Mail::Sendmail variables

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am wanting to send an email with the Mail::Sendmail module using a dynamic $variables as mail parameters.

I can get this to work

my %mail = ( 
           From     => 'tester@hotmail.com\n',
           To       => 'to.test.com',
           Subject  => 'Static Email',
          'content-type' => 'text/html;                   charset="iso
+-8859-1"',
           );
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When i attempt to use the following, it creates errors. How can I modify the script to accept variables

my %mail = ( 
            From     => 'tester@hotmail.com\n',
            To       => $email,
            Subject  => $subject,
            'content-type' => 'text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"',

            );
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Can someone tell me why this won't work and what needs to be change
Thankyou

Edited by Chady -- code tags.

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Re: Mail::Sendmail variables by pg (Canon) on Nov 07, 2004 at 03:56 UTC
Most likely has something to do with things like @ in email address. For example, this works: `use Mail::Sendmail; my $me = "me\@aicompro.com"; my %mail = ( To => $me, From => $me, Message => "This is a very short message", smtp => 'mail.aicompro.com' ); sendmail(%mail) or die $Mail::Sendmail::error;` [download] This does not: `use Mail::Sendmail; my $me = "me@aicompro.com"; my %mail = ( To => $me, From => $me, Message => "This is a very short message", smtp => 'mail.aicompro.com' ); sendmail(%mail) or die $Mail::Sendmail::error;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Mail::Sendmail variables by saberworks (Curate) on Nov 07, 2004 at 09:11 UTC
First off, you should use CODE tags around your code. Second, you really should post the exact error messages you're getting. Third, you're putting a \n inside a single-quoted string, which will not turn that into a newline, which you're probably expecting. You should either use double quotes, or even better, get rid of the \n altogether in the email address (mail::sendmail will take care of that for you). There are possibly other errors, we can help more if you post the error message you're getting.	[reply]
Re: Mail::Sendmail variables by Ashford (Initiate) on Nov 09, 2004 at 00:14 UTC
Did you set the value of the variables in your script? my ($email, $subject) = @_; my $subject = shift; my $email = shift;	[reply]
Re: Mail::Sendmail variables by daveinthesky (Beadle) on Nov 10, 2004 at 21:57 UTC
Your email address string has a "\n" in it. Try it without that. David	[reply]