adding multiple attachments to email

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

Hi monks, I am unable to add multiple attachements to an email (i'm using the Mail::Sender module) here is my code:

send_email();

sub send_email {
    
        
    my $sender=new Mail::Sender({from =>$email_sender, 
        fake_from =>$email_sender,smtp => 'mail.test.com'});

        $sender->MailFile({to => $email_recipient, 
        subject => $email_subject, 

        file=> $outfile,
        file=> $file1,
        msg => $email_body});

}
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only the first file (outfile) is attached to the email, the second file (file1) is not. please can someone help me? Thank you

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Re: adding multiple attachments to email by aitap (Curate) on Apr 30, 2013 at 08:49 UTC
Parameters of MailFile method are constructed from a hash, which is a "unique key" -> "some value" map. There can be only one "file" key. Fortunately, Mail::Sender's MailFile method allows you to specify an array of file names to attach: The file parameter may be a "filename", a "list, of, file, names" or a \@list_of_file_names. Try this: `$sender->MailFile({to => $email_recipient, subject => $email_subject, file => [ $outfile, $file1 ], msg => $email_body});` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: adding multiple attachments to email by perlnoobster (Sexton) on Apr 30, 2013 at 08:52 UTC
Thank you Aitap for your help, I have updated the code however I recieve the following error: syntax error at test_email.pl line 503, near "msg" this is the code i have used : `send_email(); sub send_email { my $sender=new Mail::Sender({from =>$email_sender, fake_from =>$email_sender,smtp => 'mail.test.com'}); $sender->MailFile({to => $email_recipient, subject => $email_subject, file=> [ $outfile, $file1 ] msg => $email_body}); }` [download] edit - i added a comma after the `file=> [ $outfile, $file1 ],` and the syntax error is not showing anymore, however I'm not receiving any emails either ?!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: adding multiple attachments to email by aitap (Curate) on Apr 30, 2013 at 09:03 UTC
Sorry for the comma - I edited my message shortly after posting it and noticing the comma's absence. Try adding 'debug' parameter to the constructor to debug your messages.	[reply]
Re^3: adding multiple attachments to email by perlnoobster (Sexton) on Apr 30, 2013 at 09:01 UTC
UPDATE- It works! just a bit slow in generating the email though:) Thank you!	[reply]