I looked through countless nodes yesterday for a truly working example of how to send attachments using MIME::Lite. Unfortunately, most people seemed content to post untried code. So after some aggravation, cursing, head-scratching, and whatever else, here is something that actually works because I just finished running it. Enjoy: 
use strict;
use lib '/lnc/brannon/scripts/perl/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0';
use MIME::Lite;

my $msg = MIME::Lite->new
    (
      From    =>'brannon@lnc.usc.edu',
      To      =>'princepawn@yahoo.com',
      Subject =>'A message with 2 parts...',
      Type    =>'multipart/mixed'
      );

    ### Add parts (each "attach" has same arguments as "new"):
$msg->attach
    (
     Type     =>'TEXT',
     Data     =>"Here's the JPEG file you wanted"
     );
$msg->attach
    (
     Type     =>'image/jpeg',
     Path     =>'/lnc/brannon/public_html/pix/me/36.jpg',
   );
$msg->send('smtp','lnc.usc.edu');

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In reply to A living,breathing, fully-working MIME::Lite example by princepawn
in thread Another MIME::Lite/Net::SMTP Question by TStanley

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