NAME
Mail::Sender - module for sending mails with attachments through an
SMTP server
WAIT! STOP RIGHT THERE!
Mail::Sender is going away... well, not really, but it's being
officially marked as "out of favor". Email::Sender is the go-to choice
when you need to send Email from Perl. Go there, be happy!
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Sender;
my $sender = Mail::Sender->new({
smtp => 'mail.yourdomain.com',
from => 'your@address.com'
});
$sender->MailFile({
to => 'some@address.com',
subject => 'Here is the file',
msg => "I'm sending you the list you wanted.",
file => 'filename.txt'
});
DESCRIPTION
Mail::Sender provides an object-oriented interface to sending mails. It
directly connects to the mail server using IO::Socket.
Mail::Sender is going away... well, not really, but it's being
officially marked as "out of favor". Email::Sender is the go-to choice
when you need to send Email from Perl. Go there, be happy!
ATTRIBUTES
Mail::Sender implements the following attributes.
* Please note that altering an attribute after object creation is best
handled with creating a copy using $sender = $sender->new({attribute =>
'value'}). To obtain the current value of an attribute, break all the
rules and reach in there! my $val = $sender->{attribute};
auth
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({auth => 'PLAIN'});
my $auth = $sender->{auth}; # reach in to grab
The SMTP authentication protocol to use to login to the server
currently the only ones supported are LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5 and NTLM.
Some protocols have module dependencies. CRAM-MD5 depends on
Digest::HMAC_MD5 and NTLM on Authen::NTLM.
You may add support for other authentication protocols yourself.
auth_encoded
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({auth_encoded => 1});
my $auth_enc = $sender->{auth_encoded}; # reach in to grab
If set to a true value, Mail::Sender attempts to use TLS (encrypted
connection) whenever the server supports it and you have
IO::Socket::SSL and Net::SSLeay.
The default value of this option is true! This means that if
Mail::Sender can send the data encrypted, it will.
authdomain
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({authdomain => 'bar.com'});
my $domain = $sender->{authdomain}; # reach in to grab
The domain name; used optionally by the NTLM authentication. Other
authentication protocols may use other options as well. They should all
start with auth though.
authid
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({authid => 'username'});
my $username = $sender->{authid}; # reach in to grab
The username used to login to the server.
authpwd
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({authpwd => 'password'});
my $password = $sender->{authpwd}; # reach in to grab
The password used to login to the server.
bcc
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({bcc => 'foo@bar.com'});
$sender = $sender->new({bcc => 'foo@bar.com, bar@baz.com'});
$sender = $sender->new({bcc => ['foo@bar.com', 'bar@baz.com']});
my $bcc = $sender->{bcc}; # reach in to grab
Send a blind carbon copy to these addresses.
boundary
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({boundary => '--'});
my $boundary = $sender->{boundary}; # reach in to grab
The message boundary. You usually do not have to change this, it might
only come in handy if you need to attach a multi-part mail created by
Mail::Sender to your message as a single part. Even in that case any
problems are unlikely.
cc
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({cc => 'foo@bar.com'});
$sender = $sender->new({cc => 'foo@bar.com, bar@baz.com'});
$sender = $sender->new({cc => ['foo@bar.com', 'bar@baz.com']});
my $cc = $sender->{cc}; # reach in to grab
Send a carbon copy to these addresses.
charset
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({charset => 'UTF-8'});
my $charset = $sender->{charset}; # reach in to grab
The charset of the single part message or the body of the multi-part
one.
client
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({client => 'localhost.localdomain'});
my $client = $sender->{client}; # reach in to grab
The name of the client computer.
During the connection you send the mail server your computer's name. By
default Mail::Sender sends (gethostbyname 'localhost')[0]. If that is
not the address your needs, you can specify a different one.
confirm
# only delivery, to the 'from' address
$sender = $sender->new({confirm => 'delivery'});
# only reading, to the 'from' address
$sender = $sender->new({confirm => 'reading'});
# both: to the 'from' address
$sender = $sender->new({confirm => 'delivery, reading'});
# delivery: to specified address
$sender = $sender->new({confirm => 'delivery: my.other@address.com'});
my $confirm = $sender->{confirm}; # reach in to grab
Whether you want to request reading or delivery confirmations and to
what addresses.
