rmail 0.17

data/lib/rmail.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#--
+#   Copyright (c) 2003 Matt Armstrong.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+# 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+#    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+# OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN
+# NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
+# TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+# PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+# NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+#++
+# This module allows you to simply
+#  require 'rmail'
+# in your ruby scripts and have all of the RMail module required.
+# This provides maximum convenience when the startup time of your
+# script is not crucial.
+
+# The RMail module contains all of the RubyMail classes, but has no
+# useful API of its own.
+#
+# See guide/Intro.txt for a general overview of RubyMail.
+module RMail
+end
+
+require 'rmail/address'
+require 'rmail/header'
+require 'rmail/mailbox'
+require 'rmail/message'
+require 'rmail/parser'
+require 'rmail/serialize'
+require 'rmail/utils'
+require 'rmail/mailbox/mboxreader'
+require 'rmail/parser/multipart'
+require 'rmail/parser/pushbackreader'

data/lib/rmail/address.rb

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+#--
+#   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Matt Armstrong.  All rights
+#   reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+# 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+#    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+# OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN
+# NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
+# TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+# PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+# NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+#++
+# Implements the RMail::Address, RMail::Address::List, and
+# RMail::Address::Parser classes.  Together, these classes allow you
+# to robustly parse, manipulate, and generate RFC2822 email addresses
+# and address lists.
+
+module RMail
+
+  # This class provides the following functionality:
+  #
+  # * Parses RFC2822 address lists into a list of Address
+  #   objects (see #parse).
+  #
+  # * Format Address objects as appropriate for insertion into email
+  #   messages (see #format).
+  #
+  # * Allows manipulation of the various parts of the address (see
+  #   #local=, #domain=, #display_name=, #comments=).
+  class Address
+
+    ATEXT = '[\w=!#$%&\'*+-?^\`{|}~]+'
+
+    # Create a new address.  If the +string+ argument is not nil, it
+    # is parsed for mail addresses and if one is found, it is used to
+    # initialize this object.
+    def initialize(string = nil)
+
+      @local = @domain = @comments = @display_name = nil
+
+      if string.kind_of?(String)
+	addrs = Address.parse(string)
+	if addrs.length > 0
+	  @local = addrs[0].local
+	  @domain = addrs[0].domain
+	  @comments = addrs[0].comments
+	  @display_name = addrs[0].display_name
+        end
+      else
+	raise ArgumentError unless string.nil?
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Compare this address with another based on the email address
+    # portion only (any display name and comments are ignored).  If
+    # the other object is not an RMail::Address, it is coerced into a
+    # string with its to_str method and then parsed into an
+    # RMail::Address object.
+    def <=>(other)
+      if !other.kind_of?(RMail::Address)
+	other = RMail::Address.new(other.to_str)
+      end
+      cmp = (@local || '') <=> (other.local || '')
+      if cmp == 0
+        cmp = (@domain || '') <=> (other.domain || '')
+      end
+      return cmp
+    end
+    include Comparable
+
+    # Return a hash value for this address.  This is based solely on
+    # the email address portion (any display name and comments are
+    # ignored).
+    def hash
+      address.hash
+    end
+
+    # Return true if the two objects are equal.  Do this based solely
+    # on the email address portion (any display name and comments are
+    # ignored).  Fails if the other object is not an RMail::Address
+    # object.
+    def eql?(other)
+      raise TypeError unless other.kind_of?(RMail::Address)
+      @local.eql?(other.local) and @domain.eql?(other.domain)
+    end
+
+    # Retrieve the local portion of the mail address.  This is the
+    # portion that precedes the <tt>@</tt> sign.
+    def local
+      @local
+    end
+
+    # Assign the local portion of the mail address.  This is the
+    # portion that precedes the <tt>@</tt> sign.
