I can send an email via Net::SMTP with no problem as long as I use the actual email addresses of those that I wish to send an email.

$smtp = Net::SMTP->new(servername);
$smtp->mail($ENV{REMOTE_HOST});
$smtp->to($email_address);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: " . $what_ever);
$smtp->datasend("From: name\@xxxx.com \n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: whatever");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
$smtp->datasend($email_msg);
$smtp->dataend();

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If I create an email using my MS-Outlook client, I can just type in the user's login names in the To: form, press Ctrl-K, and it somehow looks up those names, called 'Alias', and converts them to real email addresses.

Is there a way to do the same thing in Perl so that I can use the aliases with Net::SMTP instead of the real email addresses?

In reply to Net::SMTP and resolving an alias by mdamazon

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