Without you showing us the (Perl) code, it's hard to tell. I have no problem sending multiline mails with Perl. Have you read Mail::Sendmail?

Thanks again, Corion, you have been very helpful.

use Mail::Sendmail;
use vars qw(%mail) ;


%mail = ( To => 'ifasftp@chesterfield.gov',
From => 'burtonk@chesterfield.gov',
Subject => 'Test email from Perl',
Message => "< Many lines here"
);

sendmail(%mail) or die $Mail::Sendmail::error;

I am looking at the "Message" item where I would like to enter many lines like a normal email.
Ken

So, what have you tried to put many lines into the parameter for Message? I ask, because the mechanisms that Perl supports are the same that the various shells, and certainly ksh support. Also see perlop on quotes and quote-like operators.

Also, you could assign all the many lines to a variable and then use that variable as the value:

my $message_text = "... many lines ...";

...
    Message => $message_text,
...
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