+    def local=(l)
+      raise ArgumentError unless l.nil? || l.kind_of?(String)
+      @local = l
+    end
+
+    # Returns the display name of this address.  The display name is
+    # present only for "angle addr" style addresses such as:
+    #
+    #	John Doe <johnd@example.net>
+    #
+    # In this case, the display name will be "John Doe".  In
+    # particular this old style address has no display name:
+    #
+    #	bobs@example.net (Bob Smith)
+    #
+    # See also display_name=, #name
+    def display_name
+      @display_name
+    end
+
+    # Assign a display name to this address.  See display_name for a
+    # definition of what this is.
+    #
+    # See also display_name
+    def display_name=(str)
+      unless str.nil? || str.kind_of?(String)
+        raise ArgumentError, 'not a string'
+      end
+      @display_name = str
+      @display_name = nil if @display_name == ''
+    end
+
+    # Returns a best guess at a display name for this email address.
+    # This function first checks if the address has a true display
+    # name (see display_name) and returns it if so.  Otherwise, if the
+    # address has any comments, the last comment will be returned.
+    #
+    # In most cases, this will behave reasonably.  For example, it
+    # will return "Bob Smith" for this address:
+    #
+    #	bobs@example.net (Bob Smith)
+    #
+    # See also display_name, #comments, #comments=
+    def name
+      @display_name || (@comments && @comments.last)
+    end
+
+    # Returns the comments in this address as an array of strings.
+    def comments
+      @comments
+    end
+
+    # Set the comments for this address.  The +comments+ argument can
+    # be a string, or an array of strings.  In either case, any
+    # existing comments are replaced.
+    #
+    # See also #comments, #name
+    def comments=(comments)
+      case comments
+      when nil
+        @comments = comments
+      when Array
+        @comments = comments
+      when String
+        @comments = [ comments ]
+      else
+        raise TypeError, "Argument to RMail::Address#comments= must be " +
+          "String, Array or nil, was #{comments.type}."
+      end
+      @comments.freeze
+    end
+
+    # Retrieve to the domain portion of the mail address.  This is the
+    # portion after the <tt>@</tt> sign.
+    def domain
+      @domain
+    end
+
+    # Assign a domain name to this address.  This is the portion after
+    # the <tt>@</tt> sign.  Any existing domain name will be changed.
+    def domain=(domain)
+      @domain = if domain.nil? or domain == ''
+		  nil
+		else
+                  raise ArgumentError unless domain.kind_of?(String)
+		  domain.strip
+		end
+    end
+
+    # Returns the email address portion of the address (i.e. without a
+    # display name, angle addresses, or comments).
+    #
+    # The string returned is not suitable for insertion into an
+    # e-mail.  RFC2822 quoting rules are not followed.  The raw
+    # address is returned instead.
+    #
+    # For example, if the local part requires quoting, this function
+    # will not perform the quoting (see #format for that).  So this
+    # function can returns strings such as:
+    #
+    #  "address with no quoting@example.net"
+    #
+    # See also #format
+    def address
+      if @domain.nil?
+	@local
+      else
+	@local + '@' + @domain
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Return this address as a String formated as appropriate for
+    # insertion into a mail message.
+    def format
+      display_name = if @display_name.nil?
+		       nil
+		     elsif @display_name =~ /^[-\/\w=!#\$%&'*+?^`{|}~ ]+$/
+		       @display_name
+		     else
+		       '"' + @display_name.gsub(/["\\]/, '\\\\\&') + '"'
+		     end
+      local = if (@local !~ /^[-\w=!#\$%&'*+?^`{|}~\.\/]+$/ ||
+		  @local =~ /^\./ ||
+		  @local =~ /\.$/ ||
+		  @local =~ /\.\./)
+		'"' + @local.gsub(/["\\]/, '\\\\\&') + '"'
+	      else
+		@local
+	      end
+      domain = if (!@domain.nil? and
+		   (@domain !~ /^[-\w=!#\$%&'*+?^`{|}~\.\/]+$/ ||
+		    @domain =~ /^\./ ||
+		    @domain =~ /\.$/ ||
+		    @domain =~ /\.\./))
+	       then
+		 '[' + if @domain =~ /^\[(.*)\]$/
+			 $1
+		       else
+			 @domain
+		       end.gsub(/[\[\]\\]/, '\\\\\&') + ']'
+	       else
+		 @domain
+	       end
+      address = if domain.nil?
