use Net::SMTP; # Constructors $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost'); $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost', Timeout => 60);
A new Net::SMTP object must be created with the new method. Once this has been done, all SMTP commands are accessed through this object.
The Net::SMTP class is a subclass of Net::Cmd and IO::Socket::INET.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use Net::SMTP; $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost'); print $smtp->domain,"\n"; $smtp->quit;This example sends a small message to the postmaster at the SMTP server known as mailhost:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use Net::SMTP; $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost'); $smtp->mail($ENV{USER}); $smtp->to('postmaster'); $smtp->data(); $smtp->datasend("To: postmaster\n"); $smtp->datasend("\n"); $smtp->datasend("A simple test message\n"); $smtp->dataend(); $smtp->quit;
If HOST is not given, then the SMTP_Host specified in Net::Config will be used.
OPTIONS are passed in a hash like fashion, using key and value pairs. Possible options are:
Hello - SMTP requires that you identify yourself. This option specifies a string to pass as your mail domain. If not given a guess will be taken.
Timeout - Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for a response from the SMTP server (default: 120)
Debug - Enable debugging information
Example:
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost', Hello => 'my.mail.domain' Timeout => 30, Debug => 1, );
The mail method can some additional ESMTP OPTIONS which is passed in hash like fashion, using key and value pairs. Possible options are:
Size => <bytes> Return => <???> Bits => "7" | "8" Transaction => <ADDRESS> Envelope => <ENVID>
DATA may be a reference to a list or a list. If specified the contents of DATA and a termination string ".\r\n" is sent to the server. And the result will be true if the data was accepted.
If DATA is not specified then the result will indicate that the server
wishes the data to be sent. The data must then be sent using the datasend
and dataend methods described in the Net::Cmd manpage.