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Mail-Box-2.064
River stage one • 8 direct dependents • 8 total dependents
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/ Mail::Transport::Sendmail

NAME

Mail::Transport::Sendmail - transmit messages using external Sendmail program

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Transport::Sendmail
   is a Mail::Transport::Send
   is a Mail::Transport
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

 my $sender = Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(...);
 $sender->send($message);

DESCRIPTION

Implements mail transport using the external 'Sendmail' program. When instantiated, the mailer will look for the binary in specific system directories, and the first version found is taken.

Some people use Postfix as MTA. Postfix can be installed as replacement for Sendmail: is provides a program with the same name and options. So, this module supports postfix as well.

METHODS

Constructors

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(OPTIONS)

     Option            Defined in       Default       
 executable        L<Mail::Transport>  C<undef>      
 hostname          L<Mail::Transport>  C<'localhost'>
 interval          L<Mail::Transport>  C<30>         
 log               L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'> 
 password          L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 port              L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 proxy             L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 retry             L<Mail::Transport>  <false>       
 sendmail_options                   []            
 timeout           L<Mail::Transport>  C<120>        
 trace             L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'> 
 username          L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 via               L<Mail::Transport>  C<'sendmail'>

    . executable FILENAME

    . hostname HOSTNAME|ARRAY-OF-HOSTNAMES

    . interval SECONDS

    . log LEVEL

    . password STRING

    . port INTEGER

    . proxy PATH

    . retry NUMBER|undef

    . sendmail_options ARRAY

      Add to the command-line of the started sendmail MTU a list of separate words. So say [ '-f', $file ] and not [ "-f $file" ] , because the latter will be taken by sendmail as one word only.

    . timeout SECONDS

    . trace LEVEL

    . username STRING

    . via CLASS|NAME

Sending mail

$obj->destinations(MESSAGE, [ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-ADDRESSES])

$obj->putContent(MESSAGE, FILEHANDLE, OPTIONS)

$obj->send(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

$obj->trySend(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

     Option            Defined in  Default
 sendmail_options              undef

    . sendmail_options ARRAY

Server connection

$obj->findBinary(NAME [, DIRECTORIES])

$obj->remoteHost

$obj->retry

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

$obj->errors

$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->logPriority(LEVEL)

$obj->logSettings

$obj->notImplemented

$obj->report([LEVEL])

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])

$obj->trace([LEVEL])

$obj->warnings

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY

$obj->inGlobalDestruction

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: Errors when closing sendmail mailer $program: $!

The was no problem starting the sendmail mail transfer agent, but for some specific reason the message could not be handled correctly.

Warning: Message has no destination

It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to.

Error: Package $package does not implement $method.

Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package.

Warning: Resent group does not specify a destination

The message which is sent is the result of a bounce (for instance created with Mail::Message::bounce()), and therefore starts with a Received header field. With the bounce, the new destination(s) of the message are given, which should be included as Resent-To, Resent-Cc, and Resent-Bcc.

The To, Cc, and Bcc header information is only used if no Received was found. That seems to be the best explanation of the RFC.

As alternative, you may also specify the to option to some of the senders (for instance Mail::Transport::SMTP::send(to) to overrule any information found in the message itself about the destination.

REFERENCES

See the MailBox website at http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/ for more details.

COPYRIGHTS

Distribution version 2.064. Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net). See the ChangeLog for other contributors.

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.