Sending an attachment with Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail

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

I am setting up a PERL program using Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail to send emails with attachemnts on a Windows 8 machine. I have everything working except the attachment. The parameters look like:

my $mail=Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail->new( -smtp=>'smtp.gmail.com',
                                        -layer=>'ssl',
                                        -port=>465,
                                        -login=>'IHipschman@gmail.com'
+,
                                        -attachments=>'C:\Users\Ivan\D
+ocuments\BSA\EMAIL\Fliers\Gmail\CurrentFlier.pdf',
                                        -pass=>'password');
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For the attachments path I have tried all combinations of single and double quotes, backslashes, double backslashes and forward slashes and none seem to work. The email gets sent but there is no attachment. Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?

Thanks, Ivan

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Re: Sending an attachment with Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail by AppleFritter (Vicar) on Aug 06, 2014 at 18:00 UTC
You're passing the `-attachments` to the wrong method -- specifically, to the constructor, not the `->send` call on the mail object it returns. Try changing that. If it still doesn't work after that, try passing `-verbose => '1'` as an extra parameter and see what debug messages you get; perhaps there'll be a clue there.	[reply]
Re^2: Sending an attachment with Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail by IvanH (Acolyte) on Aug 06, 2014 at 23:58 UTC
Pure stupidity on my part. Passing it to the right method fixed it. Thanks	[reply]
Re: Sending an attachment with Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail by roboticus (Chancellor) on Aug 06, 2014 at 18:01 UTC
IvanH: The Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail docs don't indicate that `attachments` is a valid argment for the `new` method, but instead for the `send` method. Have you tried specifying the attachment(s) in the `send` method? ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l] [select]