multipart_mixed_header
  if values.is_a?(String)
    basename = File.basename(values)
    filedata = File.open(values, 'rb') { |f| f.read }
  else
    basename = values[:filename]
    filedata = values[:content] || File.open(values[:filename], 'rb') { |f| f.read }
  end
  self.attachments[basename] = filedata
end

#add_message_id(msg_id_val = '') ⇒ Object

Creates a new empty Message-ID field and inserts it in the correct order into the Header. The MessageIdField object will automatically generate a unique message ID if you try and encode it or output it to_s without specifying a message id.

It will preserve the message ID you specify if you do.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1428

def add_message_id(msg_id_val = '')
  header['message-id'] = msg_id_val
end

#add_mime_version(ver_val = '') ⇒ Object

Creates a new empty Mime Version field and inserts it in the correct order into the Header. The MimeVersion object will automatically generate set itself to ‘1.0’ if you try and encode it or output it to_s without specifying a version yourself.

It will preserve any date you specify if you do.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1448

def add_mime_version(ver_val = '')
  header['mime-version'] = ver_val
end

#add_part(part) ⇒ Object

Adds a part to the parts list or creates the part list



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1707

def add_part(part)
  if !body.multipart? && !self.body.decoded.blank?
    @text_part = Mail::Part.new('Content-Type: text/plain;')
    @text_part.body = body.decoded
    self.body << @text_part
    add_multipart_alternate_header
  end
  add_boundary
  self.body << part
end

#add_transfer_encoding ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1487

def add_transfer_encoding # :nodoc:
  STDERR.puts(":add_transfer_encoding is deprecated in Mail 1.4.3.  Please use add_content_transfer_encoding\n#{caller}")
  add_content_transfer_encoding
end

#all_parts ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1923

def all_parts
  parts.map { |p| [p, p.all_parts] }.flatten
end

#attachment ⇒ Object

Returns the attachment data if there is any



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1914

def attachment
  @attachment
end

#attachment? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if this part is an attachment, false otherwise.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1909

def attachment?
  !!find_attachment
end

#attachments ⇒ Object

Returns an AttachmentsList object, which holds all of the attachments in the receiver object (either the entire email or a part within) and all of its descendants.

It also allows you to add attachments to the mail object directly, like so:

mail.attachments['filename.jpg'] = File.read('/path/to/filename.jpg')

If you do this, then Mail will take the file name and work out the MIME media type set the Content-Type, Content-Disposition, Content-Transfer-Encoding and base64 encode the contents of the attachment all for you.

You can also specify overrides if you want by passing a hash instead of a string:

mail.attachments['filename.jpg'] = {:mime_type => 'application/x-gzip',
                                    :content => File.read('/path/to/filename.jpg')}

If you want to use a different encoding than Base64, you can pass an encoding in, but then it is up to you to pass in the content pre-encoded, and don’t expect Mail to know how to decode this data:

file_content = SpecialEncode(File.read('/path/to/filename.jpg'))
mail.attachments['filename.jpg'] = {:mime_type => 'application/x-gzip',
                                    :encoding => 'SpecialEncoding',
                                    :content => file_content }

You can also search for specific attachments:

# By Filename
mail.attachments['filename.jpg']   #=> Mail::Part object or nil

# or by index
mail.attachments[0]                #=> Mail::Part (first attachment)



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1636

def attachments
  parts.attachments
end

#bcc(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Bcc value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.bcc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.bcc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.bcc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.bcc #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.bcc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.bcc << '[email protected]'
mail.bcc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 484

def bcc( val = nil )
  default :bcc, val
end

#bcc=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Bcc value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.bcc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.bcc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 496

def bcc=( val )
  header[:bcc] = val
end

#bcc_addrs ⇒ Object

Returns an array of addresses (the encoded value) in the Bcc field, if no Bcc field, returns an empty array



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1291

def bcc_addrs
  bcc ? [bcc].flatten : []
end

#body(value = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the body of the message object. Or, if passed a parameter sets the value.

Example:

mail = Mail::Message.new('To: mikel\r\n\r\nThis is the body')
mail.body #=> #<Mail::Body:0x13919c @raw_source="This is the bo...

mail.body 'This is another body'
mail.body #=> #<Mail::Body:0x13919c @raw_source="This is anothe...



