Specs

check_process_and_store(Pop3mail.Handler.Mail.t(), Pop3mail.Handler.Options.t()) ::
  [{:ok, String.t()} | {:error, String.t(), String.t()}]
  | {:skip, [{:header, String.t(), String.t()}]}

Check if the mail must be skipped, if not process and store the email.

It checks if the email has or hasn't got the Delivered-To header. Mail could be moved from the sent box to the inbox.

mail - Handler.Mail options - Handler.Options

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convert_date_to_dirname(String.t()) :: String.t()

Convert date to a directory name meant for storing the email. Returned date is in format yyyymmdd_hhmmss

date_str - string with the date. Must be conform RFC 2822 date format.

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decode_body_content([{:header, String.t(), String.t()}], String.t()) :: [
  Pop3mail.Part.t()
]

Decode body: multipart content, base64 and quoted-printable.

Returns a list of Pop3mail.Part's.

header_list - list with tuples of {:header, header name, header value}.

Specs

get_sender_name(String.t()) :: String.t()

Extract the sender name from the email 'From' header.

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process_and_store(Pop3mail.Handler.Mail.t(), Pop3mail.Handler.Options.t()) :: [
  {:ok, String.t()} | {:error, String.t(), String.t()}
]

Create directory for the email based on date and subject, save raw email, store header summary and store everything from the body.

mail - Handler.Mail options - Handler.Options

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process_and_store_body(
  [{:header, String.t(), String.t()}],
  String.t(),
  String.t()
) :: [{:ok, String.t()} | {:error, String.t(), String.t()}]

Decode and store body.

header_list - list with tuples of {:header, header name, header value}.

Specs

remove_encodings(String.t()) :: String.t()

This function makes sure that the encoding markers are removed and the text decoded.

However, it does not convert to a standard encoding like utf-8 and it also doesn't mention the encoding types used. What you get is a binary which you might be able to read depending on the character encoding set in your terminal/device/program.