Hi Monks,

In one of my applictaion, we create the "tar" files.
The tar file is created using "Archive::Tar" module.

These files will be sent as attachments to the email using "MIME::Lite" module.
We are receiving the mails and the attachments.
But, when we open the attachment an error is displayed as "Error reading header after processing 0 records".

The code which I am using to send the tar file is : 
my ($msg, $to_list, $cc_list, $subject, $MailFrom, $email, $file);

$MailFrom = xxx@abc.com;
$email = "Test data you got";
$subject = "Test mail";
$to_list = "santhi@xx.com";
$cc_list = "santhi@xx.xom";
$file = "newfile.tar";

$msg = MIME::Lite->new(
            From    => $MailFrom,
            To      => $to_list,
            Cc      => $cc_list,
            Subject => $subject,
            Type    => 'TEXT',
            Encoding => '7bit',
            Data    => $email
            );

### Attach a part... the make the message a multipart automatically:
$msg->attach(Type     => 'application/x-tar',
         Encoding => 'base64',
         Path     => "$file"
        );

$msg->send() ;

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Please let me know how can I resolve this error.

Thanks a lot!!
Santhi

In reply to Problem in sending "tar" files as attachment using MIME::Lite module by santhi

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