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Mail::Mailer - Simple interface to electronic mailing mechanisms
use Mail::Mailer;
use Mail::Mailer qw(mail);
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer;
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer $type, @args;
$mailer->open(\%headers);
print $mailer $body;
$mailer->close;
Sends mail using any of the built-in methods. You can alter the
behaviour of a method by passing $command to the new method.
mailmail program to deliver the mail. $command
is the path to mail. Mail::Mailer will search for mailx, Mail
and mail (in this order).
sendmailsendmail program to deliver the mail. $command is the
path to sendmail.
smtpsmtp protocol via Net::SMTP to deliver the mail. The server
to use can be specified in @args with
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer 'smtp', Server => $server;
The smtp mailer does not handle Cc and Bcc lines, neither their
Resent-* fellows. The Debug options enables debugging output
from Net::SMTP.
qmailtest/bin/echo to display the data. No
mail is ever sent. $command is ignored.
Mail::Mailer will search for executables in the above order. The
default mailer will be the first one found.
new can optionally be given a $command and $type. $type
is one sendmail, mail, ... given above. The meaning of
$command depends on $type.
open is given a reference to a hash. The hash consists of key and
value pairs, the key being the name of the header field (eg, To),
and the value being the corresponding contents of the header field.
The value can either be a scalar (eg, gnat@frii.com) or a reference
to an array of scalars (eg, ['gnat@frii.com', 'Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk']).
Assist formatting of fields in ...::rfc822:send_headers to ensure valid in the face of newlines and longlines etc.
Secure all forms of send_headers() against hacker attack and invalid
contents. Especially ``\n~...'' in ...::mail::send_headers.
Format:
"type1:mailbinary1;mailbinary2;...:type2:mailbinaryX;...:..."
Example: assume you want you use private sendmail binary instead
of mailx, one could set PERL_MAILERS to:
"mail:/does/not/exists:sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
On systems which may include : in file names, use | as separator
between type-groups.
"mail:c:/does/not/exists|sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
Mail::Send
Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools@overmeer.net>
Original code written by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>, with a kick start from Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. With contributions by Gerard Hickey <hickey@ctron.com> Small fix and documentation by Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>.
