--- x	2009-09-29 21:00:01.392812366 +0200
+++ perl.scrap.mime-lite-mail-sending	2009-09-29 17:56:51.900791614 +0200
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
+use MIME::Lite;
+$html="<b>testhtml</b>";
+$text="testtext";
my $message = MIME::Lite->build (
    From    =>'someemail',
-   To      =>'anotheremail',
# a present from peter to postfix :)
+   To      =>'jakobi',
    Subject=>'somesubject',
    Type    =>'multipart/alternative'
   );

# this is the if(1) note
   if ('i have a attachment') {
     $message->replace(Type    =>    'multipart/mixed');
     $message->attach(
         Type=> 'AUTO',
# this is your major issue: **Path being undefined**
-        Path=> $upload_file,
+        Path=> '/etc/hosts',
         Filename=>$basename,
         Disposition => 'attachment'
       );
    }
# this might be a prob or might be no prob; 
# but usually it's text/plain in emails
-   $message->attach(Type=> 'TEXT',
+   $message->attach(Type=> 'text/plain', # TEXT 
                     Data=> $text,
                     );
    $message->attach(Type=> 'text/html',
                     Data=> $html
                     );
     
    $message->send('smtp','000.000.000.000',
                     Debug=>1,Timeout=>60,Port=>26);

##</code><code>##

--- y.orig	2009-09-29 21:11:50.544939894 +0200
+++ y	2009-09-29 21:31:44.072812281 +0200
@@ -4,27 +4,49 @@
 # ---------
 use strict;
 use warnings; 
+use vars;
 use diagnostics;
+use Data::Dumper;
 use MIME::Lite;
 use Email::Valid;
 
         # If we have a valid email address.
-    my $to_email = 'jakobi';
-    my $email_valid = Email::Valid->new(mxcheck    =>    1,tldcheck   =>    1);
-    if ($email_valid->address($to_email)) {
+    my $to_email = 'jakobi@anuurn.compact';
+    #my $email_valid = Email::Valid->new(mxcheck    =>    1,tldcheck   =>    1);
+    #if ($email_valid->address($to_email)) {
+    if (1){
+
+# data dumper always shows an extra undef entry ???
+# bless( {
+#           'SubAttrs' => {},
+#           'Parts' => [],
+#           'FH' => undef,
+#           'Attrs' => {
+#                        'content-disposition' => 'inline',
+#                        'content-type' => 'text/plain',
+#                        'content-length' => undef,
+#                        'content-transfer-encoding' => 'binary'
+#                      },
+#           'Path' => undef,
+#           'Data' => undef,
+#           'Header' => []
+#         }, 'MIME::Lite' ),
+# and undef's seem to kill the send later on.
+# to avoid this, **SET THE TYPE in ->build**!
+
+
         # Everything looks good, make up our message
         my $message = MIME::Lite->build (
             From    =>    $to_email,
             To        =>    $to_email,
             Subject    =>    'This is the subject',
-            #Type    =>    'multipart/alternative' If I default to this then it never gets updated with a attachment.
+            Type    =>    'multipart/alternative' # If I default to this then it never gets updated with a attachment.
         );
         # Did we get a attachment?
-        my $attachment = '/tmp/38293132401.pdf';
+        my $attachment = '/etc/hosts';
+
         if (-e $attachment) {
             #$message->replace(Type    =>    ''); # Tried this
-            #$message->replace(Type    =>    'multipart/mixed'); # Tried this
-            $message->add(Type    =>    'multipart/mixed');
+            $message->replace(Type    =>    'multipart/mixed'); # Tried this
+            #$message->add(Type    =>    'multipart/mixed');
             $message->attach(
                 Type         => 'AUTO',
                 Path         => $attachment,
@@ -32,16 +54,22 @@
                 Disposition => 'attachment'
             );
         } else {
-            $message->add(Type    =>    'multipart/alternative');
+            # $message->add(Type    =>    'multipart/alternative');
         }
+
         my $text_email = 'yadda yadda yadda';
         my $html_email = '<em>yadda</em> <strong>yadda</strong> <u>yadda</u>';
         # Do up the message                            
-        $message->attach(Type    => 'TEXT',
+        $message->attach(Type    => 'text/plain', # TEXT, but seems innocent and translates to text/plain
                         Data    => $text_email
                         );
         $message->attach(Type    =>    'text/html',
                         Data    =>    $html_email
                         );
-        $message->send('smtp','0.0.0.0',Debug=>1,Timeout=>60,Port=>26);
-
+warn "attach $attachment\n";
+warn "attach $attachment exists\n" if -e $attachment;
+print Dumper($message);
+        my $rc=$message->send('smtp','0.0.0.0',Debug=>1,Timeout=>60,Port=>26);
+        # not reached, as we die due to lack of eval{} around send anyway!?
+        die "send returned not true" if not $rc;
+}