I had seen a reference to the auth method in the POD, but when I tried it I had no luck. Seems I didn't read far enough ;)

After looking at the source for Mail::Internet it seems the Net::SMTP object is well buried and only exists briefly within the scope of the smtpsend method. The author was very prompt in replying and I find myself agreeing with his assetion that their are better ways and this one is no longer something he is prepared to enhance. That being said I think the more appropriate approach would be to use MIME::Entity (to which I am committed) or maybe MIME::Lite to produce the MIME body and then send it explicitly using Net::SMTP.

jdtoronto