Hi,

I cannot seem to figure out how to send mail via gmail using Net::SMTP (that's what you're supposed to use right?).

Here is what I try:

use strict;
use Net::SMTP;
   
my $from = 'somebody@gmail.com';
my $full_name = "Some Body";
my $pw = "my_password";
my $to = 'someone@somewhere.com';

my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('smtp.gmail.com',
                    Port=> 587,
                    User => $from,
                    Password => $pw
                    );
   
$smtp->mail($from);
$smtp->recipient($to);

$smtp->data();

$smtp->datasend("To: $to");
$smtp->datasend("From: $full_name\n");
$smtp->datasend("Content-Type: text/plain \n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: A Test Mail");

$smtp->datasend("\n");
$smtp->datasend("This is a test mail body");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
$smtp->dataend();

$smtp->quit();
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It all looks very silly to me and (even worse) it does not work.

I do not get an error, but no mail seems to get sent.

So my question: How do you send mail via gmail using perl in the year 2020?

Many thanks!

EDIT:

Why do code-blocks look so bad now?

EDIT2: Because copying the code introduced a lot of white space - fixed that.

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