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


NAME
       Mail::Send - Simple electronic mail interface

SYNOPSIS
         require Mail::Send;

         $msg = Mail::Send->new;
         $msg = Mail::Send->new(Subject => 'example', To => 'timbo');

         $msg->to('user@host');
         $msg->to('user@host', 'user2@example.com');
         $msg->subject('example subject');
         $msg->cc('user@host');
         $msg->bcc('someone@else');

         $msg->set($header, @values);
         $msg->add($header, @values);
         $msg->delete($header);

         # Launch mailer and set headers. The filehandle returned
         # by open() is an instance of the Mail::Mailer class.
         # Arguments to the open() method are passed to the Mail::Mailer
         # constructor.

         $fh = $msg->open;   # some default mailer
         $fh = $msg->open('sendmail'); # explicit
         print $fh "Body of message";
         $fh->close          # complete the message and send it
             or die "couldn't send whole message: $!\n";

DESCRIPTION
       Mail::Send creates e-mail messages without using the Mail::Header
       knowledge, which means that all escaping and folding must be done by
       you!  Also: do not forget to escape leading dots.  Simplicity has its
       price.

       When you have time, take a look at Mail::Transport which is part of the
       MailBox suite.

METHODS
   Constructors
       Mail::Send->new(PAIRS)
           A list of header fields (provided as key-value PAIRS) can be used
           to initialize the object, limited to the few provided as method:
           "to", "subject", "cc", and "bcc".  For other header fields, use
           add().

   Header fields
       $obj->add($fieldname, @values)
           Add values to the list of defined values for the $fieldname.

       $obj->bcc(@values)
       $obj->cc(@values)
       $obj->delete($fieldname)
       $obj->set($fieldname, @values)
           The @values will replace the old values for the $fieldname.
           Returned is the LIST of values after modification.

       $obj->subject(@values)
       $obj->to(@values)

   Sending
       $obj->open(%options)
           The %options are used to initiate a mailer object via
           Mail::Mailer::new().  Then Mail::Mailer::open() is called with the
           knowledge collected in this "Mail::Send" object.

           Be warned: this module implements raw smtp, which means that you
           have to escape lines which start with a dot, by adding one in
           front.

SEE ALSO
       This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
       http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.

AUTHORS
       The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr.  Later, Mark
       Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further
       development.

       Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>.  Mail::Field::AddrList by
       Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>.  Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce
       <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>.  For other contributors see ChangeLog.

LICENSE
       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2017 Mark
       Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-25                     Mail::Send(3)