Data.MBox.String

Reads and writes mboxrd files as per http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html.

This parser is written to be a streaming parser. Given a lazy source of data and a streaming consumer, you should be able to analyze arbitrary mbox files in constant space.

Documentation

type MBox = [Message]

data Message

Constructors

Message

Fields

• fromLine :: String
• headers :: [Header]
• body :: String

Instances

Read Message

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS Message

readList :: ReadS [Message]

readPrec :: ReadPrec Message

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Message]

Show Message

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> Message -> ShowS

show :: Message -> String

showList :: [Message] -> ShowS

type Header = (String, String)

parseMBox :: String -> MBox

Reads a string as an mbox file.

parseForward :: Message -> Message

Attempts to retrieve the contents of a forwarded message from an enclosing message.

parseDateHeader :: String -> Maybe UTCTime

Reads a date header as a UTCTime

showMessage :: Message -> String

Renders an individual message into a String.

showMBox :: MBox -> String

Renders an MBox into a String

getHeader :: (Header -> Bool) -> Message -> [String]

isID :: Header -> Bool

Header accessors

isDate :: Header -> Bool