Mail::Transport::Sendmail(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Transport::Sendmail(3pm)



NAME
       Mail::Transport::Sendmail - transmit messages using external Sendmail program

INHERITANCE
        Mail::Transport::Sendmail
          is a Mail::Transport::Send
          is a Mail::Transport
          is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS
        my $sender = Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(...);
        $sender->send($message);

DESCRIPTION
       Implements mail transport using the external 'Sendmail' program.  When instantiated, the
       mailer will look for the binary in specific system directories, and the first version
       found is taken.

       Some people use Postfix as MTA.  Postfix can be installed as replacement for Sendmail: is
       provides a program with the same name and options.  So, this module supports postfix as
       well.

       Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Transport::Send.

METHODS
       Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Transport::Send.

   Constructors
       Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Transport::Send.

       Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(%options)
            -Option          --Defined in     --Default
             executable        Mail::Transport  undef
             hostname          Mail::Transport  'localhost'
             interval          Mail::Transport  30
             log               Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
             password          Mail::Transport  undef
             port              Mail::Transport  undef
             proxy             Mail::Transport  undef
             retry             Mail::Transport  <false>
             sendmail_options                   []
             timeout           Mail::Transport  120
             trace             Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
             username          Mail::Transport  undef
             via               Mail::Transport  'sendmail'

           executable => FILENAME
           hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY
           interval => SECONDS
           log => LEVEL
           password => STRING
           port => INTEGER
           proxy => PATH
           retry => NUMBER|undef
           sendmail_options => ARRAY
             Add to the command-line of the started sendmail MTU a list of separate words.  So
             say " [ '-f', $file ] " and not " [ "-f $file" ] ", because the latter will be taken
             by sendmail as one word only.

           timeout => SECONDS
           trace => LEVEL
           username => STRING
           via => CLASS|NAME

   Sending mail
       Extends "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send.

       $obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] )
           Inherited, see "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send

       $obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options)
           Inherited, see "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send

       $obj->send($message, %options)
           Inherited, see "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send

       $obj->trySend($message, %options)
            -Option          --Default
             sendmail_options  undef

           sendmail_options => ARRAY

   Server connection
       Extends "Server connection" in Mail::Transport::Send.

       $obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] )
           Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport

       $obj->remoteHost()
           Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport

       $obj->retry()
           Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport

   Error handling
       Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Transport::Send.

       $obj->AUTOLOAD()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->addReport($object)
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
       Mail::Transport::Sendmail->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level,
       $callback] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->errors()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
       Mail::Transport::Sendmail->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority($level)
       Mail::Transport::Sendmail->logPriority($level)
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logSettings()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->notImplemented()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->report( [$level] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->reportAll( [$level] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->trace( [$level] )
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->warnings()
           Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

   Cleanup
       Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Transport::Send.

       $obj->DESTROY()
           Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS
       Error: Errors when closing sendmail mailer $program: $!
           The was no problem starting the sendmail mail transfer agent, but for some specific
           reason the message could not be handled correctly.

       Warning: Message has no destination
           It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to.

       Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
           Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this
           method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do
           implement this method however the class at hand does not.  Probably you should
           investigate this and probably inform the author of the package.

       Warning: Resent group does not specify a destination
           The message which is sent is the result of a bounce (for instance created with
           Mail::Message::bounce()), and therefore starts with a "Received" header field.  With
           the "bounce", the new destination(s) of the message are given, which should be
           included as "Resent-To", "Resent-Cc", and "Resent-Bcc".

           The "To", "Cc", and "Bcc" header information is only used if no "Received" was found.
           That seems to be the best explanation of the RFC.

           As alternative, you may also specify the "to" option to some of the senders (for
           instance Mail::Transport::SMTP::send(to) to overrule any information found in the
           message itself about the destination.

SEE ALSO
       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.117, built on August 24, 2014.
       Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE
       Copyrights 2001-2014 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       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                                2014-08-24             Mail::Transport::Sendmail(3pm)