Sending Emails

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Re: Sending Emails by talexb (Chancellor) on Oct 28, 2004 at 03:07 UTC
I've had good success with Mail::Sendmail .. just fill in the SMTP information the same as you do for a mail client, and it just works. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re: Sending Emails by reneeb (Chaplain) on Oct 28, 2004 at 06:07 UTC
For sending email I can recommend Mail::Sender. But you need a smtp-server to send it. It doesn't matter, whether this smtp-server is on your server or on an other server. Mail::Sender also provides auth-methods. To validate an email-address you should use Mail::RFC822::Address or any suitable module.	[reply]
Re: Sending Emails by aquarium (Curate) on Oct 28, 2004 at 03:39 UTC
Make sure that the email addresses you get with the webform are thoroughly checked to contain valid email address characters only....otherwise you may find your box being used as a spam relay. the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H	[reply]
Re: Sending Emails by b10m (Vicar) on Oct 28, 2004 at 10:06 UTC
Could you please explain how checking for 'valid email address characters' (I take it you refer to RFC822) can prevent your box to become a spam relay? Even if you do check, your box could be used as a spam relay, but at least you know the email addresses are 'valid' accoring to the RFC822. Preventing the user to specify the recipient of the email at all seems a better approach to me. -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]