MIME::Lite (or its cousin MIME::Entity) is definately the way to go here. And if you want to get a little bit fancier, you can provide a text version as well as an HTML version for those of us who hate receiving HTML email.

    $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
                           From     => $from,
                           To       => $to,
                           Subject  => $subject,
                           Type     => 'multipart/alternative',
    );

    $msg->attach(
                 Type     => 'text/html',
                 Data     => $html,
    );

    $msg->attach(
                 Type     => 'text/plain',
                 Data     => $text,
    );

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The content type of 'multipart/alternative' tells the browser it can choose between the two formats as they should contain the same information. It means a bit more work for you as you have to format a text version and an HTML version, but it will make your users happy.

- Cees

In reply to Re^2: email output using HTML format. by cees
in thread email output using HTML format. by Anonymous Monk

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