+		  local
+		elsif !display_name.nil? or domain[-1] == ?]
+		  '<' + local + '@' + domain + '>'
+		else
+		  local + '@' + domain
+		end
+      comments = nil
+      comments = unless @comments.nil?
+		   @comments.collect { |c|
+	  '(' + c.gsub(/[()\\]/, '\\\\\&') + ')'
+	}.join(' ')
+		 end
+      [display_name, address, comments].compact.join(' ')
+    end
+
+    # Addresses can be converted into strings.
+    alias :to_str :format
+
+    # This class provides a facility to parse a string containing one
+    # or more RFC2822 addresses into an array of RMail::Address
+    # objects.  You can use it directly, but it is more conveniently
+    # used with the RMail::Address.parse method.
+    class Parser
+
+      # Create a RMail::Address::Parser object that will parse
+      # +string+.  See also the RMail::Address.parse method.
+      def initialize(string)
+        @string = string
+      end
+
+      # This function attempts to extract mailing addresses from the
+      # string passed to #new.  The function returns an
+      # RMail::Address::List of RMail::Address objects
+      # (RMail::Address::List is a subclass of Array).  A malformed
+      # input string will not generate an exception.  Instead, the
+      # array returned will simply not contained the malformed
+      # addresses.
+      #
+      # The string is expected to be in a valid format as documented
+      # in RFC2822's mailbox-list grammar.  This will work for lists
+      # of addresses in the <tt>To:</tt>, <tt>From:</tt>, etc. headers
+      # in email.
+      def parse
+        @lexemes = []
+	@tokens = []
+	@addresses = RMail::Address::List.new
+	@errors = 0
+	new_address
+        get
+        address_list
+	reset_errors
+	@addresses.delete_if { |a|
+	  !a.local || !a.domain
+	}
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      SYM_ATOM = :atom
+      SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII = :atom_non_ascii
+      SYM_QTEXT = :qtext
+      SYM_COMMA = :comma
+      SYM_LESS_THAN = :less_than
+      SYM_GREATER_THAN = :greater_than
+      SYM_AT_SIGN = :at_sign
+      SYM_PERIOD = :period
+      SYM_COLON = :colon
+      SYM_SEMI_COLON = :semi_colon
+      SYM_DOMAIN_LITERAL = :domain_literal
+
+      def reset_errors
+	if @errors > 0
+	  @addresses.pop
+	  @errors = 0
+	end
+      end
+
+      def new_address
+	reset_errors
+	@addresses.push(Address.new)
+      end
+
+      # Get the text that has been saved up to this point.
+      def get_text
+        text = ''
+        sep = ''
+        @lexemes.each { |lexeme|
+          if lexeme == '.'
+            text << lexeme
+            sep = ''
+          else
+            text << sep
+            text << lexeme
+            sep = ' '
+          end
+        }
+	@lexemes = []
+        text
+      end
+
+      # Save the current lexeme away for later retrieval with
+      # get_text.
+      def save_text
+        @lexemes << @lexeme
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      # address_list = ([address] SYNC ",") {[address] SYNC "," } [address] .
+      def address_list
+	if @sym == SYM_ATOM ||
+            @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII ||
+	    @sym == SYM_QTEXT ||
+	    @sym == SYM_LESS_THAN
+	  address
+	end
+	sync(SYM_COMMA)
+	return if @sym.nil?