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1235

def body(value = nil)
  if value
    self.body = value
#        add_encoding_to_body
  else
    process_body_raw if @body_raw
    @body
  end
end

#body=(value) ⇒ Object

Sets the body object of the message object.

Example:

mail.body = 'This is the body'
mail.body #=> #<Mail::Body:0x13919c @raw_source="This is the bo...

You can also reset the body of an Message object by setting body to nil

Example:

mail.body = 'this is the body'
mail.body.encoded #=> 'this is the body'
mail.body = nil
mail.body.encoded #=> ''

If you try and set the body of an email that is a multipart email, then instead of deleting all the parts of your email, mail will add a text/plain part to your email:

mail.add_file 'somefilename.png'
mail.parts.length #=> 1
mail.body = "This is a body"
mail.parts.length #=> 2
mail.parts.last.content_type.content_type #=> 'This is a body'



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1221

def body=(value)
  body_lazy(value)
end

#body_encoding(value) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1245

def body_encoding(value)
  if value.nil?
    body.encoding
  else
    body.encoding = value
  end
end

#body_encoding=(value) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1253

def body_encoding=(value)
    body.encoding = value
end

#bounced? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1564

def bounced?
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.bounced?
end

#boundary ⇒ Object

Returns the current boundary for this message part



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1593

def boundary
  content_type_parameters ? content_type_parameters['boundary'] : nil
end

#cc(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Cc value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.cc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.cc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.cc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.cc #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.cc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.cc << '[email protected]'
mail.cc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 525

def cc( val = nil )
  default :cc, val
end

#cc=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Cc value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.cc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.cc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 537

def cc=( val )
  header[:cc] = val
end

#cc_addrs ⇒ Object

Returns an array of addresses (the encoded value) in the Cc field, if no Cc field, returns an empty array



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1285

def cc_addrs
  cc ? [cc].flatten : []
end

#charset ⇒ Object

Returns the character set defined in the content type field



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1508

def charset
  if @header
    has_content_type? ? content_type_parameters['charset'] : @charset
  else
    @charset
  end
end

#charset=(value) ⇒ Object

Sets the charset to the supplied value.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1517

def charset=(value)
  @defaulted_charset = false
  @charset = value
  @header.charset = value
end

#comments(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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def comments( val = nil )
  default :comments, val
end

#comments=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 545

def comments=( val )
  header[:comments] = val
end

#content_description(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 549

def content_description( val = nil )
  default :content_description, val
end

#content_description=(val) ⇒ Object 



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def content_description=( val )
  header[:content_description] = val
end

#content_disposition(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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def content_disposition( val = nil )
  default :content_disposition, val
end

#content_disposition=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 561

def content_disposition=( val )
  header[:content_disposition] = val
end

#content_id(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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def content_id( val = nil )
  default :content_id, val
end

#content_id=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 569

def content_id=( val )
  header[:content_id] = val
end

#content_location(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 573

def content_location( val = nil )
  default :content_location, val
end

#content_location=(val) ⇒ Object 



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def content_location=( val )
  header[:content_location] = val
end

#content_transfer_encoding(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 581

def content_transfer_encoding( val = nil )
  default :content_transfer_encoding, val
end

#content_transfer_encoding=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 585

def content_transfer_encoding=( val )
  header[:content_transfer_encoding] = val
end

#content_type(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 589

def content_type( val = nil )
  default :content_type, val
end

#content_type=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 593

def content_type=( val )
  header[:content_type] = val
end

#content_type_parameters ⇒ Object

Returns the content type parameters



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1540

def content_type_parameters
  has_content_type? ? header[:content_type].parameters : nil rescue nil
end

#convert_to_multipart ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1776

def convert_to_multipart
  text = body.decoded
  self.body = ''
  text_part = Mail::Part.new({:content_type => 'text/plain;',
                              :body => text})
  text_part.charset = charset unless @defaulted_charset
  self.body << text_part
end

#date(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 597

def date( val = nil )
  default :date, val
end

#date=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 601

def date=( val )
  header[:date] = val
end

#decode_body ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1903

def decode_body
  body.decoded
end

#decoded ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1882

def decoded
  case
  when self.text?
    decode_body_as_text
  when self.attachment?
    decode_body
  when !self.multipart?
    body.decoded
  else
    raise NoMethodError, 'Can not decode an entire message, try calling #decoded on the various fields and body or parts if it is a multipart message.'
  end
end

#default(sym, val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the default value of the field requested as a symbol.

