NAME

Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator - find and process messages one at a time

SYNOPSIS

my $iter = new Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator(
  { 
    'opt_j'   => 0,
    'opt_n'   => 1,
    'opt_all' => 1,
  }
);

$iter->set_functions( \&wanted, sub { } );

eval { $iter->run(@ARGV); };

sub wanted {
  my($class, $filename, $recv_date, $msg_array) = @_;


  ...
}

DESCRIPTION

The Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator module will go through a set of mbox files, mbx files, and directories (with a single message per file) and generate a list of messages. It will then call the wanted and results functions appropriately per message.

METHODS

$item = new Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator( [ { opt => val, ... } ] )

Constructs a new Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator object. You may pass the following attribute-value pairs to the constructor. The pairs are optional unless otherwise noted.

opt_all

Typically messages over 250k are skipped by ArchiveIterator. Use this option to keep from skipping messages based on size.

opt_j (required)

Specifies how many messages should be run at the same time, as well as the method with which to scan for the messages.

If the value is 0, the list of messages to process will be kept in memory, and only 1 message at a time will be processed by the wanted subroutine. Restarting is not allowed.

If the value is 1, the list of messages to process will be kept in a temporary file, and only 1 message at a time will be processed by the wanted subroutine. Restarting is not allowed.

If the value is 2 or higher, the list of messages to process will be kept in a temporary file, and the process will split into a parent/child mode. The option value number of children will be forked off and each child will process messages via the wanted subroutine in parallel. Restarting is allowed.

NOTE: For opt_j >= 1, an extra child process will be created to determine the list of messages, sort the list, everything as appropriate. This will keep the list in memory (possibly multiple copies) before writing the final list to a temporary file which will be used for processing. The list generation child will exit, freeing up the memory.

opt_n

ArchiveIterator is typically used to simulate ham and spam moving through SpamAssassin. By default, the list of messages is sorted by received date so that the mails can be passed through in order. If opt_n is true, the sorting will not occur. This is useful if you don't care about the order of the messages.

opt_restart

If set to a positive integer value, children processes (see opt_j w/ value 2 or higher above) will restart after the option value number of messages, in total, have been processed.

opt_head

Only use the first N ham and N spam (or if the value is -N, only use the first N total messages regardless of class).

opt_tail

Only use the last N ham and N spam (or if the value is -N, only use the last N total messages regardless of class).

opt_before

Only use messages which are received after the given time_t value. Negative values are an offset from the current time, e.g. -86400 = last 24 hours; or as parsed by Time::ParseDate (e.g. '-6 months')

opt_after

Same as opt_before, except the messages are only used if after the given time_t value.

wanted_sub

Reference to a subroutine which will process message data. Usually set via set_functions(). The routine will be passed 4 values: class (scalar), filename (scalar), received date (scalar), and message content (array reference, one message line per element).

result_sub

Reference to a subroutine which will process the results of the wanted_sub for each message processed. Usually set via set_functions(). The routine will be passed 3 values: class (scalar), result (scalar, returned from wanted_sub), and received date (scalar).

set_functions( \&wanted_sub, \&result_sub )

Sets the subroutines used for message processing (wanted_sub), and result reporting. For more information, see new() above.

run ( @target_paths )

Generates the list of messages to process, then runs each message through the configured wanted subroutine. Files which have a name ending in .gz or .bz2 will be properly uncompressed via call to gzip -dc and bzip2 -dc respectively.

The target_paths array is expected to be one element per path in the following format: class:format:raw_location

class

Either 'h' for ham or 's' for spam. If the class is longer than 1 character, it will be truncated. If blank, 'h' is default.

format

Specifies the format of the raw_location. dir is a directory whose files are individual messages, file a file with a single message, mbox an mbox formatted file, or mbx for an mbx formatted directory.

detect can also be used; assumes file for STDIN and anything that is not a directory, or directory otherwise.

raw_location

Path to file or directory. Can be "-" for STDIN. File globbing is allowed using the standard csh-style globbing (see perldoc -f glob). ~ at the front of the value will be replaced by the HOME environment variable. Escaped whitespace is protected as well.

SEE ALSO

Mail::SpamAssassin spamassassin mass-check