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.
Use the Unix system mail program to deliver the mail. $command
is the path to mail. Mail::Mailer will search for mailx, Mail
and mail (in this order).
Use the sendmail program to deliver the mail. $command is the path to sendmail.
Use the smtp 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;
Used for debugging, this calls /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 $type.
open is given a reference to a hash. The hash consists of key and value pairs,
the key being the name of the header field (eg, To), and the value being the corresponding contents of the header field. The
value can either be a scalar (eg, gnat@frii.com) or a reference to an array of scalars (eg, ['gnat@frii.com', 'Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk']).
Assist formatting of fields in ...::rfc822:send_headers to ensure valid in the face of newlines and longlines etc.
Secure all forms of send_headers() against hacker attack and
invalid contents. Especially ``\n~...'' in ...::mail::send_headers.
Augments/override the build in choice for binary used to send out our mail messages.
Format:
"type1:mailbinary1;mailbinary2;...:type2:mailbinaryX;...:..."
Example: assume you want you use private sendmail binary instead of mailx, one could set PERL_MAILERS to:
"mail:/does/not/exists:sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
Maintained by Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
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>.
For support please contact comp.lang.perl.misc or Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>