Each header field has a :default method which returns the most common use case for that field, for example, the date field types will return a DateTime object when sent :default, the subject, or unstructured fields will return a decoded string of their value, the address field types will return a single addr_spec or an array of addr_specs if there is more than one.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1188

def default( sym, val = nil )
  if val
    header[sym] = val
  else
    header[sym].default if header[sym]
  end
end

#deliver ⇒ Object

Delivers an mail object.

Examples:

mail = Mail.read('file.eml')
mail.deliver



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 229

def deliver
  inform_interceptors
  if delivery_handler
    delivery_handler.deliver_mail(self) { do_delivery }
  else
    do_delivery
  end
  inform_observers
  self
end

#deliver! ⇒ Object

This method bypasses checking perform_deliveries and raise_delivery_errors, so use with caution.

It still however fires off the interceptors and calls the observers callbacks if they are defined.

Returns self



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 246

def deliver!
  inform_interceptors
  response = delivery_method.deliver!(self)
  inform_observers
  delivery_method.settings[:return_response] ? response : self
end

#delivery_method(method = nil, settings = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 253

def delivery_method(method = nil, settings = {})
  unless method
    @delivery_method
  else
    @delivery_method = Configuration.instance.lookup_delivery_method(method).new(settings)
  end
end

#delivery_status_part ⇒ Object

returns the part in a multipart/report email that has the content-type delivery-status



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def delivery_status_part
  @delivery_stats_part ||= parts.select { |p| p.delivery_status_report_part? }.first
end

#delivery_status_report? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the message is a multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1555

def delivery_status_report?
  multipart_report? && content_type_parameters['report-type'] =~ /^delivery-status$/i
end

#destinations ⇒ Object

Returns the list of addresses this message should be sent to by collecting the addresses off the to, cc and bcc fields.

Example:

mail.to = '[email protected]'
mail.cc = '[email protected]'
mail.bcc = '[email protected]'
mail.destinations.length #=> 3
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1267

def destinations
  [to_addrs, cc_addrs, bcc_addrs].compact.flatten
end

#diagnostic_code ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1580

def diagnostic_code
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.diagnostic_code
end

#encode! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1797

def encode!
  STDERR.puts("Deprecated in 1.1.0 in favour of :ready_to_send! as it is less confusing with encoding and decoding.")
  ready_to_send!
end

#encoded ⇒ Object

Outputs an encoded string representation of the mail message including all headers, attachments, etc. This is an encoded email in US-ASCII, so it is able to be directly sent to an email server.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1805

def encoded
  ready_to_send!
  buffer = header.encoded
  buffer << "\r\n"
  buffer << body.encoded(content_transfer_encoding)
  buffer
end

#envelope_date ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 402

def envelope_date
  @envelope ? @envelope.date : nil
end

#envelope_from ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 398

def envelope_from
  @envelope ? @envelope.from : nil
end

#error_status ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1576

def error_status
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.error_status
end

#errors ⇒ Object

Returns a list of parser errors on the header, each field that had an error will be reparsed as an unstructured field to preserve the data inside, but will not be used for further processing.

It returns a nested array of [field_name, value, original_error_message] per error found.

Example:

message = Mail.new("Content-Transfer-Encoding: weirdo\r\n")
message.errors.size #=> 1
message.errors.first[0] #=> "Content-Transfer-Encoding"
message.errors.first[1] #=> "weirdo"
message.errors.first[3] #=> <The original error message exception>

This is a good first defence on detecting spam by the way. Some spammers send invalid emails to try and get email parsers to give up parsing them.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 455

def errors
  header.errors
end

#filename ⇒ Object

Returns the filename of the attachment



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def filename
  find_attachment
end

#final_recipient ⇒ Object 



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def final_recipient
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.final_recipient
end

#find_first_mime_type(mt) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1927

def find_first_mime_type(mt)
  all_parts.detect { |p| p.mime_type == mt && !p.attachment? }
end

