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<p>A <span class="structname">mail::account</span> object
represents a "mail account". An account is a collection of
folders (<span class="structname">mail::folder</span>
objects). The folders are arranged in a hierarchy, top to
bottom. A folder must be "opened", before messages in the
folder can be read. One folder, per account, can be opened at
a time. Opening another folder closes the previous folder.
<span class="structname">mail::account</span> objects contain
methods for enumerating and navigating the <span class="structname">mail::folder</span> objects, and for accessing
messages in the currently-open folder.</p>
<p>Most of the following <span class="structname">mail::account</span> methods are asynchronous.
They do not wait for the requested action to complete. They
accept a <span class="structname">mail::callback</span>, or
one of its subclasses, as an argument. A completed request
results in invoking either the <code class="function">success</code> or the <code class="function">fail</code> method of the <span class="structname">mail::callback</span> object. The <span class="structname">mail::account</span> methods return immediately
even if the request cannot be completed immediately. The
<a class="link" href="mail-process.html" title="mail::account::process" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::account::process</span>(3x)</span></a>
method handles outstanding requests, and it will invoke the
<code class="function">success</code> or the <code class="function">fail</code> method when the request is finally
completed.</p>
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