NAME

Mail::MIMEDefang::Utils - Support methods used internally or by email filters

DESCRIPTION

Mail::MIMEDefang::Utils are a set of methods that can be called from mimedefang-filter or by other methods.

METHODS

• time_str

  Method that returns a string representing the current time.

• hour_str

  Method that returns a string representing the current hour.

• synthesize_received_header

  Method that synthesizes a valid Received: header to reflect re-mailing. Needed by Apache SpamAssassin to correctly parse email messages.

• copy_or_link

  Method that copies a file if it fails to create an hard link to the original file.

• read_results

  Method that extracts an array of command, key, values from RESULTS file, needed for regression tests.

• re_match

  Method that returns 1 if either Content-Disposition.filename or Content-Type.name matches the regexp; 0 otherwise.

• re_match_ext

  Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of either Content-Disposition.filename or Content-Type.name matches regexp; 0 otherwise.

• re_match_in_rar_directory

  Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the rar archive matches regexp. To enable the check $Features{'unrar'} should be enabled.

• re_match_in_7zip_directory

  Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the 7zip archive matches regexp. To enable the check $Features{'7zip'} should be enabled.

• re_match_in_tgz_directory

  Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the tgz archive matches regexp. Files with extensione .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .tbz are also checked. To enable the check $Features{'tar'} should be enabled.

• re_match_in_zip_directory

  Method that returns 1 if the EXTENSION part of any file in the zip archive matches regexp.

• md_copy_orig_msg_to_work_dir_as_mbox_file

  Method that copies original INPUTMSG file into work directory for virus-scanning as a valid mbox file.

• gen_mx_id

  Method that generates a random indentifier used by MIMEDefang to create temporary files.