Keep in mind that confirmations are not guaranteed to work. Some
servers/mail clients do not support this feature and some users/admins
may have disabled it. So it's possible that your mail was delivered and
read, but you won't get any confirmation!
createmessageid
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({createmessageid => sub {
my $from = shift;
my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year) = gmtime(time);
$mon++;
$year += 1900;
return sprintf "<%04d%02d%02d_%02d%02d%02d_%06d.%s>", $year, $mon, $mday,
$hour, $min, $sec, rand(100000), $from;
}});
my $cm_id = $sender->{createmessageid}; # reach in to grab
This option allows you to overwrite the function that generates the
message IDs for the emails. The option gets the "pure" sender's address
as it's only parameter and is supposed to return a string. See the
"MessageID" in Mail::Sender method.
If you want to specify a message id you can also use the messageid
parameter for the "Open" in Mail::Sender, "OpenMultipart" in
Mail::Sender, "MailMsg" in Mail::Sender or "MailFile" in Mail::Sender
methods.
ctype
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({ctype => 'text/plain'});
my $type = $sender->{ctype}; # reach in to grab
The content type of a single part message or the body of the multi-part
one.
Please do not confuse these two. The "multipart" in Mail::Sender
parameter is used to specify the overall content type of a multi-part
message (for example any HTML document with inlined images) while ctype
is an ordinary content type for a single part message or the body of a
multi-part message.
debug
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({debug => '/path/to/debug/file.txt'});
$sender = $sender->new({debug => $file_handle});
my $debug = $sender->{debug}; # reach in to grab
All the conversation with the server will be logged to that file or
handle. All lines in the file should end with CRLF (the Windows and
Internet format).
If you pass the path to the log file, Mail::Sender will overwrite it.
If you want to append to the file, you have to open it yourself and
pass the filehandle:
open my $fh, '>>', '/path/to/file.txt' or die "Can't open: $!";
my $sender = Mail::Sender->new({
debug => $fh,
});
debug_level
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({debug_level => 1});
# 1: only log server communication, skip all msg data
# 2: log server comm. and message headers
# 3: log server comm., message and part headers
# 4: log everything (default behavior)
my $level = $sender->{debug_level}; # reach in to grab
Only taken into account if the debug attribute is specified.
encoding
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({encoding => 'Quoted-printable'});
my $encoding = $sender->{encoding}; # reach in to grab
Encoding of a single part message or the body of a multi-part message.
If the text of the message contains some extended characters or very
long lines, you should use encoding => 'Quoted-printable' in the call
to "Open" in Mail::Sender, "OpenMultipart" in Mail::Sender, "MailMsg"
in Mail::Sender or "MailFile" in Mail::Sender.
If you use some encoding you should either use "SendEnc" in
Mail::Sender or encode the data yourself!
ESMPT
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({
ESMTP => {
NOTIFY => 'SUCCESS,FAILURE,DELAY',
RET => 'HDRS',
ORCPT => 'rfc822;my.other@address.com',
ENVID => 'iuhsdfobwoe8t237',
},
});
my $esmtp = $sender->{ESMTP}; # reach in to grab
This option contains data for SMTP extensions. For example, it allows
you to request delivery status notifications according to RFC1891
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1891>. If the SMTP server you connect
to doesn't support this extension, the options will be ignored. You do
not need to worry about encoding the ORCPT or ENVID parameters.
* ENVID - Used to propagate an identifier for this message
transmission envelope, which is also known to the sender and will, if
present, be returned in any Delivery Status Notifications issued for
this transmission.
* NOTIFY - To specify the conditions under which a delivery status
notification should be generated. Should be either NEVER or a
comma-separated list of SUCCESS, FAILURE and DELAY.
* ORCPT - Used to convey the original (sender-specified) recipient
address.
* RET - To request that Delivery Status Notifications containing an
indication of delivery failure either return the entire contents of a
message or only the message headers. Must be either FULL or HDRS.
fake_cc
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({fake_cc => 'foo@bar.com'});
my $fake_cc = $sender->{fake_cc}; # reach in to grab
The address that will be shown in headers. If not specified, the "cc"
in Mail::Sender attribute will be used.
fake_from
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({fake_from => 'foo@bar.com'});
my $fake_from = $sender->{fake_from}; # reach in to grab
The address that will be shown in headers. If not specified, the "from"
in Mail::Sender attribute will be used.
fake_to
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({fake_to => 'foo@bar.com'});
my $fake_to = $sender->{fake_to}; # reach in to grab
The recipient's address that will be shown in headers. If not
specified, the "to" in Mail::Sender attribute will be used.
