Easy if you can install CPAN modules: 
use strict;
use Mail::Mailer;

my $mailer = Mail::Mailer->new();
$mailer->open({ From    => $from_address,
                To      => $to_address,
                Subject => $subject,
              })
    or die "Can't open: $!\n";
print $mailer $body;
$mailer->close();

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or directly with sendmail: 
open(SENDMAIL, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t -odq")
                    or die "Can't fork for sendmail: $!\n";
print SENDMAIL <<"EOF";
From: User Originating Mail <me\@host>
To: Final Destination <you\@otherhost>
Subject: A relevant subject line

Body of the message goes here, in as many lines as you like.
EOF
close(SENDMAIL)     or warn "sendmail didn't close nicely";

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This was taken directly from the Perl Cookbook page 651. Go buy it!

The first one uses the CPAN module Mail::Mailer, there are lot's of other CPAN modules that send mail for you, such as Mail::Sendmail.

Use the second method __ONLY__ if you can't install CPAN modules on your school's computer, which you probably can't. Since this looks like a homework question, please do some studying and don't just cargo cut-n-hack. You'll probably be tested on this anyway. :)

Jeff

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
F--F--F--F--F--F--F--F--
(the triplet paradiddle)

In reply to (jeffa - sending mail) Re: Help by jeffa
in thread how do I issue e-mail using perl? (was:Help) by Anonymous Monk

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