Mail::Transport::SMTP(User Contributed Perl DocumentatMail::Transport::SMTP(3)NAMEMail::Transport::SMTP - transmit messages without external program
INHERITANCEMail::Transport::SMTP
is a Mail::Transport::Send
is a Mail::Transport
is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS
my $sender = Mail::Transport::SMTP->new(...);
$sender->send($message);
$message->send(via => 'smtp');
DESCRIPTION
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.
METHODS
Constructors
Mail::Transport::SMTP->new(OPTIONS)
Option --Defined in --Default
executable Mail::Transport undef
helo <from Net::Config>
hostname Mail::Transport <from Net::Config>
interval Mail::Transport 30
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
password undef
port Mail::Transport 25
proxy Mail::Transport <from Net::Config>
retry Mail::Transport <false>
smtp_debug <false>
timeout 120
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
username undef
via Mail::Transport 'smtp'
. executable => FILENAME
. helo => 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.
. hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY-OF-HOSTNAMES
. interval => SECONDS
. log => LEVEL
. password => STRING
The password to be used with the new(username) to log in to the
remote server.
. port => INTEGER
. proxy => PATH
. retry => NUMBER|undef
. smtp_debug => BOOLEAN
Simulate transmission: the SMTP protocol output will be sent to
your screen.
. timeout => SECONDS
The number of seconds to wait for a valid response from the
server before failing.
. trace => LEVEL
. username => STRING
Use SASL authentication to contact the remote SMTP server
(RFC2554). This username in combination with new(password) is
passed as arguments to Net::SMTP method auth. Other forms of
authentication are not supported by Net::SMTP. The "username"
can also be specified as an Authen::SASL object.
. via => CLASS|NAME
Sending mail
$obj->destinations(MESSAGE, [ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-ADDRESSES])
See "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->putContent(MESSAGE, FILEHANDLE, OPTIONS)
See "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->send(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)
See "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->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.
Option--Default
from < >
to []
. from => ADDRESS
Your own identification. This may be fake. If not specified,
it is taken from Mail::Message::sender(), which means the
content of the "Sender" field of the message or the first
address of the "From" field. This defaults to "< >", which
represents "no address".
. 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.
Server connection
$obj->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::Socket::INET object is returned.
$obj->findBinary(NAME [, DIRECTORIES])
See "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->remoteHost
See "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->retry
See "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->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.
Error handling
$obj->AUTOLOAD
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport(OBJECT)
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Transport::SMTP->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL,
TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Transport::SMTP->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
Mail::Transport::SMTP->logPriority(LEVEL)
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logSettings
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->report([LEVEL])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->trace([LEVEL])
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings
See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
Cleanup
$obj->DESTROY
See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->inGlobalDestruction
See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DIAGNOSTICS
Warning: Message has no destination
It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to
go to.
Notice: No addresses found to send the message to, no connection made
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 2.094, built on
April 06, 2010. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2010 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 v5.10.1 2010-04-06 Mail::Transport::SMTP(3)
