Re^2: sendmail with perl

OK, I was a bit brief on the code that I actually use. Here's the perl code:

$mailProg = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t";
open (MAIL, "|$mailProg");
print MAIL "Date: $mailheader_date -0500\n";
print MAIL "To: $recipient\n";
print MAIL "From: $adminEmail\n";
print MAIL "Subject: Borrow Request\n";
print MAIL "***********************************\n";
(more print statements with the body of the msg in here)
close (MAIL);
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So yes, it could be that I'm doing it the wrong way .... although this has worked for a long time on a lot of different servers. :)

What call to the sendmail program would work then, if it should have something else for the envelope besides what's in the body?

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Re^3: sendmail with perl by jettero (Monsignor) on May 24, 2007 at 02:26 UTC
Yes, that works acceptably well. It's not wrong... It's not really perl though. And I definitely don't know how to send to more than one recipient that way. When I'm doing bigger jobs, I always use Net::SMTP. A lot of people like MIME::Lite too, so I'd check there. I believe it forks a sendmail in some modes. -Paul	[reply]
Re^4: sendmail with perl by mwhiting (Beadle) on May 24, 2007 at 12:35 UTC
Are Net::SMTP & MIME::Lite installed by default with Perl 5? (Where would I look to find that out ... that's a question I often have before using a module. I need to not be something that has to be installed by the ISP later on - since they don't often like to do that). Michael	[reply]
Re^5: sendmail with perl by jettero (Monsignor) on May 24, 2007 at 15:04 UTC
It would appear that Net::SMTP is indeed a core module: http://perldoc.perl.org/index-modules-N.html. MIME::Lite doesn't appear to be. You can install modules you'd like into your home dir without even switching to root. Then if your hosting provider reinstalls or upgrades perl behind your back, your installed modules will still be there. (I happen to have asked about that a while back myself: CPAN non-root questions.) -Paul	[reply]
Re^3: sendmail with perl by Anonymous Monk on May 24, 2007 at 11:31 UTC
If you insist on doing it that way, it is your job to decipher the sendmail program. The Evolution of Perl Email Handling	[reply]