mail::mailer(3)

NAME

Mail::Mailer - Simple interface to electronic mailing
mechanisms

SYNOPSIS

use Mail::Mailer;
use Mail::Mailer qw(mail);
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer;
$mailer = new Mail::Mailer $type, @args;
$mailer->open(headers);
print $mailer $body;
$mailer->close;

DESCRIPTION

Sends mail using any of the built-in methods. You can
alter the behaviour of a method by passing $command to the
"new" method.

"mail"

Use the Unix system "mail" program to deliver the
mail. $command is the path to "mail". Mail::Mailer
will search for "mailx", "Mail" and "mail" (in this
order).

"sendmail"

Use the "sendmail" program to deliver the mail. $com
mand is the path to "sendmail".

"smtp"

Use the "smtp" protocol via Net::SMTP to deliver the
mail. The server to use can be specified in @args with

$mailer = new Mail::Mailer 'smtp', Server =>

$server;

The smtp mailer does not handle "Cc" and "Bcc" lines,
neither their "Resent-*" fellows. The "Debug" options
enables debugging output from "Net::SMTP".

"qmail"

Use qmail's qmail-inject program to deliver the mail.

"test"

Used for debugging, this calls "/bin/echo" to display
the data. No mail is ever sent. $command is ignored.

"Mail::Mailer" will search for executables in the above
order. The default mailer will be the first one found.

ARGUMENTS

"new" can optionally be given a $command and $type. $type
is one "sendmail", "mail", ... given above. The meaning
of $command depends on $type.

"open" is given a reference to a hash. The hash consists
of key and value pairs, the key being the name of the
header field (eg, "To"), and the value being the
corresponding contents of the header field. The value can
either be a scalar (eg, "gnat@frii.com") or a reference to
an array of scalars ("eg, ['gnat@frii.com',
'Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk']").

TO DO

Assist formatting of fields in ...::rfc822:send_headers to
ensure valid in the face of newlines and longlines etc.

Secure all forms of send_headers() against hacker attack and invalid contents. Especially "0..." in
...::mail::send_headers.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

PERL_MAILERS

Augments/override the build in choice for binary used
to send out our mail messages.

Format:

"type1:mailbinary1;mailbinary2;...:type2:mailbina

ryX;...:..."

Example: assume you want you use private sendmail
binary instead of mailx, one could set "PERL_MAILERS"
to:

"mail:/does/not/exists:send

mail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"

On systems which may include ":" in file names, use
"|" as separator between type-groups.

"mail:c:/does/not/exists|send

mail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"

SEE ALSO

Mail::Send

AUTHORS

Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools@overmeer.net>

Original code written by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>, with a kick start from Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. With contributions by Gerard Hickey <hickey@ctron.com> Small fix and documentation by Nathan Torkington
<gnat@frii.com>.

perl v5.8.0 2002-07-05 Mail::Mailer(3)