blah.js

/**
 * Create a new transaction object with a unique uuid from a given
 * raw email string. This always parses the body.
 *
 * 'mail_from' and 'rcpt_to' are filled in from the email headers.
 *
 * @param {string} email the raw full email, including headers
 * @return {Transaction} the new unique transaction
 */
function new_transaction(email) {
    var email_lines = email.split("\n");

    // create new empty transaction
    var t = new Transaction();
    t.uuid = uuid();
    t.parse_body = true;
    t.message_stream = new MessageStream(
            config.get('smtp.ini'), t.uuid,
            t.header.header_list);

    // parse the email and fill the object
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < email_lines.length; i++) {
        t.add_data(email_lines[i]);
    }
    t.end_data(function() { return ; })

    var from_addr = t.header.get("From").match(/[^@<\s]+@[^@\s>]+/g)[0];
    var to_addr = t.header.get("To").match(/[^@<\s]+@[^@\s>]+/g)[0];

    t.mail_from = new Address(from_addr);
    t.rcpt_to = [new Address(to_addr)];

    return t;
}