(jcwren) RE: (3): A module to send email without your ISP's mailserver

I've had nothing but success using Net::SMTP under Perl 5.005_03 under Windows NT.

I would like to point out that while endeavoring to learn the intricacies of SMTP is a Good Thing, there are a number of quirky SMTP servers in the world. Net::SMTP knows about most of them, and is a tried and trusted module. Be aware that it's quite likely you'll run into one of these servers sooner or later. And knowing the Murphy effect, it'll be the first time a user tries to use your module... (happens to me all the time!)

--Chris

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RE: RE: RE: RE: Ultimail.pm : A module to send an email without your ISP's mailserver by merlyn (Sage) on Jul 28, 2000 at 19:20 UTC
Right. It'd be better to figure out if what's "wrong" with Net::SMTP is a bug in your understanding or a bug in the module. And if it's a bug in the module, fix it there, rather than write your own one-off code. Do not reinvent the wheel, unless you thoroughly understand the concept of wheel-ness. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
RE: (jcwren) RE: (3): A module to send email without your ISP's mailserver by gaggio (Friar) on Jul 28, 2000 at 20:52 UTC
OK. Could you give me the same example code as mine, using Net::SMTP, then? I would like to see that. Update: jcwren pointed me to this node, for an example of Net::SMTP, but I see that there is an email server to specify, whereas there is none in my example script. I'm still waiting... Update2: jcwren says that the email server to specify is the text after the @ symbol in the target email address. I tried it: it does not work. I can't believe people saying that what I wrote is useless when they can't prove it!	[reply]