I'm trying to using MIME::Lite to generate HTML e-mail with multiple attachments.

I want to be able to send MS Word documents with a simple message in both plain text and HTML to various clients.

The generation of the plain text and html portion work fine and are viewable by various e-mail clients. The problems is the attachements which don't seem to be attaching correctly. (see my suspicions below regarding nesting of "multipart/alternative" within "multipart/mixed").

Here's the code I've got so far. 

$file_attach{'testdoc.doc'} = '/home/path/to/document/testdoc.doc';
etc...
# I've tested the %file_attach hash and it does contain the correct pa
+th and file name.

    
    $email_msg = MIME::Lite->new (
                        Return-Path=>'me@here.com',
                        From    =>'me@here.com',
                        To        =>$email_to,
                        Subject    =>"Completed Documents ($doc_count 
+attached)",
                        Type    =>'multipart/alternative',
                        );
            
    $email_msg->attach (Type    =>'text/plain',
                        Encoding=>'7bit',
                        Data    =>$plain
                        );

    $email_msg->attach (Type    =>'text/html',
                        Data     =>$html_body,
                        Encoding  =>'7bit',
                        );
    
    foreach $file (keys %file_attach) {
        $email_msg->attach (Type    =>'application/msword',
                            Path     =>$file_attach{$file},
                            Filename=>$file,
                            Disposition=>'attachment',
                            Encoding =>'base64'
                            };

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The problems seems to be that e-mail created isn't "nested correctly". The current code creates a message that is: 
(header)
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_----------=_AAA"

(body)
    This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

    --_----------=_AAA
    Content-Type: text/plain
Plain Text Message Here
    --_----------=_AAA
    Content-Type: text/html
<B>HTML Message Here<B><BR>
    --_----------=_AAA
    Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="test2.doc"
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
    Content-Type: application/msword; name="test2.doc"
    --_----------=_AAA--

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(I've changed the boundary to "AAA" for illustrative purposes herein) Given that e-mail messages I've sent myself with attachements appear as below, I think the code needs to be restructured to create the nesting of the "multipart/alternative" within the "multipart/mixed" as illustrated below. 
(header)
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_AAAAA"

(body)
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_AAAAA
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_NextPart_001_BBBBB"

     ------=_NextPart_001_BBBBB
     Content-Type: text/plain;

     Plain Text Message Here

     ------=_NextPart_001_BBBBB
     Content-Type: text/html;

     <B>HTML Message Here</B><br>

     ------=_NextPart_001_BBBBB--

------=_NextPart_000_AAAAA
Content-Type: application/msword; name="test.doc"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

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(The distinction between the two is that the last example "nests" the plain/html email message within a "multipart/mixed" as opposed to the first which calls it a "multipart/alternative" and places the attachments within the same context as the plain/HTML e-mail message.)

So I guess the real question is how do I use MIME::Lite to create the working "nested" version.
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Filmo the Klown

In reply to Multi-Part email with Attachments using MIME::Lite by filmo

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