+	expect(SYM_COMMA)
+	new_address
+        while @sym == SYM_ATOM ||
+            @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII ||
+            @sym == SYM_QTEXT ||
+            @sym == SYM_LESS_THAN ||
+            @sym == SYM_COMMA
+	  if @sym == SYM_ATOM ||
+              @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII ||
+              @sym == SYM_QTEXT ||
+              @sym == SYM_LESS_THAN
+	    address
+	  end
+	  sync(SYM_COMMA)
+	  return if @sym.nil?
+	  expect(SYM_COMMA)
+	  new_address
+        end
+        if @sym == SYM_ATOM || @sym == SYM_QTEXT || @sym == SYM_LESS_THAN
+          address
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Parses ahead through a local-part or display-name until no
+      # longer looking at a word or "." and returns the next symbol.
+      def address_lookahead
+	lookahead = []
+	while @sym == SYM_ATOM ||
+            @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII ||
+            @sym == SYM_QTEXT ||
+            @sym == SYM_PERIOD
+	  lookahead.push([@sym, @lexeme])
+	  get
+	end
+	retval = @sym
+	putback(@sym, @lexeme)
+	putback_array(lookahead)
+	get
+	retval
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      # address = mailbox | group
+      def address
+        # At this point we could be looking at a display-name, angle
+        # addr, or local-part.  If looking at a local-part, it could
+        # actually be a display-name, according to the following:
+        #
+        # local-part '@' -> it is a local part of a local-part @ domain
+        # local-part '<' -> it is a display-name of a mailbox
+        # local-part ':' -> it is a display-name of a group
+        # display-name '<' -> it is a mailbox display name
+        # display-name ':' -> it is a group display name
+        #
+
+	# set lookahead to '@' '<' or ':' (or another value for
+	# invalid input)
+	lookahead = address_lookahead
+
+	if lookahead == SYM_COLON
+	  group
+	else
+	  mailbox(lookahead)
+	end
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #  mailbox = angleAddr |
+      #            word {word | "."} angleAddr |
+      #            word {"." word} "@" domain .
+      #
+      # lookahead will be set to the return value of
+      # address_lookahead, which will be '@' or '<' (or another value
+      # for invalid input)
+      def mailbox(lookahead)
+        if @sym == SYM_LESS_THAN
+          angle_addr
+        elsif lookahead == SYM_LESS_THAN
+          display_name_word
+          while @sym == SYM_ATOM ||
+              @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII ||
+              @sym == SYM_QTEXT ||
+              @sym == SYM_PERIOD
+            if @sym == SYM_ATOM ||
+                @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII ||
+                @sym == SYM_QTEXT
+              display_name_word
+            else
+	      save_text
+              get
+            end
+          end
+	  @addresses.last.display_name = get_text
+          angle_addr
+        else
+          word
+          while @sym == SYM_PERIOD
+            save_text
+            get
+            word
+          end
+	  @addresses.last.local = get_text
+          expect(SYM_AT_SIGN)
+          domain
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   group = word {word | "."} SYNC ":" [mailbox_list] SYNC ";"
+      def group
+        word
+        while @sym == SYM_ATOM || @sym == SYM_QTEXT || @sym == SYM_PERIOD
+          if @sym == SYM_ATOM || @sym == SYM_QTEXT
+            word
+          else
+	    save_text
+            get
+          end
+        end
+        sync(SYM_COLON)
+	expect(SYM_COLON)
+	get_text		# throw away group name
+	@addresses.last.comments = nil
+        if @sym == SYM_ATOM || @sym == SYM_QTEXT ||
+	    @sym == SYM_COMMA || @sym == SYM_LESS_THAN
+          mailbox_list
+        end
+        sync(SYM_SEMI_COLON)
+	expect(SYM_SEMI_COLON)
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   word = atom | atom_non_ascii | quotedString
+      def display_name_word
+        if @sym == SYM_ATOM || @sym == SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII || @sym == SYM_QTEXT
+          save_text
+          get
+        else
+	  error "expected word, got #{@sym.inspect}"
+	end
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   word = atom | quotedString
+      def word
+        if @sym == SYM_ATOM || @sym == SYM_QTEXT
+          save_text
+          get
+        else
+	  error "expected word, got #{@sym.inspect}"
+	end
+      end
+
+      # Parse a mailbox list.
