Class | Mail::IMAP |
In: |
lib/mail/network/retriever_methods/imap.rb
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Parent: | Retriever |
The IMAP retriever allows to get the last, first or all emails from a IMAP server. Each email retrieved (RFC2822) is given as an instance of Message.
While being retrieved, emails can be yielded if a block is given.
Mail.defaults do retriever_method :imap, { :address => "imap.googlemail.com", :port => 993, :user_name => '<username>', :password => '<password>', :enable_ssl => true } end Mail.all #=> Returns an array of all emails Mail.first #=> Returns the first unread email Mail.last #=> Returns the first unread email
You can also pass options into Mail.find to locate an email in your imap mailbox with the following options:
mailbox: name of the mailbox used for email retrieval. The default is 'INBOX'. what: last or first emails. The default is :first. order: order of emails returned. Possible values are :asc or :desc. Default value is :asc. count: number of emails to retrieve. The default value is 10. A value of 1 returns an instance of Message, not an array of Message instances. Mail.find(:what => :first, :count => 10, :order => :asc) #=> Returns the first 10 emails in ascending order
settings | [RW] |
Find emails in a IMAP mailbox. Without any options, the 10 last received emails are returned.
Possible options:
mailbox: mailbox to search the email(s) in. The default is 'INBOX'. what: last or first emails. The default is :first. order: order of emails returned. Possible values are :asc or :desc. Default value is :asc. count: number of emails to retrieve. The default value is 10. A value of 1 returns an instance of Message, not an array of Message instances. delete_after_find: flag for whether to delete each retreived email after find. Default is false. Use #find_and_delete if you would like this to default to true.