email.rb

  # WARNING! Far from incomplete, very experimental!
  # Attempt to grab the body of the message.
  # looks in "base" message and if its multipart, go one level deep..
  # if not a multipart message return the body alone
  # 

  def self.get_multipart_body(mail)
    types = mail.parts.collect(&:content_type)
    if types.include?("multipart/alternative")
      m_part =  mail.parts.find {
        |m| m.content_type == "multipart/alternative"
      }
      sub_types = m_part.parts.collect(&:content_type)
      if sub_types.include?("text/plain")
        m_part2 =  m_part.parts.find {
          |m| m.content_type == "text/plain"
        }
        ret = m_part2.body
      else
        ret = m_part # get_text_html(m_part)
      end
    elsif types.include?("text/plain")
      m_part =  mail.parts.find {
        |m| m.content_type == "text/plain"
      }
      ret = m_part.body # get_text_plain(m_part)
    else
      ret = mail.body
    end
    ret
  end