+      def mailbox_list
+	mailbox(address_lookahead)
+	while @sym == SYM_COMMA
+	  get
+	  new_address
+	  mailbox(address_lookahead)
+	end
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   angleAddr = SYNC "<" [obsRoute] addrSpec SYNC ">"
+      def angle_addr
+        expect(SYM_LESS_THAN)
+        if @sym == SYM_AT_SIGN
+          obs_route
+        end
+        addr_spec
+        expect(SYM_GREATER_THAN)
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   domain = domainLiteral | obsDomain
+      def domain
+        if @sym == SYM_DOMAIN_LITERAL
+	  save_text
+	  @addresses.last.domain = get_text
+	  get
+        elsif @sym == SYM_ATOM
+          obs_domain
+	  @addresses.last.domain = get_text
+	else
+	  error "expected start of domain, got #{@sym.inspect}"
+	end
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   addrSpec = localPart "@" domain
+      def addr_spec
+        local_part
+        expect(SYM_AT_SIGN)
+        domain
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   local_part = word *( "." word )
+      def local_part
+        word
+        while @sym == SYM_PERIOD
+	  save_text
+          get
+          word
+        end
+	@addresses.last.local = get_text
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   obs_domain =  atom  *( "."  atom ) .
+      def obs_domain
+        expect_save(SYM_ATOM)
+        while @sym == SYM_PERIOD
+	  save_text
+          get
+          expect_save(SYM_ATOM)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   obs_route = obs_domain_list ":"
+      def obs_route
+        obs_domain_list
+        expect(SYM_COLON)
+      end
+
+      # Parse this:
+      #   obs_domain_list = "@" domain *( *( "," ) "@" domain )
+      def obs_domain_list
+        expect(SYM_AT_SIGN)
+        domain
+        while @sym == SYM_COMMA || @sym == SYM_AT_SIGN
+          while @sym == SYM_COMMA
+            get
+          end
+          expect(SYM_AT_SIGN)
+          domain
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Put a token back into the input stream.  This token will be
+      # retrieved by the next call to get.
+      def putback(sym, lexeme)
+	@tokens.push([sym, lexeme])
+      end
+
+      # Put back an array of tokens into the input stream.
+      def putback_array(a)
+	a.reverse_each { |e|
+	  putback(*e)
+	}
+      end
+
+      # Get a single token from the string or from the @tokens array
+      # if somebody used putback.
+      def get
+	unless @tokens.empty?
+	  @sym, @lexeme = @tokens.pop
+	else
+	  get_tokenize
+	end
+      end
+
+      # Get a single token from the string
+      def get_tokenize
+        @lexeme = nil
+        loop {
+          case @string
+	  when nil		# the end
+	    @sym = nil
+	    break
+          when ""               # the end
+            @sym = nil
+            break
+          when /\A[\r\n\t ]+/m	# skip whitespace
+            @string = $'
+          when /\A\(/m          # skip comment
+            comment
+          when /\A""/           # skip empty quoted text
+            @string = $'
+          when /\A[\w!$%&\'*+\/=?^_\`{\}|~#-]+/m
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_ATOM
+            break
+          when /\A"(.*?([^\\]|\\\\))"/m
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_QTEXT
+            @lexeme = $1.gsub(/\\(.)/, '\1')
+            break
+          when /\A</
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_LESS_THAN
+            break
+          when /\A>/
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_GREATER_THAN
+            break
+          when /\A@/
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_AT_SIGN
+            break
+          when /\A,/
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_COMMA
+            break
+          when /\A:/
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_COLON
+            break
+          when /\A;/
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_SEMI_COLON
+            break
+          when /\A\./
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_PERIOD
+            break
+	  when /\A(\[.*?([^\\]|\\\\)\])/m
+	    @string = $'
+	    @sym = SYM_DOMAIN_LITERAL
+	    @lexeme = $1.gsub(/(^|[^\\])[\r\n\t ]+/, '\1').gsub(/\\(.)/, '\1')
+	    break
+          when /\A[\200-\377\w!$%&\'*+\/=?^_\`{\}|~#-]+/m
+            # This is just like SYM_ATOM, but includes all characters
+            # with high bits.  This is so we can allow such tokens in
+            # the display name portion of an address even though it
+            # violates the RFCs.