#from(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the From value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.from #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.from #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.from 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.from #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.from 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.from << '[email protected]'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 642

def from( val = nil )
  default :from, val
end

#from=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the From value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.from #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 654

def from=( val )
  header[:from] = val
end

#from_addrs ⇒ Object

Returns an array of addresses (the encoded value) in the From field, if no From field, returns an empty array



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def from_addrs
  from ? [from].flatten : []
end

#has_attachments? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

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def has_attachments?
  !attachments.empty?
end

#has_charset? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1408

def has_charset?
  tmp = header[:content_type].parameters rescue nil
  !!(has_content_type? && tmp && tmp['charset'])
end

#has_content_transfer_encoding? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1413

def has_content_transfer_encoding?
  header[:content_transfer_encoding] && header[:content_transfer_encoding].errors.blank?
end

#has_content_type? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1403

def has_content_type?
  tmp = header[:content_type].main_type rescue nil
  !!tmp
end

#has_date? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the message has a Date field, the field may or may not have a value, but the field exists or not.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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def has_date?
  header.has_date?
end

#has_message_id? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the message has a message ID field, the field may or may not have a value, but the field exists or not.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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def has_message_id?
  header.has_message_id?
end

#has_mime_version? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the message has a Mime-Version field, the field may or may not have a value, but the field exists or not.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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def has_mime_version?
  header.has_mime_version?
end

#has_transfer_encoding? ⇒ Boolean

:nodoc:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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def has_transfer_encoding? # :nodoc:
  STDERR.puts(":has_transfer_encoding? is deprecated in Mail 1.4.3.  Please use has_content_transfer_encoding?\n#{caller}")
  has_content_transfer_encoding?
end

#header(value = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the header object of the message object. Or, if passed a parameter sets the value.

Example:

mail = Mail::Message.new('To: mikel\r\nFrom: you')
mail.header #=> #<Mail::Header:0x13ce14 @raw_source="To: mikel\r\nFr...

mail.header #=> nil
mail.header 'To: mikel\r\nFrom: you'
mail.header #=> #<Mail::Header:0x13ce14 @raw_source="To: mikel\r\nFr...



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def header(value = nil)
  value ? self.header = value : @header
end

#header=(value) ⇒ Object

Sets the header of the message object.

Example:

mail.header = 'To: [email protected]\r\nFrom: [email protected]'
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def header=(value)
  @header = Mail::Header.new(value, charset)
end

#header_fields ⇒ Object

Returns an FieldList of all the fields in the header in the order that they appear in the header



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def header_fields
  header.fields
end

#headers(hash = {}) ⇒ Object

Provides a way to set custom headers, by passing in a hash



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def headers(hash = {})
  hash.each_pair do |k,v|
    header[k] = v
  end
end

#html_part(&block) ⇒ Object

Accessor for html_part



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def html_part(&block)
  if block_given?
    self.html_part = Mail::Part.new(:content_type => 'text/html', &block)
  else
    @html_part || find_first_mime_type('text/html')
  end
end

#html_part=(msg) ⇒ Object

Helper to add a html part to a multipart/alternative email. If this and text_part are both defined in a message, then it will be a multipart/alternative message and set itself that way.



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def html_part=(msg)
  # Assign the html part and set multipart/alternative if there's a text part.
  if msg
    @html_part = msg
    @html_part.content_type = 'text/html' unless @html_part.has_content_type?
    add_multipart_alternate_header if text_part
    add_part @html_part

  # If nil, delete the html part and back out of multipart/alternative.
  elsif @html_part
    parts.delete_if { |p| p.object_id == @html_part.object_id }
    @html_part = nil
    if text_part
      self.content_type = nil
      body.boundary = nil
    end
  end
end

#in_reply_to(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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def in_reply_to( val = nil )
  default :in_reply_to, val
end

#in_reply_to=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 662

def in_reply_to=( val )
  header[:in_reply_to] = val
end

#inform_interceptors ⇒ Object 



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def inform_interceptors
  Mail.inform_interceptors(self)
end

#inform_observers ⇒ Object 



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def inform_observers
  Mail.inform_observers(self)
end

#initialize_copy(original) ⇒ Object 



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def initialize_copy(original)
  super
  @header = @header.dup
end

#inspect ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1878

def inspect
  "#<#{self.class}:#{self.object_id}, Multipart: #{multipart?}, Headers: #{header.field_summary}>"
end

#is_marked_for_delete? ⇒ Boolean

Returns whether message will be marked for deletion. If so, the message will be deleted at session close (i.e. after #find exits), but only if also using the #find_and_delete method, or by calling #find with :delete_after_find set to true.

