Provided by: libmail-box-perl_3.011-1_all 
NAME
Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin - select spam messages with Mail::SpamAssassin
INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin
is a Mail::Box::Search
is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Box::Manager;
my $mgr = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
my $folder = $mgr->open('Inbox');
my $spam = Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin->new;
if($spam->search($message)) {...}
my @msgs = $filter->search($folder);
foreach my $msg ($folder->messages)
{ $msg->delete if $msg->label('spam');
}
my $spam2 = Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin
->new(deliver => 'DELETE');
$spam2->search($folder);
$mgr->moveMessages($spamfolder, $folder->messages('spam'));
DESCRIPTION
Spam means "unsollicited e-mail", and is as name derived from a Monty Python scatch. Although Monty
Python is fun, spam is a pain: it needlessly spoils minutes of time from most people: telephone bills,
overful mailboxes which block honest e-mail, and accidentally removal of honest e-mail which looks like
spam. Spam is the pest of Internet.
Happily, Mail::Box can be used as spam filter, in combination with the useful Mail::SpamAssassin module
(which must be installed separately). Each message which is searched is wrapped in a
Mail::Message::Wrapper::SpamAssassin object.
The spam-assassin module version 2 is not really well adapted for Mail::Message objects, which will make
this search even slower than spam-detection already is.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Search.
METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Search.
Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Search.
Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin->new(%options)
Create a spam filter. Internally, a Mail::SpamAssassin object is maintained.
Only the whole message can be searched; this is a limitation of the Mail::SpamAssassin module.
-Option --Defined in --Default
binaries Mail::Box::Search <false>
decode Mail::Box::Search <true>
delayed Mail::Box::Search <true>
deleted Mail::Box::Search <false>
deliver Mail::Box::Search undef
in Mail::Box::Search 'MESSAGE'
label c<'spam'>
limit Mail::Box::Search 0
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
logical Mail::Box::Search 'REPLACE'
multiparts Mail::Box::Search <true>
rewrite_mail <true>
sa_options { }
spam_assassin undef
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
binaries => BOOLEAN
decode => BOOLEAN
delayed => BOOLEAN
deleted => BOOLEAN
deliver => undef|CODE|'DELETE'
in => 'HEAD'|'BODY'|'MESSAGE'
label => STRING|undef
Mark all selected message with the specified STRING. If this option is explicitly set to "undef",
the label will not be set.
limit => NUMBER
log => LEVEL
logical => 'REPLACE'|'AND'|'OR'|'NOT'|'AND NOT'|'OR NOT'
multiparts => BOOLEAN
rewrite_mail => BOOLEAN
Add lines to the message header describing the results of the spam scan. See
Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus subroutine rewrite_mail.
sa_options => HASH
Options to create the internal Mail::SpamAssassin object; see its manual page for the available
options. Other setting may be provided via SpamAssassins configuration file mechanism, which is
explained in Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf.
spam_assassin => OBJECT
Provide a Mail::SpamAssassin object to be used for searching spam. If none is specified, one is
created internally. The object can be retrieved with assassinator().
trace => LEVEL
example:
my $filter = Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin
->new( found => 'DELETE' );
Searching
Extends "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search.
$obj->assassinator()
Returns the internally maintained assassinator object. You may want to reach this object for complex
configuration.
$obj->inBody($part, $body)
Inherited, see "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search
$obj->inHead($part, $head)
Inherited, see "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search
$obj->search($folder|$thread|$message|ARRAY)
Inherited, see "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search
$obj->searchPart($part)
Inherited, see "Searching" in Mail::Box::Search
The Results
Extends "The Results" in Mail::Box::Search.
$obj->printMatch( [$fh], HASH )
Inherited, see "The Results" in Mail::Box::Search
Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Search.
$obj->AUTOLOAD()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport($object)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin->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
$obj->trace( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Search.
$obj->DESTROY()
Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DIAGNOSTICS
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.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 3.011, built on April 18, 2025. Website:
http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2025 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/
perl v5.40.1 2025-04-25 Mail::Box::Search::SpamAssassin(3pm)