+            @string = $'
+            @sym = SYM_ATOM_NON_ASCII
+            break
+          when /\A./
+            @string = $'	# garbage
+	    error('garbage character in string')
+          else
+            raise "internal error, @string is #{@string.inspect}"
+          end
+        }
+        if @sym
+          @lexeme ||= $&
+        end
+      end
+
+      def comment
+        depth = 0
+        comment = ''
+        catch(:done) {
+          while @string =~ /\A(\(([^\(\)\\]|\\.)*)/m
+            @string = $'
+            comment += $1
+            depth += 1
+            while @string =~ /\A(([^\(\)\\]|\\.)*\))/m
+              @string = $'
+              comment += $1
+              depth -= 1
+              throw :done if depth == 0
+              if @string =~ /\A(([^\(\)\\]|\\.)+)/
+                @string = $'
+                comment += $1
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        }
+        comment = comment.gsub(/[\r\n\t ]+/m, ' ').
+          sub(/\A\((.*)\)$/m, '\1').
+          gsub(/\\(.)/, '\1')
+	@addresses.last.comments =
+	  (@addresses.last.comments || []) + [comment]
+      end
+
+      def expect(token)
+        if @sym == token
+          get
+	else
+	  error("expected #{token.inspect} but got #{@sym.inspect}")
+	end
+      end
+
+      def expect_save(token)
+        if @sym == token
+	  save_text
+	end
+	expect(token)
+      end
+
+      def sync(token)
+        while @sym && @sym != token
+	  error "expected #{token.inspect} but got #{@sym.inspect}"
+          get
+        end
+      end
+
+      def error(s)
+	@errors += 1
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Given a string, this function attempts to extract mailing
+    # addresses from it and returns an RMail::Address::List of those
+    # addresses (RMail::Address::List is a subclass of Array).
+    #
+    # This is identical to using a RMail::Address::Parser directly like
+    # this:
+    #
+    #  RMail::Address::Parser.new(string).parse
+    def Address.parse(string)
+      Parser.new(string).parse
+    end
+
+    # RMail::Address::List is a simple subclass of the Array class
+    # that provides convenience methods for accessing the
+    # RMail::Address objects it contains.
+    class List < Array
+
+      # Returns an array of strings -- the result of calling
+      # RMail::Address#local on each element of the list.
+      def locals
+        collect { |a| a.local }
+      end
+
+      # Returns an array of strings -- the result of calling
+      # RMail::Address#display_name on each element of the list.
+      def display_names
+        collect { |a| a.display_name }
+      end
+
+      # Returns an array of strings -- the result of calling
+      # RMail::Address#name on each element of the list.
+      def names
+        collect { |a| a.name }
+      end
+
+      # Returns an array of strings -- the result of calling
+      # RMail::Address#domain on each element of the list.
+      def domains
+        collect { |a| a.domain }
+      end
+
+      # Returns an array of strings -- the result of calling
+      # RMail::Address#address on each element of the list.
+      def addresses
+        collect { |a| a.address }
+      end
+
+      # Returns an array of strings -- the result of calling
+      # RMail::Address#format on each element of the list.
+      def format
+        collect { |a| a.format }
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+
+if $0 == __FILE__
+  parser = RMail::Address::Parser.new('A Group:a@b.c,d@e.f;')
+  p parser.parse
+end