Mail::Send(3pm)

Usage

  require Mail::Send;
  $msg = Mail::Send->new;
  $msg = Mail::Send->new(Subject => 'example', To => 'timbo');
  $msg->to('user@host');
  $msg->to('user@host', '[email protected]');
  $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";

Overview

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.

Releases

18 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex); the text changed 14 times.