---
name: "Mail::Send"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-mailtools"
version: "2.22-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Mail::Send"
---

# Mail::Send(3pm)

Simple electronic mail interface

## 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 2001-2024 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*