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";
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