SYNOPSIS

 use Mail::Box::Manager;
 my $mgr    = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
 my $folder = $mgr->open(folder => 'inbox');

 use Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY;
 tie my(@inbox), 'Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY', $folder;

 # deprecated, but works too
 use Mail::Box::Tie;
 tie my(@inbox), 'Mail::Box::Tie', $folder;

 foreach (@inbox) {print $_->short}
 print $_->print foreach @inbox;
 my $emails = @inbox;

 print $inbox[3];
 print scalar @inbox;
 push @inbox, Mail::Box::Message->new(...);
 delete $inbox[6];
 print $inbox[0]->head->get('status');

 my $folder = tied @inbox;
 untie @inbox;

DESCRIPTION

Certainly when you look at a folder as a list of messages, it is logical to access the folder through an array.

Not all operations on arrays are supported. Actually, most functions which would reduce the size of the array are modified instead to mark messages for deletion.

Examples what you cannot do:

 shift/unshift/pop/splice @inbox;

DETAILS

Folder tied as array

Limitations

This module implements TIEARRAY, FETCH, STORE, FETCHSIZE, STORESIZE, DELETE, PUSH, and DESTROY.

This module does not implement all other methods as described in the Tie::Array documentation, because the real array of messages is not permitted to shrink or be mutilated.