sending emails with gmail

chicago928 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello. I would like to be able to send emails from perl scripts from my gmail account. I know that somehow I probably need to submit my gmail name/password but I don't know where that goes at all even after looking at the Net::SMTP man. The following is the code that I have

use Net::SMTP;

my $ServerName = "smtp.google.com" ; 


my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($ServerName, port=> 587, Debug => 1) ; 
die "Couldn't connect to server" unless $smtp ; 

my $MailFrom = "sender\@gmail.com" ; 
my $MailTo = "receiver\@received.com" ; 


$smtp->mail( $MailFrom ) ; 
$smtp->to( $MailTo ) ; 

$smtp->data() ; 

$smtp->datasend("Hello World!\n\n") ; 

$smtp->dataend() ; 

$smtp->quit() ;
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The debugs I received include 550 5.7.1 ... Relaying denied and 503 need recipient

Thanks

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Re: sending emails with gmail by hubb0r (Pilgrim) on Jul 26, 2005 at 17:41 UTC
You'll probably have much better luck using this module: Mail::Webmail::Gmail It has a fully featured interface to gmail, inclusive of sending and receiving mail. `use Mail::Webmail::Gmail; my $gmail = Mail::Webmail::Gmail->new( username => 'username', password => password', ); $gmail->send_message( to => 'user@domain.com', subject => Test Message +', msgbody => 'This is a test.' );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: sending emails with gmail by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 26, 2005 at 17:48 UTC
Gmail uses a secure version of SMTP. Some ideas for accessing Gmail were posted earlier. Update: The OP edited his post. It originally mentioned the server was expecting a "STARTTLS" command.	[reply]
Re: sending emails with gmail by b10m (Vicar) on Jul 26, 2005 at 17:48 UTC
You probably like Net::ESMTP better in this case: Net::ESMTP is a wrapper for SMTP client library libESMTP (written in C). It has clear interface and access to SMTP advanced features like: SASL (authorization), TLS (privacy and authentication), ETRN, DSN etc. PS: It's nice if you do not change your node. If you want to add/change something, let people know ;) -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]