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=head1 NAME

Mail::Box-Index - list of all extended documentation

=head1 DESCRIPTION

All methods defined by MailBox are documented, but you still need to
get a grip on the large picture: the relations between the modules
and the methods.  These larger explanations are included in the
DETAILS of the manual pages, and listed here below.  Of course, each
page has a DESCRIPTION section as well, which tells some bare necessities
about the module.

Only the HTML version of this manual page will list the sections.

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<ol>
<li><strong><a name="general">General</a> sources of information</strong>
  <ul>
  <li>MailBox distribution overview (M<Mail::Box-Overview>)
  <li>MailBox simple recepies (M<Mail::Box-Cookbook>)
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="messages">Messages</a></strong> (M<Mail::Message>)<br />
      See separate entries on header, body, fields
      and construction in this index below.
  <ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message/Structure of a Message>
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Message/The header> 
      <li>L<Mail::Message/The body> 
      </ul>
  <li>Coercing messages
  <li>L<Mail::Message/Message object implementation>
  <li>L<Mail::Message/Message class implementation>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="headers">Message headers</a></strong> (M<Mail::Message::Head>)
  <ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Head/Ordered header fields>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Head/Subsets of header fields>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Head/Head class implementation>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="fields">Message header fields</a></strong> (M<Mail::Message::Field>)
  <ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Field syntax>
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Folding fields>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Structured fields>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Comments in fields>
      </ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Getting a field>
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Using get() field>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Using study() field>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Using resent groups> (M<Mail::Message::Head::ResentGroup>)
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Head::ListGroup/Mailing list fields>
      </ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/The field's data>
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Access to the field>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Using simplified field access>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Specifying field data>
      </ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Field/Field class implementation>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="bodies">Message bodies</a></strong> (M<Mail::Message::Body>)
  <ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Body/Access to the body>
  <li>Body meta information
      <ul>
      <li>Content types (L<MIME::Types>)
      <li>Content transfer encoding (M<Mail::Message::TransferEnc>)
      </ul>
  <li>Multipart bodies (M<Mail::Message::Body::Multipart>)
  <li>Nested (encapsulated) messages (M<Mail::Message::Body::Nested>)
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Body/Body class implementation>
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Body/Data collector bodies>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Body/Complex bodies>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Body/Character encoding PERL>
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Body/Autodetection of character-set>
      </ul>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="labels">Message labels</a></strong>
  <ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Message/Labels> (M<Mail::Message>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Message/Predefined labels> (M<Mail::Message>)
      <li>Storing labels folder dependent
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Maildir::Message/Flags in filename> (M<Mail::Box::Maildir::Message>)
      <li>L<Mail::Message/Status and X-Status fields> (MBOX and POP3)
      <li>L<Mail::Box::MH::Message/The .mh_sequences file> (M<Mail::Box::MH::Labels>)
      <li>L<Mail::Box::IMAP4::Message/IMAP protocol flags> (M<Mail::Box::IMAP4::Message>)
      <li>L<Mail::Box::IMAP4::Message/Other labels> (IMAP4)
      <li>L<Mail::Box::IMAP4::Message/Caching labels> (IMAP4)

