Module Netaddress

module Netaddress: sig .. end

Parsing of mail addresses

Addresses indicate the senders and recipients of messages and correspond to either an individual mailbox or a group of mailboxes.

type local_part = string

Usually the user name

type domain = string

The domain of the mailbox

type addr_spec = local_part * domain option

The pair local_part@domain as O'Caml type. The domain may be missing.

class mailbox : ?name:string -> string list -> addr_spec -> object .. end

A mailbox has a name, optionally a route (not used nowadays), and a formal address specification.

class group : string -> mailbox list -> object .. end

A group has a name, and consists of a number of mailboxes.

type t = [ `Group of group | `Mailbox of mailbox ]

The union of mailbox and group

exception Parse_error of int * string

A parsing error. The int is the position in the parsed string

val parse : string -> t list

Parse a list of addresses in string representation, and return them as list of mailboxes or groups.

Examples:

parse "gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de" returns a single mailbox without name and route, and the given spec
parse "Gerd Stolpmann <gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de>" returns a single mailbox with name and spec, but without route
parse "abc@def.net, ghi" returns two mailboxes without name and route, and the two specs. The second address only has a local part, but no domain.
parse "g:abc@def.net, Me <me@domain.net>;, gs@npc.de" returns one group g with members abc@def.net and me@domain.net, and another mailbox gs@npc.de.

Old-style naming of mailboxes is not supported (e.g. "gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de (Gerd Stolpmann)" - the part in parentheses is simply ignored.

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