Mail::Send(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Send(3pm)
NAME
Mail::Send - Simple electronic mail interface
SYNOPSIS
require Mail::Send;
$msg = Mail::Send->new;
$msg = Mail::Send->new(Subject => 'example', To => 'timbo');
$msg->to('user@host');
$msg->to('user@host', 'user2@example.com');
$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";
DESCRIPTION
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.
METHODS
Constructors
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().
Header fields
$obj->add($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)
Sending
$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.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
AUTHORS
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further
development.
Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>. Mail::Field::AddrList by
Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce
<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
LICENSE
Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2017 Mark
Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.
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
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