Mail::Transport::Mailx - transmit messages using external mailx program |
Mail::Transport::Mailx - transmit messages using external mailx program
Mail::Transport::Mailx is a Mail::Transport::Send is a Mail::Transport is a Mail::Reporter
my $sender = Mail::Transport::Mailx->new(...); $sender->send($message);
Implements mail transport using the external programs 'mailx'
,
Mail
, or 'mail'
. When instantiated, the mailer will look for
any of these binaries in specific system directories, and the first
program found is taken.
WARNING: There are many security issues with mail and mailx. DO NOT USE these commands to send messages which contains data derived from any external source!!!
Under Linux, freebsd, and bsdos the mail
, Mail
, and mailx
names are
just links to the same binary. The implementation is very primitive, pre-MIME
standard, what may cause many headers to be lost. For these platforms (and
probably for other platforms as well), you can better not use this transport
mechanism.
Mail::Transport::Mailx->new(OPTIONS)
Option Defined in Default executable L<Mail::Transport> C<undef> hostname L<Mail::Transport> C<'localhost'> interval L<Mail::Transport> C<30> log L<Mail::Reporter> C<'WARNINGS'> password L<Mail::Transport> undef port L<Mail::Transport> undef proxy L<Mail::Transport> undef retry L<Mail::Transport> <false> style <autodetect> timeout L<Mail::Transport> C<120> trace L<Mail::Reporter> C<'WARNINGS'> username L<Mail::Transport> undef via L<Mail::Transport> C<'mailx'>
. executable FILENAME
. hostname HOSTNAME|ARRAY-OF-HOSTNAMES
. interval SECONDS
. log LEVEL
. password STRING
. port INTEGER
. proxy PATH
. retry NUMBER|undef
. style 'BSD'|'RFC822'
There are two version of the mail
program. The newest accepts
RFC822 messages, and automagically collect information about where
the message is to be send to. The BSD style mail command predates
MIME, and expects lines which start with a '~'
(tilde) to specify
destinations and such. This field is autodetect, however on some
platforms both versions of mail
can live (like various Linux
distributions).
. timeout SECONDS
. trace LEVEL
. username STRING
. via CLASS|NAME
$obj->destinations(MESSAGE, [ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-ADDRESSES])
See Sending mail in the Mail::Transport::Send manpage
$obj->putContent(MESSAGE, FILEHANDLE, OPTIONS)
See Sending mail in the Mail::Transport::Send manpage
$obj->send(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)
See Sending mail in the Mail::Transport::Send manpage
$obj->trySend(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)
$obj->findBinary(NAME [, DIRECTORIES])
See Server connection in the Mail::Transport manpage
$obj->remoteHost
See Server connection in the Mail::Transport manpage
$obj->retry
See Server connection in the Mail::Transport manpage
$obj->AUTOLOAD
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->addReport(OBJECT)
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Transport::Mailx->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->errors
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Transport::Mailx->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
Mail::Transport::Mailx->logPriority(LEVEL)
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->logSettings
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->notImplemented
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->report([LEVEL])
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->trace([LEVEL])
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->warnings
See Error handling in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->DESTROY
See Cleanup in the Mail::Reporter manpage
$obj->inGlobalDestruction
See Cleanup in the Mail::Reporter manpage
Warning: Message has no destination
It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to.
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.
Error: Sending via mailx mailer $program failed: $! ($?)
Mailx (in some shape: there are many different implementations) did start accepting messages, but did not succeed sending it.
See the MailBox website at http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/ for more details.
Distribution version 2.059. Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net) See the ChangeLog for other contributors.
Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Mail::Transport::Mailx - transmit messages using external mailx program |