Mail::Mailer(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Mailer(3)NAMEMail::Mailer - Simple interface to electronic mailing mechanisms
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Mailer;
use Mail::Mailerqw(mail); # specifies default mailer
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer;
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer $type, @args;
$mailer->open(\%headers);
print $mailer $body;
$mailer->close;
DESCRIPTION
Sends mail using any of the built-in methods. As $type you can specify
any of:
"sendmail" Use the "sendmail" program to deliver the mail.
"smtp"
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;
The smtp mailer does not handle "Cc" and "Bcc" lines, neither their
"Resent-*" fellows. The "Debug" options enables debugging output
from "Net::SMTP".
You may also use the "Auth => [ $user, $password ]" option for SASL
authentication (requires Authen::SASL and MIME::Base64).
"qmail"
Use qmail's qmail-inject program to deliver the mail.
"testfile"
Used for debugging, this displays the data to the file named in
$Mail::Mailer::testfile::config{outfile} which defaults to a file
named "mailer.testfile". No mail is ever sent.
"Mail::Mailer" will search for executables in the above order. The
default mailer will be the first one found.
ARGUMENTS
"new" can optionally be given a $type, which is one "sendmail", "mail",
... given above.
"open" is given a reference to a hash. The hash consists of key and
value pairs, the key being the name of the header field (eg, "To"), and
the value being the corresponding contents of the header field. The
value can either be a scalar (eg, "gnat@frii.com") or a reference to an
array of scalars ("eg, ['gnat@frii.com', 'Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk']").
TO DO
Assist formatting of fields in ...::rfc822:send_headers to ensure valid
in the face of newlines and longlines etc.
Secure all forms of send_headers() against hacker attack and invalid
contents. Especially "\n~..." in ...::mail::send_headers.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
PERL_MAILERS
Augments/override the build in choice for binary used to send out
our mail messages.
Format:
"type1:mailbinary1;mailbinary2;...:type2:mailbinaryX;...:..."
Example: assume you want you use private sendmail binary instead of
mailx, one could set "PERL_MAILERS" to:
"mail:/does/not/exists:sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
On systems which may include ":" in file names, use "|" as separa-
tor between type-groups.
"mail:c:/does/not/exists|sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
SEE ALSO
Mail::Send
AUTHORS
Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools@overmeer.net>
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 Tork-
ington <gnat@frii.com>.
perl v5.8.8 2007-05-11 Mail::Mailer(3)
