Mail::Send − Simple electronic mail interface
require
Mail::Send;
$msg = Mail::Send−>new;
$msg = Mail::Send−>new(Subject => 'example', To
=> 'timbo');
$msg−>to('user@host');
$msg−>to('user@host', '[email protected]');
$msg−>subject('example subject');
$msg−>cc('user@host');
$msg−>bcc('someone@else');
$msg−>set($header, @values);
$msg−>add($header, @values);
$msg−>delete($header);
# Launch mailer and set headers. The filehandle returned
# by open() is an instance of the Mail::Mailer class.
# Arguments to the open() method are passed to the
Mail::Mailer
# constructor.
$fh = $msg−>open; # some default mailer
$fh = $msg−>open('sendmail'); # explicit
print $fh "Body of message";
$fh−>close # complete the message and send it
or die "couldn't send whole message: $!\n";
Mail::Send creates e−mail messages without using the Mail::Header knowledge, which means that all escaping and folding must be done by you! Also: do not forget to escape leading dots. Simplicity has its price.
When you have time, take a look at Mail::Transport which is part of the MailBox suite.
Mail::Send−>new(PAIRS)
A list of header fields (provided as key-value PAIRS) can be used to initialize the object, limited to the few provided as method: "to", "subject", "cc", and "bcc". For other header fields, use add().
$obj−>add($fieldname, @values)
Add values to the list of defined values for the $fieldname.
$obj−>bcc(@values)
$obj−>cc(@values)
$obj−>delete($fieldname)
$obj−>set($fieldname, @values)
The @values will replace the old values for the $fieldname. Returned is the LIST of values after modification.
$obj−>subject(@values)
$obj−>to(@values)
$obj−>open(%options)
The %options are used to initiate a mailer object via Mail::Mailer::new(). Then Mail::Mailer::open() is called with the knowledge collected in this "Mail::Send" object.
Be warned: this module implements raw smtp, which means that you have to escape lines which start with a dot, by adding one in front.
This module is part of the MailTools distribution, http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further development.
Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <[email protected]>. Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek <[email protected]>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <[email protected]>. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
Copyrights 1995−2000 Graham Barr <[email protected]> and 2001−2017 Mark Overmeer <[email protected]>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html