Side-note: Just to be clear, this method will return true even if the message hasn’t yet been marked for delete on the mail server. However, if this method returns true, it *will be* marked on the server after each block yields back to #find or #find_and_delete.

Returns:

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def is_marked_for_delete?
  return @mark_for_delete
end

#keywords(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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def keywords( val = nil )
  default :keywords, val
end

#keywords=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 670

def keywords=( val )
  header[:keywords] = val
end

#main_type ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1524

def main_type
  has_content_type? ? header[:content_type].main_type : nil rescue nil
end

#mark_for_delete=(value = true) ⇒ Object

Sets whether this message should be deleted at session close (i.e. after #find). Message will only be deleted if messages are retrieved using the #find_and_delete method, or by calling #find with :delete_after_find set to true.



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def mark_for_delete=(value = true)
  @mark_for_delete = value
end

#message_content_type ⇒ Object 



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def message_content_type
  STDERR.puts(":message_content_type is deprecated in Mail 1.4.3.  Please use mime_type\n#{caller}")
  mime_type
end

#message_id(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Message-ID of the mail object. Note, per RFC 2822 the Message ID consists of what is INSIDE the < > usually seen in the mail header, so this method will return only what is inside.

Example:

mail.message_id = '<[email protected]>'
mail.message_id #=> '[email protected]'

Also allows you to set the Message-ID by passing a string as a parameter

mail.message_id '<[email protected]>'
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def message_id( val = nil )
  default :message_id, val
end

#message_id=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Message-ID. Note, per RFC 2822 the Message ID consists of what is INSIDE the < > usually seen in the mail header, so this method will return only what is inside.

mail.message_id = '<[email protected]>'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 696

def message_id=( val )
  header[:message_id] = val
end

#mime_parameters ⇒ Object

Returns the content type parameters



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1534

def mime_parameters
  STDERR.puts(':mime_parameters is deprecated in Mail 1.4.3, please use :content_type_parameters instead')
  content_type_parameters
end

#mime_type ⇒ Object

Returns the MIME media type of part we are on, this is taken from the content-type header



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1498

def mime_type
  has_content_type? ? header[:content_type].string : nil rescue nil
end

#mime_version(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the MIME version of the email as a string

Example:

mail.mime_version = '1.0'
mail.mime_version #=> '1.0'

Also allows you to set the MIME version by passing a string as a parameter.

Example:

mail.mime_version '1.0'
mail.mime_version #=> '1.0'



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 713

def mime_version( val = nil )
  default :mime_version, val
end

#mime_version=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the MIME version of the email by accepting a string

Example:

mail.mime_version = '1.0'
mail.mime_version #=> '1.0'



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 723

def mime_version=( val )
  header[:mime_version] = val
end

#multipart? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the message is multipart

Returns:

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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1545

def multipart?
  has_content_type? ? !!(main_type =~ /^multipart$/i) : false
end

#multipart_report? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the message is a multipart/report

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1550

def multipart_report?
  multipart? && sub_type =~ /^report$/i
end

#part(params = {}) {|new_part| ... } ⇒ Object

Allows you to add a part in block form to an existing mail message object

Example:

mail = Mail.new do
  part :content_type => "multipart/alternative", :content_disposition => "inline" do |p|
    p.part :content_type => "text/plain", :body => "test text\nline #2"
    p.part :content_type => "text/html", :body => "<b>test</b> HTML<br/>\nline #2"
  end
end

Yields:

  • (new_part) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1728

def part(params = {})
  new_part = Part.new(params)
  yield new_part if block_given?
  add_part(new_part)
end

#parts ⇒ Object

Returns a parts list object of all the parts in the message



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1598

def parts
  body.parts
end

#raw_envelope ⇒ Object

The raw_envelope is the From [email protected] Mon May 2 16:07:05 2009 type field that you can see at the top of any email that has come from a mailbox