If the list of addresses you want to send your message to is long or if
you do not want the recipients to see each other's address set the
"fake_to" in Mail::Sender parameter to some informative, yet bogus,
address or to the address of your mailing/distribution list.
from
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({from => 'foo@bar.com'});
my $from = $sender->{from}; # reach in to grab
The sender's email address.
headers
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({headers => 'Content-Type: text/plain'});
$sender = $sender->new({headers => {'Content-Type' => 'text/plain'}});
my $headers = $sender->{headers}; # reach in to grab
You may use this parameter to add custom headers into the message. The
parameter may be either a string containing the headers in the right
format or a hash containing the headers and their values.
keepconnection
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({keepconnection => 1);
$sender = $sender->new({keepconnection => 0});
my $keepcon = $sender->{keepconnection}; # reach in to grab
If set to a true value, it causes the Mail::Sender to keep the
connection open for several messages. The connection will be closed if
you call the "Close" in Mail::Sender method with a true value or if you
call "Open" in Mail::Sender, "OpenMultipart" in Mail::Sender, "MailMsg"
in Mail::Sender or "MailFile" in Mail::Sender with the smtp attribute.
This means that if you want the object to keep the connection, you
should pass the smtp either to "new" in Mail::Sender or only to the
first "Open" in Mail::Sender, "OpenMultipart" in Mail::Sender,
"MailMsg" in Mail::Sender or "MailFile" in Mail::Sender!
multipart
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({multipart => 'Mixed'});
my $multi = $sender->{multipart}; # reach in to grab
The MIME subtype for the whole message (Mixed/Related/Alternative). You
may need to change this setting if you want to send an HTML body with
some inline images, or if you want to post the message in plain text as
well as HTML (alternative).
on_errors
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({on_errors => 'undef'}); # return undef on error
$sender = $sender->new({on_errors => 'die'}); # raise an exception
$sender = $sender->new({on_errors => 'code'}); # return the negative error code (default)
# -1 = $smtphost unknown
# -2 = socket() failed
# -3 = connect() failed
# -4 = service not available
# -5 = unspecified communication error
# -6 = local user $to unknown on host $smtp
# -7 = transmission of message failed
# -8 = argument $to empty
# -9 = no message specified in call to MailMsg or MailFile
# -10 = no file name specified in call to SendFile or MailFile
# -11 = file not found
# -12 = not available in singlepart mode
# -13 = site specific error
# -14 = connection not established. Did you mean MailFile instead of SendFile?
# -15 = no SMTP server specified
# -16 = no From: address specified
# -17 = authentication protocol not accepted by the server
# -18 = login not accepted
# -19 = authentication protocol is not implemented
# -20 = all recipients were rejected by the server
# -21 = file specified as an attachment cannot be read
# -22 = failed to open the specified debug file for writing
# -23 = STARTTLS failed (for SSL or TLS encrypted connections)
# -24 = IO::Socket::SSL->start_SSL failed
# -25 = TLS required by the specified options, but the required modules are not available. Need IO::Socket::SSL and Net::SSLeay
# -26 = TLS required by the specified options, but the server doesn't support it
# -27 = unknown encoding specified for the mail body, part or attachment. Only base64, quoted-printable, 7bit and 8bit supported.
my $on_errors = $sender->{on_errors}; # reach in to grab
say $Mail::Sender::Error; # contains a textual description of last error.
This option allows you to affect the way Mail::Sender reports errors.
All methods return the $sender object if they succeed.
$Mail::Sender::Error $sender->{'error'} and $sender->{'error_msg'} are
set in all cases.
port
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({port => 25});
my $port = $sender->{port}; # reach in to grab
The TCP/IP port used form the connection. By default
getservbyname('smtp', 'tcp')||25. You should only need to use this
option if your mail server waits on a nonstandard port.
priority
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({priority => 1});
# 1. highest
# 2. high
# 3. normal
# 4. low
# 5. lowest
my $priority = $sender->{priority}; # reach in to grab
The message priority number.
replyto
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({replyto => 'foo@bar.com'});
my $replyto = $sender->{replyto}; # reach in to grab
The reply to address.
skip_bad_recipients
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({skip_bad_recipients => 1);
$sender = $sender->new({skip_bad_recipients => 0});
my $skip = $sender->{skip_bad_recipients}; # reach in to grab
If this option is set to false, or not specified, then Mail::Sender
stops trying to send a message as soon as the first recipient's address
fails. If it is set to a true value, Mail::Sender skips the bad
addresses and tries to send the message at least to the good ones. If
all addresses are rejected by the server, it reports a All recipients
were rejected message.
