I would expect that the mail client should be able to cope with a correctly formatted timestamp, whatever it is configured (UTC or CST). so I would not waste time with it.

I've never used it, but in my understanding Net::SMTP is a bit too low-level to have an explicit handling of the timestamp. From one of the examples 

    #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

    use Net::SMTP;

    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');

    $smtp->mail($ENV{USER});
    $smtp->to('postmaster');

    $smtp->data();
    $smtp->datasend("To: postmaster\n");
    $smtp->datasend("\n");
    $smtp->datasend("A simple test message\n");
    $smtp->dataend();

    $smtp->quit;

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I see that you basically have to datasend() both headers and body, so why don't you put the timestamp using a Date: header? Something like: 
    #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

    use Net::SMTP;

    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');

    $smtp->mail($ENV{USER});
    $smtp->to('postmaster');

    $smtp->data();
    $smtp->datasend("To: postmaster\n");
    $smtp->datasend("Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:35:36 +0200 (MEST)\n");
    $smtp->datasend("\n");
    $smtp->datasend("A simple test message\n");
    $smtp->dataend();

    $smtp->quit;

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OTOH, if you're not telling the whole story and you're using some other module to build up your e-mail, like something in the MIME namespace, you probably have to look there for a way of setting the message date.

Flavio (perl -e 'print(scalar(reverse("\nti.xittelop\@oivalf")))')

Don't fool yourself.

In reply to Re: Using NET::SMTP by polettix
in thread Using NET::SMTP by developer

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