Hi fellow monks. The following is a function i use to send mail. It is quite simple.all i want to do is send an email. No attachments etc. required. Could anyone tell me how to make this sub routine more efficient. Is there any reason for me to use any of the mail modules on CPAN to get just this basic functionality.
would this be better than calling
system("mailx -s ..."); or
`mailx -s ..` from my script 

sub sendmail
{
  my($from,$recipients,$list,$sub,$msg,@timedown) = @_;
  open(MAIL, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t");
  my $old=select(MAIL) ;
  print<<"EOF" ;
To: $recipients
CC: $list
From:$from
Subject: $sub
Body:

   @timedown
   $msg
EOF

close(MAIL);
select($old);
}

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In reply to Sub routine used to send a mail by chimni

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