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 394

def raw_envelope
  @raw_envelope
end

#raw_source ⇒ Object

Provides access to the raw source of the message as it was when it was instantiated. This is set at initialization and so is untouched by the parsers or decoder / encoders

Example:

mail = Mail.new('This is an invalid email message')
mail.raw_source #=> "This is an invalid email message"



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 381

def raw_source
  @raw_source
end

#read ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1895

def read
  if self.attachment?
    decode_body
  else
    raise NoMethodError, 'Can not call read on a part unless it is an attachment.'
  end
end

#ready_to_send! ⇒ Object

Encodes the message, calls encode on all its parts, gets an email message ready to send



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1787

def ready_to_send!
  identify_and_set_transfer_encoding
  parts.sort!([ "text/plain", "text/enriched", "text/html", "multipart/alternative" ])
  parts.each do |part|
    part.transport_encoding = transport_encoding
    part.ready_to_send!
  end
  add_required_fields
end

#received(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 727

def received( val = nil )
  if val
    header[:received] = val
  else
    header[:received]
  end
end

#received=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 735

def received=( val )
  header[:received] = val
end

#references(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 739

def references( val = nil )
  default :references, val
end

#references=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 743

def references=( val )
  header[:references] = val
end

#register_for_delivery_notification(observer) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 210

def register_for_delivery_notification(observer)
  STDERR.puts("Message#register_for_delivery_notification is deprecated, please call Mail.register_observer instead")
  Mail.register_observer(observer)
end

#remote_mta ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1584

def remote_mta
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.remote_mta
end

#reply(*args, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 261

def reply(*args, &block)
  self.class.new.tap do |reply|
    if message_id
      bracketed_message_id = "<#{message_id}>"
      reply.in_reply_to = bracketed_message_id
      if !references.nil?
        refs = [references].flatten.map { |r| "<#{r}>" }
        refs << bracketed_message_id
        reply.references = refs.join(' ')
      elsif !in_reply_to.nil? && !in_reply_to.kind_of?(Array)
        reply.references = "<#{in_reply_to}> #{bracketed_message_id}"
      end
      reply.references ||= bracketed_message_id
    end
    if subject
      reply.subject = subject =~ /^Re:/i ? subject : "RE: #{subject}"
    end
    if reply_to || from
      reply.to = self[reply_to ? :reply_to : :from].to_s
    end
    if to
      reply.from = self[:to].formatted.first.to_s
    end

    unless args.empty?
      if args.flatten.first.respond_to?(:each_pair)
        reply.send(:init_with_hash, args.flatten.first)
      else
        reply.send(:init_with_string, args.flatten[0].to_s.strip)
      end
    end

    if block_given?
      reply.instance_eval(&block)
    end
  end
end

#reply_to(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Reply-To value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.reply_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.reply_to #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.reply_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.reply_to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.reply_to 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.reply_to #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.reply_to 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.reply_to << '[email protected]'
mail.reply_to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 772

def reply_to( val = nil )
  default :reply_to, val
end

#reply_to=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Reply-To value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.reply_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.reply_to #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.reply_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 784

def reply_to=( val )
  header[:reply_to] = val
end

#resent_bcc(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Resent-Bcc value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.resent_bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_bcc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.resent_bcc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.resent_bcc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_bcc #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.resent_bcc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_bcc << '[email protected]'
mail.resent_bcc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 813

def resent_bcc( val = nil )
  default :resent_bcc, val
end

#resent_bcc=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Resent-Bcc value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.resent_bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_bcc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_bcc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.resent_bcc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 825

def resent_bcc=( val )
  header[:resent_bcc] = val
end

#resent_cc(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Resent-Cc value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.resent_cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_cc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.resent_cc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.resent_cc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_cc #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.resent_cc 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_cc << '[email protected]'
mail.resent_cc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 854

def resent_cc( val = nil )
  default :resent_cc, val
end

#resent_cc=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Resent-Cc value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.resent_cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_cc #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_cc = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.resent_cc #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 866

def resent_cc=( val )
  header[:resent_cc] = val
end

#resent_date(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 870

def resent_date( val = nil )
  default :resent_date, val
end

#resent_date=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 874

def resent_date=( val )
  header[:resent_date] = val
end

#resent_from(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Resent-From value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.resent_from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_from #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.resent_from #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.resent_from ['Mikel <[email protected]>']
mail.resent_from #=> '[email protected]'

