NAME

Mail::Transport::SMTP - transmit messages without external program

CLASS HIERARCHY

Mail::Transport::SMTP
is a Mail::Transport
is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

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

$message->send(via => 'smtp');

DESCRIPTION

USE WITH CARE! THIS MODULE IS VERY NEW, SO MAY CONTAIN BUGS

This module implements transport of Mail::Message objects by negotiating to the destination host directly by using the SMTP protocol, without help of sendmail, mail, or other programs on the local host.

METHOD INDEX

Methods prefixed with an abbreviation are described in Mail::Reporter (MR), Mail::Transport (MT).

The general methods for Mail::Transport::SMTP objects:

   contactAnyServer                  MT send MESSAGE, OPTIONS
MR errors                            MR trace [LEVEL]
MR log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]               tryConnectTo HOST, OPTIONS
   new OPTIONS                          trySend MESSAGE, OPTIONS
MR report [LEVEL]                    MR warnings
MR reportAll [LEVEL]

The extra methods for extension writers:

MR AUTOLOAD                          MR logPriority LEVEL
MR DESTROY                           MR logSettings
MT findBinary NAME [, DIRECTOR...    MR notImplemented
MR inGlobalDestruction               MT putContent MESSAGE, FILEHAN...

METHODS

new OPTIONS

OPTION       DESCRIBED IN           DEFAULT
debug        Mail::Transport::SMTP  0
helo_domain  Mail::Transport::SMTP  <from Net::Config>
log          Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'
proxy        Mail::Transport::STMP  <from Net::Config>
timeout      Mail::Transport::SMTP  120
trace        Mail::Reporter         'WARNINGS'
via          Mail::Transport        <unused>

debug => BOOLEAN

Simulate transmission: the SMTP protocol output will be sent to your screen.

helo_domain => HOST

The fully qualified name of the sender's host (your system) which is used for the greeting message to the receiver. If not specified, Net::Config or else Net::Domain are questioned to find it. When even these do not supply a valid name, the name of the domain in the From line of the message is assumed.

proxy => HOST|ARRAY-OF-HOSTS

Specifies the system which is used as relay HOST. By default, the configuration of Net::Config is used. When more than one hostname is specified, the first host which can be contacted will be used.

timeout => SECONDS

The number of seconds to wait for a valid response from the server before failing.

trySend MESSAGE, OPTIONS

Try to send the MESSAGE once. This may fail, in which case this method will return false. In list context, the reason for failure can be caught: in list context trySend will return a list of five values:

(success, error code, error text, error location, quit success)

Success and quit success are booleans. The error code and -text are protocol specific codes and texts. The location tells where the problem occurred.

As OPTIONS, you can use

• to => ADDRESS|[ADDRESSES]

  Alternative destinations. If not specified, the To, Cc and Bcc fields of the header are used. An address is a string or a Mail::Address object.

• from => ADDRESS

  Your own identification. This may be fake. If not specified, it is taken from the From field in the header.

contactAnyServer

Creates the connection to the SMTP server. When more than one hostname was specified, the first which accepts a connection is taken. An IO::Server::INET object is returned.

tryConnectTo HOST, OPTIONS

Try to establish a connection to deliver SMTP to the specified HOST. The OPTIONS are passed to the new method of Net::SMTP.

SEE ALSO

Mail::Box-Overview

For support and additional documentation, see http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

AUTHOR

Mark Overmeer (mailbox@overmeer.net). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

VERSION

This code is beta, version 2.017.

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Mark Overmeer. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.