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
$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
, andbcc
. 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 2001-2024 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