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Edit File: mailread.rb
# The Mail class represents an internet mail message (as per RFC822, RFC2822) # with headers and a body. class Mail # Create a new Mail where +f+ is either a stream which responds to gets(), # or a path to a file. If +f+ is a path it will be opened. # # The whole message is read so it can be made available through the #header, # #[] and #body methods. # # The "From " line is ignored if the mail is in mbox format. def initialize(f) unless defined? f.gets f = open(f, "r") opened = true end @header = {} @body = [] begin while line = f.gets() line.chop! next if /^From /=~line # skip From-line break if /^$/=~line # end of header if /^(\S+?):\s*(.*)/=~line (attr = $1).capitalize! @header[attr] = $2 elsif attr line.sub!(/^\s*/, '') @header[attr] += "\n" + line end end return unless line while line = f.gets() break if /^From /=~line @body.push(line) end ensure f.close if opened end end # Return the headers as a Hash. def header return @header end # Return the message body as an Array of lines def body return @body end # Return the header corresponding to +field+. # # Matching is case-insensitive. def [](field) @header[field.capitalize] end end