it's kinda hard to post this cause it almost caused a divorce *heh*, took me about 6 months to compress into a simple routine. there wasn't much info on this anywhere. hope it helps...

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# (Author) PriNet         (c)542R767G265A         (e-)gary@prinet.org
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# sub::email(www.server.com,bounce@address,send@to,from,to,subj,body);
######################################################################
# www.server.com = mail servers address, ie; "mail.isp.com"
# bounce@address = a valid email address on "isp.com"
# send@to = email address to send to
# from = (hopefully) YOUR REAL NAME
# to = recipients name (not address)
# subj = subject
# body = message
######################################################################
sub email {
    @Data = @_;
    $main::SIG{'INT'} = close (SMTP);
    socket (SMTP, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 6);
    connect (SMTP, pack('S n a4 x8', AF_INET, 25, (gethostbyname($Data
+[0])) [4]));
    select (SMTP); $| = 1; select (STDOUT);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    send (SMTP, "HELO $Data[0]\n", 0);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    send (SMTP, "MAIL FROM: <$Data[1]>\n", 0);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    send (SMTP, "RCPT TO: <$Data[2]>\n", 0);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    send (SMTP, "DATA\n", 0);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    send (SMTP, "From: \"$Data[3]\"\n", 0);
    send (SMTP, "To: $Data[4]\n", 0);
    send (SMTP, "Subject: $Data[5]\n", 0);
    send (SMTP, "\n", 0);
    send (SMTP, "$Data[6]\n", 0);
    send (SMTP, "\r\n.\r\n", 0);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    send (SMTP, "QUIT\n", 0);
    recv (SMTP, $Dummy, 200, 0);
    close (SMTP);
    return;
######################################################################
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try to give me credit (PriNet) if you use this
NO SPAM !!!

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