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NAME

Mail::Sender - (DEPRECATED) module for sending mails with attachments through an SMTP server

DEPRECATED

Mail::Sender is deprecated. 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 is deprecated. Email::Sender is the go-to choice when you need to send Email from Perl. Go there, be happy!

Mail::Sender provides an object-oriented interface to sending mails. It directly connects to the mail server using IO::Socket.

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. 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) is solved at last.

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

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

To install Mail::Sender, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Mail::Sender

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Mail::Sender

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

ATTRIBUTES

auth

auth_encoded

authdomain

authid

authpwd

bcc

boundary

cc

charset

client

confirm

createmessageid

ctype

debug

debug_level

encoding

ESMPT

fake_cc

fake_from

fake_to

from

headers

keepconnection

multipart

on_errors

port

priority

replyto

skip_bad_recipients

smtp

ssl_...

subject

tls_allowed

tls_required

to

METHODS

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Body

Cancel

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Connect

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EndPart

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MailMsg

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Part

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SendFile

SendLine

SendLineEnc

SendLineEx

FUNCTIONS

GuessCType

MessageID

ResetGMTdiff

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