# class Net::POPMail

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.

### Attributes

length[R]

The length of the message in octets.

number[R]

The sequence number of the message on the server.

size[R]

The length of the message in octets.

### Public Instance Methods

all( dest = +'' )
Alias for: pop
delete() click to toggle source

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 `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

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 859
    def delete
      @command.dele @number
      @deleted = true
    end

Also aliased as: delete!
delete!()
Alias for: delete
deleted?() click to toggle source

True if the mail has been deleted.

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 867
    def deleted?
      @deleted
    end

header(dest = +'') click to toggle source

Fetches the message header.

The optional `dest` argument is obsolete.

This method raises a `POPError` if an error occurs.

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 835
    def header(dest = +'')
      top(0, dest)
    end

inspect() click to toggle source

Provide human-readable stringification of class state.

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 761
    def inspect
      +"#<#{self.class} #{@number}#{@deleted ? ' deleted' : ''}>"
    end

mail( dest = +'' )
Alias for: pop
pop( dest = +'' ) { |message_chunk| ... } click to toggle source

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.

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 803
    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

Also aliased as: all, mail
top(lines, dest = +'') click to toggle source

Fetches the message header and `lines` lines of body.

The optional `dest` argument is obsolete.

This method raises a `POPError` if an error occurs.

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 823
    def top(lines, dest = +'')
      @command.top(@number, lines) do |chunk|
        dest << chunk
      end
      dest
    end

uidl()
Alias for: unique_id
unique_id() click to toggle source

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.

    # File lib/net/pop.rb, line 875
    def unique_id
      return @uid if @uid
      @pop.set_all_uids
      @uid
    end

Also aliased as: uidl