using use strict and then skipping it for a small code scrap is A TRAP. And this one got both of us.

Re^3 actually _is_ the answer you were looking for. Let's rephrase it a bit, and I'll use your original scrap for speed's sake:

diff -u
--- x 2009-09-29 21:00:01.392812366 +0200 +++ perl.scrap.mime-lite-mail-sending 2009-09-29 17:56:51.900791614 + +0200 @@ -1,23 +1,27 @@ +use MIME::Lite; +$html="<b>testhtml</b>"; +$text="testtext"; my $message = MIME::Lite->build ( From =>'someemail', - To =>'anotheremail', # a present from peter to postfix :) + To =>'jakobi', Subject=>'somesubject', Type =>'multipart/alternative' ); # this is the if(1) note if ('i have a attachment') { $message->replace(Type => 'multipart/mixed'); $message->attach( Type=> 'AUTO', # this is your major issue: **Path being undefined** - Path=> $upload_file, + Path=> '/etc/hosts', Filename=>$basename, Disposition => 'attachment' ); } # this might be a prob or might be no prob; # but usually it's text/plain in emails - $message->attach(Type=> 'TEXT', + $message->attach(Type=> 'text/plain', # TEXT Data=> $text, ); $message->attach(Type=> 'text/html', Data=> $html ); $message->send('smtp','000.000.000.000', Debug=>1,Timeout=>60,Port=>26);

Now why did you run in trouble with your scrap from Re^4: To me it looks like ::Lite HATES to be invoked without a Type. Resulting in an excess dummy mime part with undef'd data (this is a new, different bug apart from our initial issue), which isn't silently suppressed by send (finally triggering the same abort as before). Which IMHO should be considered a bug in Mime::Lite.

Note the use of Data::Dumper for debugging (or use perl -d and suitable breakpoints, but I'm too lazy for that)

--- y.orig 2009-09-29 21:11:50.544939894 +0200 +++ y 2009-09-29 21:31:44.072812281 +0200 @@ -4,27 +4,49 @@ # --------- use strict; use warnings; +use vars; use diagnostics; +use Data::Dumper; use MIME::Lite; use Email::Valid; # If we have a valid email address. - my $to_email = 'jakobi'; - my $email_valid = Email::Valid->new(mxcheck => 1,tldcheck + => 1); - if ($email_valid->address($to_email)) { + my $to_email = 'jakobi@anuurn.compact'; + #my $email_valid = Email::Valid->new(mxcheck => 1,tldcheck + => 1); + #if ($email_valid->address($to_email)) { + if (1){ + +# data dumper always shows an extra undef entry ??? +# bless( { +# 'SubAttrs' => {}, +# 'Parts' => [], +# 'FH' => undef, +# 'Attrs' => { +# 'content-disposition' => 'inline', +# 'content-type' => 'text/plain', +# 'content-length' => undef, +# 'content-transfer-encoding' => 'binary' +# }, +# 'Path' => undef, +# 'Data' => undef, +# 'Header' => [] +# }, 'MIME::Lite' ), +# and undef's seem to kill the send later on. +# to avoid this, **SET THE TYPE in ->build**! + + # Everything looks good, make up our message my $message = MIME::Lite->build ( From => $to_email, To => $to_email, Subject => 'This is the subject', - #Type => 'multipart/alternative' If I default to th +is then it never gets updated with a attachment. + Type => 'multipart/alternative' # If I default to t +his then it never gets updated with a attachment. ); # Did we get a attachment? - my $attachment = '/tmp/38293132401.pdf'; + my $attachment = '/etc/hosts'; + if (-e $attachment) { #$message->replace(Type => ''); # Tried this - #$message->replace(Type => 'multipart/mixed'); # Tr +ied this - $message->add(Type => 'multipart/mixed'); + $message->replace(Type => 'multipart/mixed'); # Tri +ed this + #$message->add(Type => 'multipart/mixed'); $message->attach( Type => 'AUTO', Path => $attachment, @@ -32,16 +54,22 @@ Disposition => 'attachment' ); } else { - $message->add(Type => 'multipart/alternative'); + # $message->add(Type => 'multipart/alternative'); } + my $text_email = 'yadda yadda yadda'; my $html_email = '<em>yadda</em> <strong>yadda</strong> <u>ya +dda</u>'; # Do up the message - $message->attach(Type => 'TEXT', + $message->attach(Type => 'text/plain', # TEXT, but seems i +nnocent and translates to text/plain Data => $text_email ); $message->attach(Type => 'text/html', Data => $html_email ); - $message->send('smtp','0.0.0.0',Debug=>1,Timeout=>60,Port=>26 +); - +warn "attach $attachment\n"; +warn "attach $attachment exists\n" if -e $attachment; +print Dumper($message); + my $rc=$message->send('smtp','0.0.0.0',Debug=>1,Timeout=>60,P +ort=>26); + # not reached, as we die due to lack of eval{} around send an +yway!? + die "send returned not true" if not $rc; +}

In reply to Re^5: MIME::Lite and Multipart by jakobi
in thread MIME::Lite and Multipart by Analog

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