I can recommend MIME::Lite if you are going to be sending out multipart messages. It's basic as hell to set up and use in a script. Anytime I need a quick and dirty HTML mailer from within a customer's script, this is what I use.

For more robust applications sending out MIME (a web mailer, for example) I use the MIME::Tools library and build it myself. This is a little more work, but I like the level of control it gives me in constructing the headers and message.

Having said all that, if you are just sending plain text messages, why not just:

 open (MAIL,"| /usr/sbin/sendmail -t");
    print MAIL "To: $to\n";
    print MAIL "From: $fromaddr\n";
    print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n\n";
    print MAIL "$message";
    print MAIL "\n.\n";
 close(MAIL);

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It's basic, it's fast, it's portable, and you don't have to worry about installing a whole module to send a message.
-oakbox
Update : My pipe was broken :)

In reply to Re: Email Modules by oakbox
in thread Email Modules by cjf

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