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

6       Mail::Mailer - Simple interface to electronic mailing mechanisms
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SYNOPSIS

9           use Mail::Mailer;
10           use Mail::Mailer qw(mail);    # specifies default mailer
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12           $mailer = new Mail::Mailer;
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14           $mailer = new Mail::Mailer $type, @args;
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16           $mailer->open(\%headers);
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18           print $mailer $body;
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20           $mailer->close;
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DESCRIPTION

23       Sends mail using any of the built-in methods. As $type you can specify
24       any of:
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26       "sendmail" Use the "sendmail" program to deliver the mail.
27       "smtp"
28           Use the "smtp" protocol via Net::SMTP to deliver the mail. The
29           server to use can be specified in @args with
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31               $mailer = new Mail::Mailer 'smtp', Server => $server;
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33           The smtp mailer does not handle "Cc" and "Bcc" lines, neither their
34           "Resent-*" fellows. The "Debug" options enables debugging output
35           from "Net::SMTP".
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37           You may also use the "Auth => [ $user, $password ]" option for SASL
38           authentication (requires Authen::SASL and MIME::Base64).
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40       "qmail"
41           Use qmail's qmail-inject program to deliver the mail.
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43       "testfile"
44           Used for debugging, this displays the data to the file named in
45           $Mail::Mailer::testfile::config{outfile} which defaults to a file
46           named "mailer.testfile".  No mail is ever sent.
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48       "Mail::Mailer" will search for executables in the above order. The
49       default mailer will be the first one found.
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51       ARGUMENTS
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53       "new" can optionally be given a $type, which is one "sendmail", "mail",
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56       "open" is given a reference to a hash.  The hash consists of key and
57       value pairs, the key being the name of the header field (eg, "To"), and
58       the value being the corresponding contents of the header field.  The
59       value can either be a scalar (eg, "gnat@frii.com") or a reference to an
60       array of scalars ("eg, ['gnat@frii.com', 'Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk']").
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TO DO

63       Assist formatting of fields in ...::rfc822:send_headers to ensure valid
64       in the face of newlines and longlines etc.
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66       Secure all forms of send_headers() against hacker attack and invalid
67       contents. Especially "\n~..." in ...::mail::send_headers.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

70       PERL_MAILERS
71           Augments/override the build in choice for binary used to send out
72           our mail messages.
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74           Format:
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76               "type1:mailbinary1;mailbinary2;...:type2:mailbinaryX;...:..."
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78           Example: assume you want you use private sendmail binary instead of
79           mailx, one could set "PERL_MAILERS" to:
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81               "mail:/does/not/exists:sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
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83           On systems which may include ":" in file names, use "⎪" as separa‐
84           tor between type-groups.
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86               "mail:c:/does/not/exists⎪sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
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SEE ALSO

89       Mail::Send
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AUTHORS

92       Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools@overmeer.net>
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94       Original code written by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>, with a kick
95       start from Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. With contributions by Gerard
96       Hickey <hickey@ctron.com> Small fix and documentation by Nathan Tork‐
97       ington <gnat@frii.com>.
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101perl v5.8.8                       2007-05-11                   Mail::Mailer(3)
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