How can I send HTML email with embeded images?

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Re: How can I send HTML email with embeded images? by davorg (Chancellor) on Feb 14, 2007 at 08:50 UTC
You probably want to look at the modules from the Perl Email Project. I'd guess you need Email::MIME::Creator and Email::Send to start with. And if you're going to send email containing HTML and images, then please be polite enough to include a plain text version as well for those of us who refuse to read HTML mail. -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]
Re: How can I send HTML email with embeded images? by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 14, 2007 at 08:49 UTC
MIME::Lite is the best module to use for that, but you should be aware that embedded images often are a high spam indicator.	[reply]
Re^2: How can I send HTML email with embeded images? by bart (Canon) on Feb 14, 2007 at 11:21 UTC
The way to include images in your HTML so they get used in the HTML mail, is by using the "cid:" (pseudo-)protocol (short for "content ID"), as described in RFC 2111, with sample code available for various languages on the web, and for Perl in the docs for MIME::Lite.	[reply]
Re: How can I send HTML email with embeded images? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2007 at 08:56 UTC
Sending HTML email w/images + attachment, Sending Rich/HTML email, Still New to Perl / html email ...	[reply]
Re: How can I send HTML email with embeded images? by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 14, 2007 at 08:54 UTC
MIME::Lite does all that in a fairly easy fashion. I have no experience with Mail::Sender, but I'd guess if you read the documentation you will find it can do it too. You could for example look at the sample "Sending HTML messages with inline images" provided in the Mail::Sender documentation. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]