Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
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Basic Usage
"rise('/path/to/mbox')"
rise() method provides the feature for getting decoded data as Perl Hash reference from bounced email
messages as the following. Beginning with v4.25.6, new accessor "origin" which keeps the path to email
file as a data source is available.
use Sisimai;
my $v = Sisimai->rise('/path/to/mbox'); # or path to Maildir/
# In v4.23.0, the rise() and dump() methods of the Sisimai class can now read the entire bounce
# email as a string, in addition to the PATH to the email file or mailbox.
use IO::File;
my $r = '';
my $f = IO::File->new('/path/to/mbox'); # or path to Maildir/
{ local $/ = undef; $r = <$f>; $f->close }
my $v = Sisimai->rise(\$r);
# If you also need analysis results that are "delivered" (successfully delivered), please
# specify the "delivered" option to the rise() method as shown below.
my $v = Sisimai->rise('/path/to/mbox', 'delivered' => 1);
# From v5.0.0, Sisimai no longer returns analysis results with a bounce reason of "vacation" by
# default. If you also need analysis results that show a "vacation" reason, please specify the
# "vacation" option to the rise() method as shown in the following code.
my $v = Sisimai->rise('/path/to/mbox', 'vacation' => 1);
if( defined $v ) {
for my $e ( @$v ) {
print ref $e; # Sisimai::Fact
print ref $e->recipient; # Sisimai::Address
print ref $e->timestamp; # Sisimai::Time
print $e->addresser->address; # "michitsuna@example.org" # From
print $e->recipient->address; # "kijitora@example.jp" # To
print $e->recipient->host; # "example.jp"
print $e->deliverystatus; # "5.1.1"
print $e->replycode; # "550"
print $e->reason; # "userunknown"
print $e->origin; # "/var/spool/bounce/new/1740074341.eml"
print $e->hardbounce; # 1
my $h = $e->damn(); # Convert to HASH reference
my $j = $e->dump('json'); # Convert to JSON string
print $e->dump('json'); # JSON formatted bounce data
}
}
"dump('/path/to/mbox')"
dump() method provides the feature for getting decoded data as JSON string from bounced email messages
like the following code:
use Sisimai;
# Get JSON string from path of a mailbox or a Maildir/
my $j = Sisimai->dump('/path/to/mbox'); # or path to Maildir/
# dump() is added in v4.1.27
print $j; # decoded data as JSON
# dump() method also accepts "delivered" and "vacation" option like the following code:
my $j = Sisimai->dump('/path/to/mbox', 'delivered' => 1, 'vacation' => 1);
Copyright
Copyright (C) 2014-2025 azumakuniyuki, All rights reserved.
Description
Sisimai is a library that decodes complex and diverse bounce emails and outputs the results of the
delivery failure, such as the reason for the bounce and the recipient email address, in structured data.
It is also possible to output in JSON format.
License
This software is distributed under The BSD 2-Clause License.
perl v5.40.1 2025-04-12 Sisimai(3pm)
Name
Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
Other Methods
"engine()"
"engine" method provides table including decoding engine list and it's description.
use Sisimai;
my $v = Sisimai->engine();
for my $e ( keys %$v ) {
print $e; # Sisimai::MTA::Sendmail
print $v->{ $e }; # V8Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
}
"reason()"
"reason" method provides table including all the reasons Sisimai can detect
use Sisimai;
my $v = Sisimai->reason();
for my $e ( keys %$v ) {
print $e; # Blocked
print $v->{ $e }; # 'Email rejected due to client IP address or a hostname'
}
"match()"
"match" method receives an error message as a string and returns a reason name like the following:
use Sisimai;
my $v = '550 5.1.1 User unknown';
my $r = Sisimai->match($v);
print $r; # "userunknown"
"version()"
"version" method returns the version number of Sisimai.
use Sisimai;
print Sisimai->version; # 5.0.1
Other Ways To Decode
ReademaildatafromSTDIN
If you want to pass email data from STDIN, specify STDIN at the first argument of dump() and rise()
method like following command:
% cat ./path/to/bounce.eml | perl -MSisimai -lE 'print Sisimai->dump(STDIN)'
CallbackFeature
"c___" ("c" and three "_"s, looks like a fishhook) argument of Sisimai->rise and "Sisimai-"dump()> is an
array reference and is a parameter to receive code references for callback feature. The first element of
"c___" argument is called at "Sisimai::Message-"sift()> for dealing email headers and entire message
body. The second element of "c___" argument is called at the end of each email file processing. The
result generated by the callback method is accessible via "Sisimai::Fact-"catch>.