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.resent_from 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_from << '[email protected]'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 903

def resent_from( val = nil )
  default :resent_from, val
end

#resent_from=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Resent-From value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.resent_from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_from #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 915

def resent_from=( val )
  header[:resent_from] = val
end

#resent_message_id(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 919

def resent_message_id( val = nil )
  default :resent_message_id, val
end

#resent_message_id=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 923

def resent_message_id=( val )
  header[:resent_message_id] = val
end

#resent_sender(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Resent-Sender value of the mail object, as a single string of an address spec. A sender per RFC 2822 must be a single address, so you can not append to this address.

Example:

mail.resent_sender = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_sender #=> '[email protected]'

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.resent_sender 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 942

def resent_sender( val = nil )
  default :resent_sender, val
end

#resent_sender=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Resent-Sender value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.resent_sender = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
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def resent_sender=( val )
  header[:resent_sender] = val
end

#resent_to(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Resent-To value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.resent_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_to #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.resent_to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.resent_to 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_to #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.resent_to 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_to << '[email protected]'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 981

def resent_to( val = nil )
  default :resent_to, val
end

#resent_to=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Resent-To value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.resent_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.resent_to #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.resent_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
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def resent_to=( val )
  header[:resent_to] = val
end

#retryable? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1588

def retryable?
  delivery_status_part and delivery_status_part.retryable?
end

#return_path(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the return path of the mail object, or sets it if you pass a string



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 998

def return_path( val = nil )
  default :return_path, val
end

#return_path=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the return path of the object



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1003

def return_path=( val )
  header[:return_path] = val
end

#sender(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the Sender value of the mail object, as a single string of an address spec. A sender per RFC 2822 must be a single address.

Example:

mail.sender = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.sender #=> '[email protected]'

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.sender 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1021

def sender( val = nil )
  default :sender, val
end

#sender=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Sender value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.sender = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1031

def sender=( val )
  header[:sender] = val
end

#set_envelope(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the envelope from for the email



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 386

def set_envelope( val )
  @raw_envelope = val
  @envelope = Mail::Envelope.new( val )
end

#skip_deletion ⇒ Object

Skips the deletion of this message. All other messages flagged for delete still will be deleted at session close (i.e. when #find exits). Only has an effect if you’re using #find_and_delete or #find with :delete_after_find set to true.



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def skip_deletion
  @mark_for_delete = false
end

#smtp_envelope_from(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the SMTP Envelope From value of the mail object, as a single string of an address spec.

Defaults to Return-Path, Sender, or the first From address.

Example:

mail.smtp_envelope_from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.smtp_envelope_from #=> '[email protected]'

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.smtp_envelope_from 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
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def smtp_envelope_from( val = nil )
  if val
    self.smtp_envelope_from = val
  else
    @smtp_envelope_from || return_path || sender || from_addrs.first
  end
end

#smtp_envelope_from=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the From address on the SMTP Envelope.

Example:

mail.smtp_envelope_from = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1065

def smtp_envelope_from=( val )
  @smtp_envelope_from = val
end

#smtp_envelope_to(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the SMTP Envelope To value of the mail object.

Defaults to #destinations: To, Cc, and Bcc addresses.

Example:

mail.smtp_envelope_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.smtp_envelope_to #=> '[email protected]'

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.smtp_envelope_to ['Mikel <[email protected]>', 'Lindsaar <[email protected]>']
mail.smtp_envelope_to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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def smtp_envelope_to( val = nil )
  if val
    self.smtp_envelope_to = val
  else
    @smtp_envelope_to || destinations
  end
end

#smtp_envelope_to=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the To addresses on the SMTP Envelope.

Example:

mail.smtp_envelope_to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.smtp_envelope_to #=> '[email protected]'

mail.smtp_envelope_to = ['Mikel <[email protected]>', 'Lindsaar <[email protected]>']
mail.smtp_envelope_to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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def smtp_envelope_to=( val )
  @smtp_envelope_to =
    case val
    when Array, NilClass
      val
    else
      [val]
    end
end

#sub_type ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1529

def sub_type
  has_content_type? ? header[:content_type].sub_type : nil rescue nil
end

#subject(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the decoded value of the subject field, as a single string.

