Thank you jeffenstein! That worked perfectly, and it worked without the need of the "join, map, split" code. My final version of the code segment for an embedded image in the email body (while still using "Net::SMTPS") is shown below: 

##############################################################
# Email - body (embedded image)
##############################################################
$smtp->datasend("--$boundary\n");
my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
     To      =>'tester@hotmail.com',
     Subject =>'HTML with Embedded Image',
     Type    =>'multipart/related'
);
$msg->attach(
    Type => 'text/html',
    Data => qq{
        <body>
            <img src="cid:mypicture">
        </body>
    },
);
$msg->attach(
    Type => 'image/jpeg',
    Id   => 'mypicture',
    Path => 'test.jpg',
);
$smtp->datasend( $msg->as_string );

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In reply to Re^5: Send Email With Picture Embedded in Body of Email by roho
in thread Send Email With Picture Embedded in Body of Email (SOLVED) by roho

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