THANKS!

What part of the MIME::Lite documentation makes you think it is for CGI scripts only? I use MIME::Lite in scripts that send mail quite often, and well outside any webbish environment.

Oh I see. However when I run the following code:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk; 
use MIME::Lite;

my $MW = MainWindow->new(-background=>'white'); 
$MW->geometry('400x350+250+100');


my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
                 From     =>'youremail@netzero.com',
                 To       =>'youremail@email.com',
                 Subject  =>'Helloooooo, USER!',
                 Data     =>"This is a test email from my Perl/Tk prog
+ram.  Enjoy!"
                 );
                 
                 
$MW->Button(-text=>'Test Email to Parent', -background=>'green', -font
+=>'Arial 14', -foreground=>'blue', -command=>sub{$msg->send;} )->pack
+(-side=>'left', -anchor=>'w', -padx=>'50');

MainLoop;
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I get the following error message:

'sendmail' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I thought 'sendmail' was a unix program. I am on a Windows system.

Thanks

Maybe you want to change how messages are sent?

You will still need a working SMTP server that is willing to accept your email - most likely your ISP provides one for you.

You'll need to change that, then :-) Further down in the doc, there's this section:

Change how messages are sent

    ### Do something like this in your 'main':
    if ($I_DONT_HAVE_SENDMAIL) {
       MIME::Lite->send('smtp', "smtp.myisp.net", Timeout=>60);
    }

    ### Now this will do the right thing:
    $msg->send;         ### will now use Net::SMTP as shown above
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Hope that points you in the right direction :-)

Update: Wow. Two other answers as I was typing up this one :-D

Perhaps a read of Change how messages are sent from the documentation would be worth while. Sendmail is the default mechanism for sending email within this module. Again, this is all in the documentation.

Hope this helps

Martin

And what if I'm looking for a different approach?

I want a link that do the same as sendto:mymail@server.com. In other words, that call the standard mail program of the user.

thanks,

memo.garciasir@gmail.com

on windows there is no sendmail program(unless you're
on cygwin but probably you're not)
use Email::Send
for sending email ,it should work ok.

It sounds like I will need to include a User Email Setup screen in my program to ask the user for his/her smtp server information. Am I on track now?

Thanks!

Am I on track now?

You sure are. And, as an unsolicited tip, when you're popping windows in perlTk, try to use the same windows over and over, hiding and restoring windows as needed, changing names and labels as needed. I've found that perlTk program footprints in memory will grow as you Create new windows, which becomes a problem if the program runs too long.

Maybe one of the other monks knows a good way to address this problem. delete() and undef() haven't cut it for me.

Enjoy!

Bro. Doug :wq

SMTP is fine, as long as you can safely assume your users will all have access to it. Even when it's available, it may not be the user's choice. I, for one (and I believe a lot of users feel the same way) would prefer to use my web-based email account. If you can add that as a configuration option, that would be ideal. You could probably leverage modules such as Mail::Client::Yahoo and WWW::Hotmail to handle the nasty bits for you.

A word spoken in Mind will reach its own level, in the objective world, by its own weight

        $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($smtp_server_addr) or print $@;
        $smtp->mail($fromAddress);
        $smtp->to($toAddress);
        $smtp->data();
        $smtp->datasend("To: God\n");
        $smtp->datasend("Subject: Thanks for perl\n");
        $smtp->datasend("\n");
        #@body is list of strings(lines of message)
        $smtp->datasend(\@body);  
        $smtp->dataend();
        $smtp->quit




¥peace from CaMelRyder¥

        $smtp->datasend("To: God\n");
        $smtp->datasend("Subject: Thanks for perl\n");
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I would say "To: $Larry\n". But $Larry himself would probably agree with you. After all, thanks to interpolation, it can be both, and much more!