If any addresses were skipped, the $sender->{'skipped_recipients'} will
be a reference to a hash containing the failed address and the server's
response.
smtp
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({smtp => 'smtp.bar.com'});
my $smtp = $sender->{smtp}; # reach in to grab
The IP address or domain of your SMTP server.
ssl_...
The ssl_version, ssl_verify_mode, ssl_ca_path, ssl_ca_file,
ssl_verifycb_name, ssl_verifycn_schema and ssl_hostname options (if
specified) are passed to "start_SSL" in IO::Socket::SSL. The default
version is TLSv1 and verify mode is IO::Socket::SSL::SSL_VERIFY_NONE.
If you change the ssl_verify_mode to SSL_VERIFY_PEER, you may need to
specify the ssl_ca_file. If you have Mozilla::CA installed, then
setting it to Mozilla::CA::SSL_ca_file() may help.
subject
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({subject => 'An email is coming!'});
my $subject = $sender->{subject}; # reach in to grab
The subject of the message.
tls_allowed
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({tls_allowed => 1}); # true, default
$sender = $sender->new({tls_allowed => 0}); # false
my $tls = $sender->{tls_allowed}; # reach in to grab
If set to a true value, Mail::Sender will attempt to use TLS (encrypted
connection) whenever the server supports it. This requires that you
have IO::Socket::SSL and Net::SSLeay.
tls_required
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({tls_required => 1}); # true, require TLS encryption
$sender = $sender->new({tls_required => 0}); # false, plain. default
my $required = $sender->{tls_required};
If you set this option to a true value, the module will fail if it's
unable to use TLS.
to
# mutating single attributes could get costly!
$sender = $sender->new({to => 'foo@bar.com'});
$sender = $sender->new({to => 'foo@bar.com, bar@baz.com'});
$sender = $sender->new({to => ['foo@bar.com', 'bar@baz.com']});
my $to = $sender->{to}; # reach in to grab
The recipient's addresses. This parameter may be either a comma
separated list of email addresses or a reference to a list of
addresses.
METHODS
Mail::Sender implements the following methods.
Attach
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- description, ctype, encoding, disposition, file(s)
$sender = $sender->Attach(
'title', 'application/octet-stream', 'Base64', 'attachment; filename=*', '/file.txt'
);
$sender = $sender->Attach(
'title', 'application/octet-stream', 'Base64', 'attachment; filename=*',
['/file.txt', '/file2.txt']
);
# OR use a hashref
$sender = $sender->Attach({
description => 'some title',
charset => 'US-ASCII', # default
encoding => 'Base64', # default
ctype => 'application/octet-stream', # default
disposition => 'attachment; filename=*', # default
file => ['/file1.txt'], # file names
content_id => '#', # for auto-increment number, or * for filename
});
Sends a file as a separate part of the mail message. Only in multi-part
mode.
Body
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- charset, encoding, content-type
$sender = $sender->Body('US-ASCII', '7BIT', 'text/plain');
# OR use a hashref
$sender = $sender->Body({
charset => 'US-ASCII', # default
encoding => '7BIT', # default
ctype => 'text/plain', # default
msg => '',
});
Sends the head of the multi-part message body. You can specify the
charset and the encoding.
Cancel
$sender = $sender->Cancel;
Cancel an opened message.
"SendFile" in Mail::Sender and other methods may set
$sender->{'error'}. In that case "undef $sender" calls $sender->Cancel
not $sender->Close!!!
ClearErrors
$sender->ClearErrors();
Make the various error variables undef.
Close
$sender->Close();
$sender->Close(1); # force override keepconnection
Close and send the email message. If you pass a true value to the
method the connection will be closed even if the keepconnection was
specified. You should only keep the connection open if you plan to send
another message immediately. And you should not keep it open for
hundreds of emails even if you do send them all in a row.
