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



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 AT 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!  Simplicity has its price.

       When you have time, take a look at Mail::Transport

METHODS
   Constructors
       Mail::Send->new(PAIRS)
           A list of header fields (provided as key-value PAIRS) can be used to initialize the
           object.

   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)
           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.

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 AT oslonett.no>.  Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek
       <poe AT cit.dk>.  Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce AT ig.uk>.  For other
       contributors see ChangeLog.

LICENSE
       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr AT pobox.com> and 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer
       <perl AT 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 v5.20.0                                2014-01-05                            Mail::Send(3pm)