Attach a file using Mail::Bulkmail

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Re: Attach a file using Mail::Bulkmail by gav^ (Curate) on May 02, 2002 at 18:57 UTC
Create the message using MIME::Lite or similar: `my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(..options..); $msg->attach(..file..); my $msg_mime = $msg->as_string;` [download] You probably don't want to do this with big files, as it's all in memory. Then send this with Mail::Bulkmail: `my $bulk = Mail::Bulkmail->new(..options..); $bulk->HFM(1); # Headers From Message # send as usual` [download] Hope this helps... gav^	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Attach a file using Mail::Bulkmail by spx2 (Deacon) on Jul 12, 2007 at 14:20 UTC
this thread is absolutely excelent i'd like to thank all who contributed to it. i looked all day for this. altough HFM may be kind of old , currently it's called header_from_messages();	[reply]
Re: Attach a file using Mail::Bulkmail by adamcrussell (Hermit) on May 02, 2002 at 16:58 UTC
From the documantation for Mail::Bulkmail: What about multipart messages? (MIME attachments) grumble grumble This is forthcoming, but it won't be in before version 2.5. Maybe 3.0... My current employer absolutely needs a mailing system that can handle attachments, so I figure I might as well finally get around to building it into the module. In the mean time, you can set your own headers, boundaries, etc. and just do the MIME encoding yourself. It will work, I just won't do it for you. So , bottom line, run your attachment through uuencode first and then e-mail it.	[reply]