Example:

mail.subject = "G'Day mate"
mail.subject #=> "G'Day mate"
mail.subject = '=?UTF-8?Q?This_is_=E3=81=82_string?='
mail.subject #=> "This is あ string"

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.subject "G'Day mate"
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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1126

def subject( val = nil )
  default :subject, val
end

#subject=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the Subject value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.subject = '=?UTF-8?Q?This_is_=E3=81=82_string?='
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def subject=( val )
  header[:subject] = val
end

#text? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1960

def text?
  has_content_type? ? !!(main_type =~ /^text$/i) : false
end

#text_part(&block) ⇒ Object

Accessor for text_part



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def text_part(&block)
  if block_given?
    self.text_part = Mail::Part.new(:content_type => 'text/plain', &block)
  else
    @text_part || find_first_mime_type('text/plain')
  end
end

#text_part=(msg) ⇒ Object

Helper to add a text part to a multipart/alternative email. If this and html_part are both defined in a message, then it will be a multipart/alternative message and set itself that way.



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1687

def text_part=(msg)
  # Assign the text part and set multipart/alternative if there's an html part.
  if msg
    @text_part = msg
    @text_part.content_type = 'text/plain' unless @text_part.has_content_type?
    add_multipart_alternate_header if html_part
    add_part @text_part

  # If nil, delete the text part and back out of multipart/alternative.
  elsif @text_part
    parts.delete_if { |p| p.object_id == @text_part.object_id }
    @text_part = nil
    if html_part
      self.content_type = nil
      body.boundary = nil
    end
  end
end

#to(val = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the To value of the mail object as an array of strings of address specs.

Example:

mail.to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.to #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']

Also allows you to set the value by passing a value as a parameter

Example:

mail.to 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.to #=> ['[email protected]']

Additionally, you can append new addresses to the returned Array like object.

Example:

mail.to 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.to << '[email protected]'
mail.to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1165

def to( val = nil )
  default :to, val
end

#to=(val) ⇒ Object

Sets the To value of the mail object, pass in a string of the field

Example:

mail.to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>'
mail.to #=> ['[email protected]']
mail.to = 'Mikel <[email protected]>, [email protected]'
mail.to #=> ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1177

def to=( val )
  header[:to] = val
end

#to_addrs ⇒ Object

Returns an array of addresses (the encoded value) in the To field, if no To field, returns an empty array



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1279

def to_addrs
  to ? [to].flatten : []
end

#to_s ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1874

def to_s
  encoded
end

#to_yaml(opts = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1828

def to_yaml(opts = {})
  hash = {}
  hash['headers'] = {}
  header.fields.each do |field|
    hash['headers'][field.name] = field.value
  end
  hash['delivery_handler'] = delivery_handler.to_s if delivery_handler
  hash['transport_encoding'] = transport_encoding.to_s
  special_variables = [:@header, :@delivery_handler, :@transport_encoding]
  if multipart?
    hash['multipart_body'] = []
    body.parts.map { |part| hash['multipart_body'] << part.to_yaml }
    special_variables.push(:@body, :@text_part, :@html_part)
  end
  (instance_variables.map(&:to_sym) - special_variables).each do |var|
    hash[var.to_s] = instance_variable_get(var)
  end
  hash.to_yaml(opts)
end

#transfer_encoding ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1492

def transfer_encoding # :nodoc:
  STDERR.puts(":transfer_encoding is deprecated in Mail 1.4.3.  Please use content_transfer_encoding\n#{caller}")
  content_transfer_encoding
end

#transport_encoding(val = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 605

def transport_encoding( val = nil)
  if val
    self.transport_encoding = val
  else
    @transport_encoding
  end
end

#transport_encoding=(val) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 613

def transport_encoding=( val )
  @transport_encoding = Mail::Encodings.get_encoding(val)
end

#without_attachments! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mail/message.rb', line 1813

def without_attachments!
  return self unless has_attachments?

  parts.delete_if { |p| p.attachment? }
  body_raw = if parts.empty?
               ''
             else
               body.encoded
             end

  @body = Mail::Body.new(body_raw)

  self
end