      </ul>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="process">Message processing</a></strong>
  <ul>
  <li>Reading a message (M<Mail::Message::Construct::Read>)
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Construct::Build/Building a message>
      (M<Mail::Message::Construct::Build>)
  <li>Reply to a message (M<Mail::Message::Construct::Reply>)
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward/Creating a forward>
      (M<Mail::Message::Construct::Forward>)
  <li>Bounce a message (M<Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce>)
  <li>L<Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild/Rebuilding a message>
      (M<Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild>)
  <li>Convert messages
      <ul>
      <li>To and from M<Mail::Internet> objects (M<Mail::Message::Convert::MailInternet>)
      <li>To and from M<MIME::Entity> objects(M<Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity>)
      <li>Into HTML (M<Mail::Message::Convert::Html>)
      </ul>
  <li>Convert body contents
      <ul>
      <li>From HTML to PostScript (M<Mail::Message::Convert::HtmlFormatPS>)
      <li>From HTML into plain text (M<Mail::Message::Convert::HtmlFormatText>)
      <li>Beautify text (M<Mail::Message::Convert::TextAutoformat>)
      </ul>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="folders">Folders</a></strong> (M<Mail::Box>)
      See separate section for type specifics below.
  <ul>
  <li>Folder managers
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Manager/Managing open folders> (M<Mail::Box::Manager>)
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Manager/Managing a user> (M<Mail::Box::Manage::User>)
      </ul>
  <li>Folder types (M<Mail::Box>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box/Different kinds of folders>
      <li>L<Mail::Box/Available folder types>
      <li>L<Mail::Box/Folder class implementation>
      </ul>
  <li>L<Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY/Folder tied as array> (M<Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY/Limitations>
      </ul>
  <li>Folder tied as hash (M<Mail::Box::Tie::HASH>)
  <li>Folder locking (M<Mail::Box::Locker>)
  <li>Searching folders (M<Mail::Box::Search>)
      <ul>
      <li>scan header and body (M<Mail::Box::Search::Grep>)
      </ul>
  <li>Managing messages located in folders (Mail::Box::Message)
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="ftypes">Folder types</a></strong>
  <ul>
  <li>DBX folders (M<Mail::Box::Dbx>, read only)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Dbx/How DBX folders work>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Dbx/This implementation>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Dbx/Converting DBX folders to MBOX>
      </ul>
  <li>IMAP4 folders (M<Mail::Box::IMAP4>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::IMAP4/How IMAP4 folders work>
      </ul>
  <li>MAILDIR folders (M<Mail::Box::Maildir>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Maildir/How MAILDIR folders work>
      </ul>
  <li>MBOX folders (M<Mail::Box::Mbox>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Mbox/How MBOX folders work>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Mbox/Simulation of sub-folders>
      </ul>
  <li>MH folders (M<Mail::Box::MH>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::MH/How MH folders work>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::MH/This implementation>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::MH/An index-file>
      </ul>
  <li>POP3 folders (M<Mail::Box::POP3>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::POP3/How POP3 folders work>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::POP3/This implementation>
      </ul>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="threads">Discussion threads</a></strong>
  <ul>
  <li>The thread manager (M<Mail::Box::Thread::Manager>)
      <ul>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Thread::Manager/Maintaining threads>
      <li>L<Mail::Box::Thread::Manager/Delayed thread detection>
      </ul>
  <li>The thread node (M<Mail::Box::Thread::Node>)
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="send">Transmitting messages</a></strong> (M<Mail::Transport>)
  <ul>
  <li>Sending (M<Mail::Transport::Send>)
      <ul>
      <li>Via Exim (M<Mail::Transport::Exim>)
      <li>Via Mailx (M<Mail::Transport::Mailx>)
      <li>Via Qmail (M<Mail::Transport::Qmail>)
      <li>Via Sendmail or Postfix (M<Mail::Transport::Sendmail>)
      <li>Via raw SMTP (M<Mail::Transport::SMTP>)
      </ul>
  <li>Receiving (M<Mail::Transport::Receive>)
      <ul>
      <li>Via POP3 (M<Mail::Transport::POP3>)
      </ul>
  <li>Bi-directional
      <ul>
      <li>Via IMAP4 (M<Mail::Transport::IMAP4>)
      </ul>
  </ul>

<li><strong><a name="perform">Performance</a></strong>
  <ul>
  <li>Quality over performance
  <li>Weak references
  <li>Reducing memory consumption
      <ul>
      <li>Lazy extraction
      <li>Picking the optimal body class
      <li>L<Mail::Message::Head::Partial/Reducing the header size>
          (M<Mail::Message::Head::Partial>)
      <li>
      </ul>
  <li>Destructing messages (M<Mail::Box::Message::Destructed>)
  </ul>
<li><strong>Additional modules</strong>
  <ul>
  <li>Extensions
      <ul>
      <li>M<Mail::Box::Parser::C>, a faster parser
      <li>L<HTML::FromMail|http://perl.overmeer.net/html-from-mail/html/>,
          webmail applications builder
      </ul>
  <li>Helper modules
      <ul>
      <li>L<MIME::Types|http://perl.overmeer.net/mimetypes/html/>
      <li>L<Object::Realize::Later>
      <li>L<User::Identity|http://perl.overmeer.net/userid/html/>
      </ul>
  </ul>
</ol>

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=head1 SEE ALSO

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

=head1 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.