[0]Foremailheadersandthebody
Callback method set in the first element of "c___" is called at "Sisimai::Message-"sift()>.
use Sisimai;
my $code = sub {
my $args = shift; # (*Hash)
my $head = $args->{'headers'}; # (*Hash) Email headers
my $body = $args->{'message'}; # (String) Message body
my $adds = { 'x-mailer' => '', 'queue-id' => '' };
if( $body =~ m/^X-Postfix-Queue-ID:\s*(.+)$/m ) {
$adds->{'queue-id'} = $1;
}
$adds->{'x-mailer'} = $head->{'x-mailer'} || '';
return $adds;
};
my $data = Sisimai->rise('/path/to/mbox', 'c___' => [$code, undef]);
my $json = Sisimai->dump('/path/to/mbox', 'c___' => [$code, undef]);
print $data->[0]->catch->{'x-mailer'}; # "Apple Mail (2.1283)"
print $data->[0]->catch->{'queue-id'}; # "43f4KX6WR7z1xcMG"
[1]Foreachemailfile
Callback method set in the second element of "c___" is called at "Sisimai-"rise()> method for dealing
each email file.
my $path = '/path/to/maildir';
my $code = sub {
my $args = shift; # (*Hash)
my $kind = $args->{'kind'}; # (String) Sisimai::Mail->kind
my $mail = $args->{'mail'}; # (*String) Entire email message
my $path = $args->{'path'}; # (String) Sisimai::Mail->path
my $fact = $args->{'fact'}; # (*Array) List of Sisimai::Fact
for my $e ( @$fact ) {
# Store custom information in the "catch" accessor.
$e->{'catch'} ||= {};
$e->{'catch'}->{'size'} = length $$mail;
$e->{'catch'}->{'kind'} = ucfirst $kind;
if( $$mail =~ /^Return-Path: (.+)$/m ) {
# Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON>
$e->{'catch'}->{'return-path'} = $1;
}
# Save the original email with an additional "X-Sisimai-Decoded:" header to a different PATH.
my $a = sprintf("X-Sisimai-Decoded: %d\n", scalar @$fact);
my $p = sprintf("/path/to/another/directory/sisimai-%s.eml", $e->token);
my $f = IO::File->new($p, 'w');
my $v = $$mail; $v =~ s/^(From:.+)$/$a$1/m;
print $f $v; $f->close;
}
# Remove the email file in Maildir/ after decoding
unlink $path if $kind eq 'maildir';
# Need to not return a value
};
my $list = Sisimai->rise($path, 'c___' => [undef, $code]);
print $list->[0]->{'catch'}->{'size'}; # 2202
print $list->[0]->{'catch'}->{'kind'}; # "Maildir"
print $list->[0]->{'catch'}->{'return-path'}; # "<MAILER-DAEMON>"
More information about the callback feature is available at <https://libsisimai.org/en/usage/#callback>
Repository
<https://github.com/sisimai/p5-sisimai> - Sisimai on GitHub
See Also
Sisimai::Mail - Mailbox or Maildir object
Sisimai::Fact - Decoded data object
<https://libsisimai.org/> - Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface Library
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3463> - RFC3463: Enhanced Mail System Status Codes
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3464> - RFC3464: An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status
Notifications
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321> - RFC5321: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322> - RFC5322: Internet Message Format
Synopsis
use Sisimai;
Web Site
<https://libsisimai.org/> - Mail Analyzing Interface Library
<https://github.com/sisimai/rb-sisimai> - Ruby version of Sisimai
