1Mail::Send(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Mail::Send(3)
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NAME

6       Mail::Send - Simple electronic mail interface
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SYNOPSIS

9         require Mail::Send;
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11         $msg = Mail::Send->new;
12         $msg = Mail::Send->new(Subject => 'example', To => 'timbo');
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14         $msg->to('user@host');
15         $msg->to('user@host', 'user2@example.com');
16         $msg->subject('example subject');
17         $msg->cc('user@host');
18         $msg->bcc('someone@else');
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20         $msg->set($header, @values);
21         $msg->add($header, @values);
22         $msg->delete($header);
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24         # Launch mailer and set headers. The filehandle returned
25         # by open() is an instance of the Mail::Mailer class.
26         # Arguments to the open() method are passed to the Mail::Mailer
27         # constructor.
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29         $fh = $msg->open;   # some default mailer
30         $fh = $msg->open('sendmail'); # explicit
31         print $fh "Body of message";
32         $fh->close          # complete the message and send it
33             or die "couldn't send whole message: $!\n";
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DESCRIPTION

36       Mail::Send creates e-mail messages without using the Mail::Header
37       knowledge, which means that all escaping and folding must be done by
38       you!  Also: do not forget to escape leading dots.  Simplicity has its
39       price.
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41       When you have time, take a look at Mail::Transport which is part of the
42       MailBox suite.
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METHODS

45   Constructors
46       Mail::Send->new(PAIRS)
47           A list of header fields (provided as key-value PAIRS) can be used
48           to initialize the object, limited to the few provided as method:
49           "to", "subject", "cc", and "bcc".  For other header fields, use
50           add().
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52   Header fields
53       $obj->add($fieldname, @values)
54           Add values to the list of defined values for the $fieldname.
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56       $obj->bcc(@values)
57       $obj->cc(@values)
58       $obj->delete($fieldname)
59       $obj->set($fieldname, @values)
60           The @values will replace the old values for the $fieldname.
61           Returned is the LIST of values after modification.
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63       $obj->subject(@values)
64       $obj->to(@values)
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66   Sending
67       $obj->open(%options)
68           The %options are used to initiate a mailer object via
69           Mail::Mailer::new().  Then Mail::Mailer::open() is called with the
70           knowledge collected in this "Mail::Send" object.
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72           Be warned: this module implements raw smtp, which means that you
73           have to escape lines which start with a dot, by adding one in
74           front.
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SEE ALSO

77       This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
78       http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
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AUTHORS

81       The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr.  Later, Mark
82       Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further
83       development.
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85       Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>.  Mail::Field::AddrList by
86       Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>.  Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce
87       <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>.  For other contributors see ChangeLog.
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LICENSE

90       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2017 Mark
91       Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.
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93       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
94       under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
95       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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