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NAME

6       Net::SSLGlue::SMTP - make Net::SMTP able to use SSL
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SYNOPSIS

9               use Net::SSLGlue::SMTP;
10               my $smtp_ssl = Net::SMTP->new( $host,
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12                       SSL_ca_path => ...
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15               my $smtp_plain = Net::SMTP->new( $host );
16               $smtp_plain->starttls( SSL_ca_path => ... );
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DESCRIPTION

19       Net::SSLGlue::SMTP extends Net::SMTP so one can either start directly
20       with SSL or switch later to SSL using the STARTTLS command.
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22       By default it will take care to verify the certificate according to the
23       rules for SMTP implemented in IO::Socket::SSL.
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METHODS

26       new The method "new" of Net::SMTP is now able to start directly with
27           SSL when the argument "<SSL =" 1>> is given. In this case it will
28           not create an IO::Socket::INET object but an IO::Socket::SSL
29           object. One can give the usual "SSL_*" parameter of IO::Socket::SSL
30           to "Net::SMTP::new".
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33           If the connection is not yet SSLified it will issue the STARTTLS
34           command and change the object, so that SSL will now be used. The
35           usual "SSL_*" parameter of IO::Socket::SSL will be given.
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37       peer_certificate ...
38           Once the SSL connection is established the object is derived from
39           IO::Socket::SSL so that you can use this method to get information
40           about the certificate. See the IO::Socket::SSL documentation.
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42       All of these methods can take the "SSL_*" parameter from
43       IO::Socket::SSL to change the behavior of the SSL connection. The
44       following parameters are especially useful:
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46       SSL_ca_path, SSL_ca_file
47           Specifies the path or a file where the CAs used for checking the
48           certificates are located. This is typically "etc/ssl/certs" on UNIX
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52           If set to 0, verification of the certificate will be disabled. By
53           default it is set to 1 which means that the peer certificate is
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57           Usually the name given as the hostname in the constructor is used
58           to verify the identity of the certificate. If you want to check the
59           certificate against another name you can specify it with this
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SEE ALSO

63       IO::Socket::SSL, Net::SMTP
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66       This module is copyright (c) 2008, Steffen Ullrich.  All Rights
67       Reserved.  This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
68       and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
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