Basic usage of Ruby mail.

ruby-mail-example.rb

# https://github.com/mikel/mail
# http://rdoc.info/github/mikel/mail/Mail


#### Retrieving mail

yahoo_imap = {
  :address    => "imap.mail.yahoo.com",
  :port       => 993,
  :user_name  => "",
  :password   => "",
  :enable_ssl => true
}

# http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN3773

google_imap = {
  :address    => "imap.gmail.com",
  :port       => 993,
  :user_name  => "",
  :password   => "",
  :enable_ssl => true
}

# http://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?hl=en&rd=1

Mail.defaults { retriever_method :imap, imap }


# http://rdoc.info/github/mikel/mail/Mail/Retriever
# Mail.all
# Mail.first
# Mail.last



#### Parse email messages

mail = Mail.read('/path/to/message.eml')

mail.to

# "mail.to" should return group email address,
# "[email protected]"

mail.date
mail.subject
mail.message_id
mail['X-Yahoo-Group-Post']

# Questions

# How to save retrieved emails to offline mailbox?
# How to interact and manage with offline mailbox?