bcc_field.rb

Path: lib/mail/fields/bcc_field.rb
Last Update: Wed May 04 07:48:03 +0000 2011

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Blind Carbon Copy Field

The Bcc field inherits from StructuredField and handles the Bcc: header field in the email.

Sending bcc to a mail message will instantiate a Mail::Field object that has a BccField as it‘s field type. This includes all Mail::CommonAddress module instance metods.

Only one Bcc field can appear in a header, though it can have multiple addresses and groups of addresses.

Examples:

 mail = Mail.new
 mail.bcc = 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>, ada@test.lindsaar.net'
 mail.bcc    #=> ['Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>', 'ada@test.lindsaar.net']
 mail[:bcc]  #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::BccField:0x180e1c4
 mail['bcc'] #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::BccField:0x180e1c4
 mail['Bcc'] #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::BccField:0x180e1c4

 mail[:bcc].encoded   #=> ''      # Bcc field does not get output into an email
 mail[:bcc].decoded   #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>, ada@test.lindsaar.net'
 mail[:bcc].addresses #=> ['mikel@test.lindsaar.net', 'ada@test.lindsaar.net']
 mail[:bcc].formatted #=> ['Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>', 'ada@test.lindsaar.net']

Required files

mail/fields/common/common_address  

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