Switching over to Net::SMTP::SSL from MIME::Lite has been slightly problematic. The issue I am now facing is that when using MIME::Lite I was able to easily send HTML in the body but now with NET:SMTP it is failing when it comes to adding the html to the body of the message

sub sendMail{
    my $receiver = shift;
    my $body = shift;
    my $subject = "Sociabull Weekly";
    
    print "Sending to $receiver\n";

    $smtp->mail($connect{sender});
    $smtp->recipient($receiver);

    $smtp->data() or die "Failed to send! - Data initialize : $!\n";

    $smtp->datasend("To: <$receiver> \n") or die "Failed to send! -- T
+o : $!\n";
    $smtp->datasend("From: $connect{sender_name} <$connect{sender}> \n
+") or die "Failed to send! -- From : $!\n";
    $smtp->datasend("Content-Type: text/html \n") or die "Failed to se
+nd! -- Content-Type : $!\n";
    $smtp->datasend("Subject: $subject\n") or die "Failed to send! - S
+ubject : $!\n";

    $smtp->datasend("\n") or die "Failed to send! - Line Break : $!\n"
+;
    $smtp->datasend($body) or die "Failed to send! - Body : $!\n";
    $smtp->datasend("\n") or die "Failed to send! - After Body Break :
+ $!\n";
    $smtp->dataend() or die "Failed to send! - Data End : $!\n";
}

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If I print out the contents of the variable $body the html is definitely there but when it gets to the "$smtp->datasend($body) or die "Failed to send! - Body : $!\n";" line, it fails. It looks like I have the Content type set properly so once again I am asking for your expertise.

Thanks again, as always

In reply to Net::SMTP::SSL - sending HTML by edimusrex

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