The discussion yesterday in the chatterbox about Mail modules started making me think why I had chosen the module I did, way back when. I was in a rush and had to find a replacement module with only the short descriptions available. So, I took a gamble based on my instinct and learned enough about the module to get the job done. Other people's favourites include Mime::Lite and Net::SMTP, neither of which would have occured to me. I'm trying to think why I didn't go for Mail::Sendmail. I must have thought that there could be some problem trying to use it with Exim and didn't want the hassle. Nice docs though.

Maybe I'm just trying to say that sometimes it feels like there are too many modules on CPAN ;) and sometimes the modules that you could be using (like Net and Mime) aren't listed under the index (Mail and News) which is the first place you look.

Ea