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- =head1 NAME
-
- Mail::Mailer - Simple interface to electronic mailing mechanisms
-
- =head1 INHERITANCE
-
- Mail::Mailer
- is a IO::Handle
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Mail::Mailer;
- use Mail::Mailer qw(mail); # specifies default mailer
-
- $mailer = Mail::Mailer->new;
- $mailer = Mail::Mailer->new($type, @args);
-
- $mailer->open(\%headers);
- print $mailer $body;
- $mailer->close;
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- Sends mail using any of the built-in methods. As TYPE argument
- to L<new()|Mail::Mailer/"Constructors">, you can specify any of
-
- =over 4
-
- =item C<sendmail>
-
- Use the C<sendmail> program to deliver the mail.
-
- =item C<smtp>
-
- Use the C<smtp> protocol via Net::SMTP to deliver the mail. The server
- to use can be specified in C<@args> with
-
- $mailer = Mail::Mailer->new('smtp', Server => $server);
-
- The smtp mailer does not handle C<Cc> and C<Bcc> lines, neither their
- C<Resent-*> fellows. The C<Debug> options enables debugging output
- from C<Net::SMTP>.
-
- You may also use the C<< Auth => [ $user, $password ] >> option for SASL
- authentication (requires L<Authen::SASL> and L<MIME::Base64>).
-
- =item C<qmail>
-
- Use qmail's qmail-inject program to deliver the mail.
-
- =item C<testfile>
-
- Used for debugging, this displays the data to the file named in
- C<$Mail::Mailer::testfile::config{outfile}> which defaults to a file
- named C<mailer.testfile>. No mail is ever sent.
-
- =back
-
- C<Mail::Mailer> will search for executables in the above order. The
- default mailer will be the first one found.
-
- =head1 METHODS
-
- =head2 Constructors
-
- Mail::Mailer-E<gt>B<new>(TYPE, ARGS)
-
- =over 4
-
- The TYPE is one of the back-end sender implementations, as described in
- the DESCRIPTION chapter of this manual page. The ARGS are passed to
- that back-end.
-
- =back
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<open>(HASH)
-
- =over 4
-
- The HASH consists of key and value pairs, the key being the name of
- the header field (eg, C<To>), and the value being the corresponding
- contents of the header field. The value can either be a scalar
- (eg, C<gnat@frii.com>) or a reference to an array of scalars
- (C<< eg, ['gnat@frii.com', 'Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk'] >>).
-
- =back
-
- =head1 DETAILS
-
- =head2 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
- =over 4
-
- =item PERL_MAILERS
-
- Augments/override the build in choice for binary used to send out
- our mail messages.
-
- Format:
-
- "type1:mailbinary1;mailbinary2;...:type2:mailbinaryX;...:..."
-
- Example: assume you want you use private sendmail binary instead
- of mailx, one could set C<PERL_MAILERS> to:
-
- "mail:/does/not/exists:sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
-
- On systems which may include C<:> in file names, use C<|> as separator
- between type-groups.
-
- "mail:c:/does/not/exists|sendmail:$HOME/test/bin/sendmail"
-
- =back
-
- =head2 BUGS
-
- Mail::Mailer does not help with folding, and does not protect
- against various web-script hacker attacks, for instance where
- a new-line is inserted in the content of the field.
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
- F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>.
-
- =head1 AUTHORS
-
- The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
- Overmeer took over maintenance without development.
-
- Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>.
- Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>.
- Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>.
- For other contributors see ChangeLog.
-
- =head1 LICENSE
-
- Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and
- 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the same terms as Perl itself.
- See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
-
-