CaMelRyder, What if the outgoing server requires authentication? How do you authenticate with Net::SMTP? Thanks,

use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::Animation;
use Tk::LabEntry;
use Tk::Dialog;
use Net::SMTP;  

# main window
my $mw = MainWindow->new(-title=>'SendMail Easy');
$mw->maxsize(qw/450 530/);
$mw->minsize(qw/450 530/);
my $fmain = $mw->Frame( -foreground=>'white',-background => 'ivory2', 
+-relief=> 'groove', -borderwidth=>2 )->pack( -side => 'top');
my $lbtop = $fmain->Label(-text => "SendMail Easy\n",
          -foreground => 'black',
          -background => 'ivory2')->pack(-side=>'top');

# from to
my ($from, $to, $subj);
my $fr1 = $fmain->Frame( -background => 'gray', -relief=> 'groove', -b
+orderwidth=>2 )->pack( -side => 'top');
$fr1->LabEntry(-label=>'From:',-textvariable=>\$from,-labelPack=>[-sid
+e=>'left'],-width=>30,
-foreground => 'blue',-background => 'white')->pack();
$fr1->LabEntry(-label=>' To  :',-textvariable=>\$to,-labelPack=>[-side
+=>'left'],-width=>30,
-foreground => 'blue',-background => 'white')->pack();
my $txtsubj = $fr1->LabEntry(-label=>'Subj:',-textvariable=>\$subj,-la
+belPack=>[-side=>'left'],-width=>30,
 -foreground => 'blue',-background => 'white')->pack();
# ,-textvariable=>'perlocean@gmail.com'

# compose
my $fr2 = $fmain->Frame( -background => "ivory2",      -relief     => 
+'groove',
-borderwidth=>2 )->pack( -side => 'top');
my $text = $fr2->Scrolled('Text', 
         -scrollbars => 'osoe',
         -wrap       => 'none',
         -foreground => 'blue',
         -background => 'white',
         -relief=>'flat')->pack();
# send button
my $send = $fmain->Button(
 -text    => 'Send eMail',
  -command => \&sendmail,
 -relief     => 'groove',
 -foreground => 'black',
 -background => 'ivory2',
)->pack(-ipadx=>10,-ipady=>5);
$send->bind('<ButtonRelease-1>' => sub {
    $mw->messageBox(qw/-icon info -type OK -message/ => "eMail Sent...
+ \@njoy!");
  });
# copyleft
my $lbbottom = $mw->Label(-text => "Copyleft to Larry Wall",
          -foreground => 'black',
          -background => 'ivory2')->pack(-side=>'bottom');
## animation
my $camelanim = $mw->Animation('-format' => 'gif',
                                   -file => Tk->findINC('anim.gif')
                                  );
    $mw->Label(-image => $camelanim)->pack(-side=>'bottom');
    $camelanim->start_animation(200);
    

MainLoop;
sub sendmail{
my @message = $text-> get('1.0', 'end');
my $subject = $txtsubj -> get('1.0', 'end');

eval {
 my $cc = 'ccmail@domain.com';
  my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('smtp.server', Debug => 1)
                               or die "connect";
  $smtp->mail($from)           or die "mail";
  $smtp->to($to)               or die "to";
#   $smtp->to($cc)               or die "cc";
  $smtp->to($cc)              or die "cc";
  $smtp->data()                or die "data";
  $smtp->datasend($subject) or die "subject"; 

   foreach my $line (@message) {
    $smtp->datasend("$line\n") or die "datasend"; 
       }
  $smtp->dataend()             or die "dataend"; 
  $smtp->quit()                or die "quit";  
  
};
if ($@) {
  die "Message not sent: $@ failed\n";
}
 }
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This did not work for me. I got the following error.

Tk::Error: wrong # args: should be ".frame.frame.labentry2.entry get" 
+at F:/Perl
/lib/Tk.pm line 252.
 Tk callback for .frame.frame.labentry2.entry
 Tk::__ANON__ at F:/Perl/lib/Tk.pm line 252
 Tk::Derived::Delegate at F:/Perl/lib/Tk/Derived.pm line 469
 Tk::Widget::__ANON__ at F:/Perl/lib/Tk/Widget.pm line 322
 main::sendmail at f:\BPP4kids\sendmail.pl line 63
 Tk callback for .frame.button
 Tk::__ANON__ at F:/Perl/lib/Tk.pm line 252
 Tk::Button::butUp at F:/Perl/lib/Tk/Button.pm line 111
 <ButtonRelease-1>
 (command bound to event)
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All is not lost from the post though. I did learned how to include an animated gif in my program. Thanks!

The only mention of authentication that I have found is in the man page for Net::SMTP.

       auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD )
           Attempt SASL authentication.

I don't know if this is the type of authentication that you are looking for but you can start there.

¥peace from CaMelRyder¥