use Mail::Sender;

#this calls the function
&send_email( 
                    from         => $from,
                    to           => $to,
                    subject      => $subject,
                    message      => $message,
                   );

#this is the function
sub send_email{
    my %data = @_; #Hash

    #Check required fields
    foreach(qw( to from subject message )){
        if(!exists $data{$_}){
            return(1, "Missing $_");
        }
    }
    
    #Defaults
    $data{contenttype} = ($data{contenttype}) ? $data{contenttype} : '
+text/plain';
    
    #Build CC string
    my ($CCs);
    if(ref($data{cc})){
        $CCs = join(',', @{$data{cc}});
    }elsif(length($data{cc}) > 0){
        $CCs = $data{cc};
    }

    #Build BCC string
    my ($BCCs);
    if(ref($data{bcc})){
        $BCCs = join(',', @{$data{bcc}});
    }elsif(length($data{bcc}) > 0){
        $BCCs = $data{bcc};
    }
    
    # Send the email
    my $mail_errors;
    my %mailInfo;
    $mailInfo{from}       = $data{from};
    $mailInfo{to}         = $data{to};    
    $mailInfo{subject}    = $data{subject};
    $mailInfo{b_ctype}    = $data{contenttype};
    $mailInfo{ctype}      = $data{contenttype};
    $mailInfo{cc}         = $CCs if($CCs);
    $mailInfo{bcc}        = $BCCs if($BCCs);
    foreach my $smtp ('SMTP SERVER 1', 'SMTP SERVER N') {
        # Set up email information
        $mailInfo{'smtp'}  = $smtp;
        $mailInfo{'msg'}   = $data{message};

    # Send the email
    if (ref((new Mail::Sender)->MailMsg(\%mailInfo))) {
        return (0, '');   # Success
    }

        # Problem with sending the email
        $mail_errors .= "SMTP address: $smtp\nError: "
                        . $Mail::Sender::Error . "\n";
    }

    if($mail_errors){
        chop $mail_errors;
        return (1, $mail_errors);
    }
}
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