The perldoc for mail::send shows that you can set headers for email being sent using the module. Although their are methods to set the To: Subject: and Cc: fields...

           $msg->to('user@host');
           $msg->subject('example subject');
           $msg->cc('user@host');

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There doesnt seem to be any a method for setting the From: field save using the $msg->set(); method, which has a description as:

           $msg->set($header, @values);
           $msg->add($header, @values);
           $msg->delete($header);

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I tried the following:

           $msg->set("From","helpful\@mydomain.com");

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I also tried "From: ", "From:" and "Its Me <helpful\@mydomaind.com>" but none gave any different results. I'm thinking that my syntax is wonky somewhere along the way. Can someone point out the correct method?

thanks -c

In reply to How do I rewrite mail headers using Mail::Send? by c

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