This method should be called automatically when destructing the object,
but you should not rely on it. If you want to be sure your message WAS
processed by the server, you SHOULD call "Close" in Mail::Sender
explicitly.
Connect
This method gets called automatically. Do not call it yourself.
Connected
my $bool = $sender->Connected();
Returns an undef or true value to let you know if you're connected to
the mail server.
EndPart
$sender = $sender->EndPart($ctype);
Closes a multi-part part.
If the $ctype is not present or evaluates to false, only the current
SIMPLE part is closed! Don't do that unless you are really sure you
know what you are doing.
It's best to always pass to the ->EndPart() the content type of the
corresponding ->Part().
GetHandle
$sender->Open({...});
my $handle = $sender->GetHandle();
$handle->print("Hello world.\n");
my ($mday,$mon,$year) = (localtime())[3,4,5];
$handle->print(sprintf("Today is %04d/%02d/%02d.", $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday));
close $handle;
Returns a file handle to which you can print the message or file to
attach. The data you print to this handle will be encoded as necessary.
Closing this handle closes either the message (for single part
messages) or the part.
MailFile
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- from, reply-to, to, smtp, subject, headers, message, files(s)
$sender = $sender->MailFile('from@foo.com','reply-to@bar.com','to@baz.com')
# OR use a hashref -- see the attributes section for a
# list of appropriate parameters.
$sender = $sender->MailFile({file => ['/file1','/file2'], msg => "Message"});
Sends one or more files by mail. If a message in $sender is opened, it
gets closed and a new message is created and sent. $sender is then
closed.
The file parameter may be a string file name, a comma-separated list of
filenames, or an array reference of filenames.
Keep in mind that parameters like ctype, charset and encoding will be
used for the attached file, not the body of the message. If you want to
specify those parameters for the body, you have to use b_ctype,
b_charset and b_encoding.
MailMsg
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- from, reply-to, to, smtp, subject, headers, message
$sender = $sender->MailMsg('from@foo.com','reply-to@bar.com','to@baz.com')
# OR use a hashref -- see the attributes section for a
# list of appropriate parameters.
$sender = $sender->MailMsg({from => "foo@bar.com", msg => "Message"});
Sends a message. If a message in $sender is opened, it gets closed and
a new message is created and sent. $sender is then closed.
new
# Create a new sender instance with only the 'from' address
my $sender = Mail::Sender->new('from_address@bar.com');
# Create a new sender with any attribute above set in a hashref
my $sender = Mail::Sender->new({attribute => 'value', });
# Create a new sender as a copy of an existing one
my $copy = $sender->new({another_attr => 'bar',});
Prepares a sender. Any attribute can be set during instance creation.
This doesn't start any connection to the server. You have to use
$sender->Open or $sender->OpenMultipart to start talking to the server.
The attributes are used in subsequent calls to $sender->Open and
$sender->OpenMultipart. Each such call changes the saved variables. You
can set smtp, from and other options here and then use the info in all
messages.
Open
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- from, reply-to, to, smtp, subject, headers
$sender = $sender->Open('from@foo.com','reply-to@bar.com','to@baz.com');
# OR use a hashref -- see the attributes section for a
# list of appropriate parameters.
$sender = $sender->Open({to=>'to@baz.com', subject=>'Incoming!!!'});
Opens a new message. The only additional parameter that may not be
specified directly in "new" in Mail::Sender is messageid. If you set
this option, the message will be sent with that Message-ID, otherwise a
new Message ID will be generated out of the sender's address, current
date+time and a random number (or by the function you specified in the
createmessageid attribute).
After the message is sent $sender->{messageid} will contain the
Message-ID with which the message was sent.
OpenMultipart
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- from, reply-to, to, smtp, subject, headers, boundary
$sender = $sender->OpenMultipart('from@foo.com','reply-to@bar.com');
# OR use a hashref -- see the attributes section for a
# list of appropriate parameters.
$sender = $sender->OpenMultipart({to=>'to@baz.com', subject=>'Incoming!!!'});
Opens a multipart message.
Part
# set parameters in an ordered list
# -- description, ctype, encoding, disposition, content_id, Message
$sender = $sender->Part(
'something', 'text/plain', '7BIT', 'attachment; filename="send.pl"'
);
# OR use a hashref -- see the attributes section for a
# list of appropriate parameters.
$sender = $sender->Part({
description => "desc",
ctype => "application/octet-stream", # default
encoding => '7BIT', # default
disposition => 'attachment', # default
content_id => '#', # for auto-increment number, or * for filename
msg => '', # You don't have to specify here, you may use SendEnc()
# to add content to the part.
});
Prints a part header for the multipart message and (if specified) the
contents.
print
An alias for "SendEnc" in Mail::Sender.
