Hi guys! It's been a long time since I've been here, and it's been a long time since I've been around Perl. I know, I know, I'm sorry. Anyway, I currently don't even have any Perl books handy, so I need a simple question answered because Super Search was taking too long.

I need to be able to send emails through CGI from a website, but I want to be able to change the date and time sent as well as sender's address perhaps, and I'd like to attach files. Now, the free server I'm using does not list the modules installed, so I'd like to use the basic Perl code for sending emails rather than using Mail or whatever.

As I said, I know this is a simple thing I want to do but I have no books or anything. Anyway, thanks in advance for any help.

Just Another Perl Wannabe

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