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Iam trying to send a file in a mail attachment in my Perl 5.6.1 on my Windows NT. I keep getting error message. Please advise how I can fix this???? 
use MIME::Lite;
use Mail::Sendmail;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
  From    => 'smith@here.com',
  To      => 'jones@here.com',
  Subject => "tester",
  Data    => "The file is attached.\n"
);
$msg->attach(
  Path    => '\perl\bin\myerrs.txt',
  Type    =>'AUTO'
);

$msg->send;

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My error message: 
C:\Perl\bin>mailAttach.pl
The name specified is not recognized as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

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It doesnt seem to like the send method.

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Re: Send Mail Attachment
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Oct 07, 2003 at 13:27 UTC
    Tutorials -> How to RTFM

    `perldoc MIME::Lite' 

    ...

Change how messages are sent
      ### Do something like this in your 'main':
      if ($I_DONT_HAVE_SENDMAIL) {
         MIME::Lite->send('smtp', "smtp.myisp.net", Timeout=>60);
      }

      ### Now this will do the right thing:
      $msg->send;         ### will now use Net::SMTP as shown above
...

MIME::Lite->send()
    When used as a classmethod, this can be used to specify a different
    default mechanism for sending message. The initial default is:

        MIME::Lite->send("sendmail", "/usr/lib/sendmail -t -oi -oem");

    However, you should consider the similar but smarter and taint-safe
    variant:

        MIME::Lite->send("sendmail");

    Or, for non-Unix users:

        MIME::Lite->send("smtp");
    send either calls send_by_sendmail or send_by_smtp, you can RTFM further if you're interested.

    The F in RTFM is what you make of it, so make it good :)

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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      Thank you!!!! It now works.
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Re: Send Mail Attachment
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Oct 07, 2003 at 13:09 UTC
    Are you sure you have sendmail installed on your machine? Because the error message suggest the program is trying to execute a program that can't be found.

    Abigail

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      I have this sendmail that does work on my Windows NT using the sendmail. Please advise how I can get an attachment to work. Do I have to use the Mime module? Thanks 
      use strict;
use Mail::Sendmail;
   my %mailurl = (
        To => 'jones@here.com',
        From => 'smith@here.com'
        );
$mailurl{smtp} = '111.222.2.22';


    $mailurl{'Subject'} = "test";
    $mailurl{'Message'} = "info";
    sendmail(%mailurl) || die $Mail::Sendmail::error\n;

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