sub my_sendmail
 {
  my ($to, $subject, $msg_body, $from_addr, $from_name, $to_name) = @_;
  my $input;

  # Make sure variables are set up correctly
  (ref($to) eq "ARRAY") || die "Argument \$to must be a reference to an array";
  $subject = "(No subject)" unless ($subject);

  # Add the first email address to the To: name
  $to_name = ($to_name ? "$to_name " : '');
  $to_name .= "<$to->[0]>";

  # Use default 'from' address if not defined
  unless ($from_addr) {
	$from_addr = $default_from_addr;
	$from_name = $default_from_name;
   }

  # Add 'from' address to name.  Some ISP's require a valid email in 'From:'
  $from_name .= " <$from_addr>";

  warn "<pre>\n" if ($sendmail_debug);
  warn "Calling SMTP server.\n" if ($sendmail_debug);
  my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(
		PeerAddr => $mail_server,
		Type => SOCK_STREAM,
		PeerPort => 'smtp(25)',
		Proto => 'tcp');

  unless ($sock) {
	warn "Can't open a port on the mail server ($mail_server).";
    return 0;
   }

  $input = <$sock>;
  warn "$input\r\n" if ($sendmail_debug);

  print $sock "HELO localhost\r\n";
  $input = <$sock>;
  warn "$input\r\n" if ($sendmail_debug);

  print $sock "mail from:<$from_addr>\r\n";
  $input = <$sock>;
  warn "$input\r\n" if ($sendmail_debug);

  # Send to each recipient here.  They won't see the others' addresses
  my $rcpt;
  foreach $rcpt (@$to) {
    print $sock "rcpt to:<$rcpt>\r\n";
    $input = <$sock>;
    warn "$input\r\n" if ($sendmail_debug);
   }

  print $sock "DATA\r\n";
  print $sock "Subject: $subject\r\n";
  print $sock "From: $from_name\r\n";
  print $sock "Reply-To: $from_addr\r\n";
  print $sock "To: $to_name\r\n";
  print $sock "\r\n";
  #test line to add HTML to the emails
  print $sock "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
  print $sock "$msg_body\r\n";
  print $sock ".\r\n";

  $input = <$sock>;
  warn "$input\r\n" if ($sendmail_debug);
  print $sock "QUIT";
  close ($sock);

  return 1;

 } # End of my_sendmail()

1; # End of My Sendmail.pm

__END__