You need to read the data into another variable and feed it instead of the file name. You can do this in a number of ways, including read and open / <INP> / close and so on, and this may not be the most efficient method due to my lack of experience, but here we go: 
my $scratchtps="/usr/local/log/sctps";
sub mailme {
    open (INP, $scratchtps) || die $!;
    my $content = join('', <INP>);
    close(INP);

    my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
        From    => 'EDM01 <root@edm01.ohnet>',
        To     =>  'Derek Smith <dbsmith@ohiohealth.com>',
        Subject => "EDM Return Tapes",
        Data    => $content );
        $msg->send;
}

if ( -s $scratchtps ) {
        &mailme;
}

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Questions to ask:
1. Is there a command for reading a file into a string variable?
2. Is there a way to output an entire array without having to join first, as I'm doing above?

In reply to Re: Help sending with MIME::Lite by TedPride
in thread Help sending with MIME::Lite by drock

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