Email an Attachment via Gmail

anujsethi91 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi guys, can you please tell me how do i install the module Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail, i've tried with cpan, and ppm install, but its showing "error installing package, don't know what it is, could not locate ppd file!!. Else can you tell me how do i send an attachment via gmail using perl. thanks guys. the code im using is given below, its showing the error "BEGIN failed at line 4"

use strict;
use warnings;   

use Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail;
my $mail=Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail->new( -smtp=>'smtp.gmail.com',
                                           -login=>'myid',
                                           -pass=>'mypasswrd');
$mail->send(-to=>'sendtoid', -subject=>'Hello!', -body=>'Just testing 
+it', 
               -attachments=>'C:/strawberry/perl/test.txt');
$mail->bye;
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guys i used cpan Gmail, and it worked just fine, but now i'm getting a whole new kind of an error, my code is the same as above but now its showing :: 'Can't locate object method "new" via package "Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail" <perhaps you forgot to load "Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail"> at email1.pl line 5' please help

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Re: Email an Attachment via Gmail by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 05, 2013 at 08:18 UTC
What version are you trying to install? Version 0.40 seemed to have a zero-percent success rate with the smokers, while 0.43 seems to have 100% success among the smokers that have tested it. When you try `cpan install Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail`, what error messages do you get? Update: Just to check, I ran "`cpanm Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail`", and got a successful installation on the first try. There were a total of five distributions pulled in on my system (the target plus its dependencies). Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Email an Attachment via Gmail by 1nickt (Canon) on Sep 01, 2015 at 17:00 UTC
Hi davido, the `changes` file only has entries up to v0.40, and you are right that there is only one test (`t/00-load.t`), but the current version of Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail is v0.96 FWIW. That's the version that `cpan Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail` just installed on my machine. The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Email an Attachment via Gmail by hdb (Monsignor) on Apr 05, 2013 at 12:12 UTC
Same problem for me. Try `cpan install Gmail` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Email an Attachment via Gmail by anujsethi91 (Initiate) on Apr 08, 2013 at 04:39 UTC
thank you it worked perfectly!! but now that its detecting the module, i am stuck at a new problem. my code is the same as above but now its showing :: 'Can't locate object method "new" via package "Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail" <perhaps you forgot to load "Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail"> at email1.pl line 5' please help	[reply]
Re^3: Email an Attachment via Gmail by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 08, 2013 at 05:03 UTC
Back to my original question of you: What do you see when you type: `cpan install Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail` [download] Dave	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Email an Attachment via Gmail by anujsethi91 (Initiate) on Apr 08, 2013 at 05:50 UTC
Re^5: Email an Attachment via Gmail by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 08, 2013 at 06:05 UTC
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Re^4: Email an Attachment via Gmail by Anonymous Monk on Sep 01, 2015 at 16:20 UTC
Re^5: Email an Attachment via Gmail by davido (Cardinal) on Sep 01, 2015 at 16:49 UTC
Re^5: Email an Attachment via Gmail by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 01, 2015 at 16:46 UTC
Re: Email an Attachment via Gmail by prashantktyagi (Scribe) on Apr 05, 2013 at 12:03 UTC
See How do I post a question effectively?	[reply]