User:Clarkbw/STEEL/0.1/STEEL:Account

Method Overview

nsIVariant (steelIMessage) getMessages()

steelIMessage getNewMessage()

void addFolder(in AString folderName)

void deleteFolder(in AString folderName)

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples
id	readonly attribute AString	ID attribute for this account	List all Accounts
address	readonly attribute AString	Outgoing email address for this account	List all Accounts
displayName	readonly attribute AString	Display name for this account, defaults to the address	List all Accounts
type	readonly attribute integer	Type of account imap — 1 pop3 — 2 nntp — 3 none — 4	List all Accounts
folders	readonly attribute [array] steelIFolder	Array of Folder objects for the top level of this account.	Watch for New Mail, Watch for Sent Mail
events	readonly attribute steelIEvents	Event object for adding and removing listeners to the Application level	Watch for Folders Being Added or Removed

Methods

getMessages()

Returns all messages in the root folder for this account

Parameters

none

Return value

nsIVariant

Array of messages (steelIMessage) at the root level of the account

getNewMessage()

Creates an empty message that can be sent from this account.

Parameters

none

Return Value

steelIMessage

New empty Message for use in sending from this account

addFolder()

Add a new folder to the top level of the Account

Parameters

folderName

String of folder name to be added

Return Value

none

deleteFolder()

Remove a folder from the top level of the Account.

Parameters

folderName

String of folder name to be deleted

Return Value

none

Events

• newMail — triggers when a message is received in the account
• folderAdded — triggers when a new folder is created at the top level of the Account
• folderRemoved — triggers when a new folder is removed at the top level of the Account