My cgi scripts are served from apache and they are all in perl. Therefore, I cannot use perl to create or write files as apache does nto allow this. I want to be able to use email to send an array, @ARRAY2 as an attachment. However, Net::SMTP does not seem to allow this from the man pages. However, I am using the Net::SMTP for my mail.

Is there a way to trick Net::SMTP to send a scalar as an attachment. All I want to do is send simple plain text, and yes, it needs to be sent as an attachment and not included with in the body

I thought of using system() commands, but that is just a bad patch. And opening up apache more does not seem like a smart solution either. Further, I am convinced that there is a smart way for perl to be able to deliver a solution, just looking for a few thoughts on how to do this

Thanks,
Simon

update (broquaint): title change (was The best way to attach a acalar)

In reply to Sending a variable's content as mail attachment by sdyates

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