QueryAuthProtocols
my @protocols = $sender->QueryAuthProtocols();
my @protocols = $sender->QueryAuthProtocols( $smtpserver);
Queries the server specified in the attributes or in the parameter to
this method for the authentication protocols it supports.
Send
$sender = $sender->Send(@strings);
Prints the strings to the socket. It doesn't add any line terminations
or encoding. You should use \r\n as the end-of-line!
UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU SHOULD
USE "SendEnc" in Mail::Sender INSTEAD!
SendEnc
$sender = $sender->SendEnc(@strings);
Prints the bytes to the socket. It doesn't add any line terminations.
Encodes the text using the selected encoding: none | Base64 |
Quoted-printable. You should use \r\n as the end-of-line!
SendEx
$sender = $sender->SendEx(@strings);
Prints the strings to the socket. Doesn't add any end-of-line
characters. Changes all end-of-lines to \r\n. Doesn't encode the data!
UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU SHOULD
USE "SendEnc" in Mail::Sender INSTEAD!
SendFile
Alias for "Attach" in Mail::Sender
SendLine
$sender = $sender->SendLine(@strings);
Prints the strings to the socket. Each byte string is terminated by
\r\n. No encoding is done. You should use \r\n as the end-of-line!
UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU SHOULD
USE "SendLineEnc" in Mail::Sender INSTEAD!
SendLineEnc
$sender = $sender->SendLineEnc(@strings);
Prints the strings to the socket and adds the end-of-line character at
the end. Encodes the text using the selected encoding: none | Base64 |
Quoted-printable.
Do NOT mix up "Send" in Mail::Sender, "SendEx" in Mail::Sender,
"SendLine" in Mail::Sender, or "SendLineEx" in Mail::Sender with
"SendEnc" in Mail::Sender or "SendLineEnc" in Mail::Sender! "SendEnc"
in Mail::Sender does some buffering necessary for correct Base64
encoding, and "Send" in Mail::Sender and "SendEx" in Mail::Sender are
not aware of that.
Usage of "Send" in Mail::Sender, "SendEx" in Mail::Sender, "SendLine"
in Mail::Sender, and "SendLineEx" in Mail::Sender in non xBIT parts is
not recommended. Using Send(encode_base64($string)) may work, but more
likely it will not! In particular, if you use several such to create
one part, the data is very likely to get crippled.
SendLineEx
$sender = $sender->SendLineEnc(@strings);
Prints the strings to the socket. Adds an end-of-line character at the
end. Changes all end-of-lines to \r\n. Doesn't encode the data!
UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU SHOULD
USE "SendLineEnc" in Mail::Sender INSTEAD!
FUNCTIONS
Mail::Sender implements the following functions.
GuessCType
my $ctype = Mail::Sender::GuessCType($filename, $filepath);
Guesses the content type based on the filename or the file contents.
This function is used when you attach a file and do not specify the
content type. It is not exported by default!
MessageID
my $id = Mail::Sender::MessageID('from@foo.com');
Generates a "unique" message ID for a given from address.
ResetGMTdiff
Mail::Sender::ResetGMTdiff();
The module computes the local vs. GMT time difference to include in the
timestamps added into the message headers. As the time difference may
change due to summer savings time changes you may want to reset the
time difference occasionally in long running programs.
BUGS
I'm sure there are many. Please let me know if you find any.
The problem with multi-line responses from some SMTP servers (namely
qmail <http://www.qmail.org/top.html>) is solved at last.
SEE ALSO
Email::Sender
There are lots of mail related modules on CPAN. Be wise, use
Email::Sender!
AUTHOR
Jan Krynický <Jenda@Krynicky.cz> http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz
CONTRIBUTORS
* Brian Blakley <bblakley@mp5.net>,
* Chase Whitener <capoeirab@cpan.org>,
* Ed McGuigan <itstech1@gate.net>,
* John Sanche <john@quadrant.net>
* Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigo@insite.com.br>,
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 Jan Krynický <Jenda@Krynicky.cz>. All rights
reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.