Perl Programming Language :: using a remote smarthost to send mail from a perl script


	using a remote smarthost to send mail from a perl script I have a perl script on a low-powered machine and I want to send mail from the machine by relaying the outgoing mail through a remote SMTP server (that I've paid for, of course, not an open relay :) ). I've tried searching for things like "perl" "use a smarthost" but I've been unable to find anything relevant. Are there any code samples showing how to do this? On 2007-06-01, Bennett wrote: > I have a perl script on a low-powered machine and I want to send mail > from the machine by relaying the outgoing mail through a remote SMTP > server (that I've paid for, of course, not an open relay :) ). > I've tried searching for things like "perl" "use a smarthost" but I've > been unable to find anything relevant. Are there any code samples > showing how to do this? If your requirements are simple, you can probably use the Mail::Mailer module. According to the man page, you can Use the "smtp" protocol via Net::SMTP to deliver the mail. The server to use can be specified in @args with $mailer = new Mail::Mailer smtp, Server => $server; The smtp mailer does not handle "Cc" and "Bcc" lines, neither their "Resent-*" fellows. The "Debug" options enables debugging output from "Net::SMTP". You may also use the "Auth => [ $user, $password ]" option for SASL authentication (requires Authen::SASL and MIME::Base64). HTH.