Provided by: libmail-transport-perl_3.005-2_all 
NAME
Mail::Transport::Send - send a message
INHERITANCE
Mail::Transport::Send
is a Mail::Transport
is a Mail::Reporter
Mail::Transport::Send is extended by
Mail::Transport::Exim
Mail::Transport::Mailx
Mail::Transport::Qmail
Mail::Transport::SMTP
Mail::Transport::Sendmail
SYNOPSIS
my $message = Mail::Message->new(...);
# Some extensions implement sending:
$message->send;
$message->send(via => 'sendmail');
my $sender = Mail::Transport::SMTP->new(...);
$sender->send($message);
DESCRIPTION
Send a message to the destinations as specified in the header. The
"Mail::Transport::Send" module is capable of autodetecting which of the following modules
work on your system; you may simply call "send" without "via" options to get a message
transported.
• Mail::Transport::Sendmail
Use sendmail to process and deliver the mail. This requires the "sendmail" program to
be installed on your system. Whether this is an original sendmail, or a replacement
from Postfix does matter.
• Mail::Transport::Exim
Use "exim" to distribute the message.
• Mail::Transport::Qmail
Use "qmail-inject" to distribute the message.
• Mail::Transport::SMTP
In this case, Perl is handling mail transport on its own. This is less desired but
more portable than sending with sendmail or qmail. The advantage is that this sender
is environment independent, and easier to configure. However, there is no daemon
involved which means that your program will wait until the message is delivered, and
the message is lost when your program is interrupted during delivery (which may take
hours to complete).
• Mail::Transport::Mailx
Use the external "mail", "mailx", or "Mail" programs to send the message. Usually,
the result is poor, because some versions of these programs do not support MIME
headers. Besides, these programs are known to have exploitable security breaches.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Transport.
METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Transport.
Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Transport.
Mail::Transport::Send->new(%options)
-Option --Defined in --Default
executable Mail::Transport undef
hostname Mail::Transport 'localhost'
interval Mail::Transport 30
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
password Mail::Transport undef
port Mail::Transport undef
proxy Mail::Transport undef
retry Mail::Transport <false>
timeout Mail::Transport 120
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
username Mail::Transport undef
via Mail::Transport 'sendmail'
executable => FILENAME
hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY
interval => SECONDS
log => LEVEL
password => STRING
port => INTEGER
proxy => PATH
retry => NUMBER|undef
timeout => SECONDS
trace => LEVEL
username => STRING
via => CLASS|NAME
Sending mail
$obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] )
Determine the destination for this message. If a valid $address is defined, this is
used to overrule the addresses within the message. If the $address is "undef" it is
ignored. It may also be an ARRAY of addresses.
If no $address is specified, the message is scanned for resent groups (see
Mail::Message::Head::Complete::resentGroups()). The addresses found in the first (is
latest added) group are used. If no resent groups are found, the normal "To", "Cc",
and "Bcc" lines are taken.
$obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options)
Print the content of the $message to the $fh.
-Option --Default
body_only <false>
undisclosed <false>
body_only => BOOLEAN
Print only the body of the message, not the whole.
undisclosed => BOOLEAN
Do not print the "Bcc" and "Resent-Bcc" lines. Default false, which means that they
are not printed.
$obj->send($message, %options)
Transmit the $message, which may be anything what can be coerced into a Mail::Message,
so including Mail::Internet and MIME::Entity messages. It returns true when the
transmission was successfully completed.
-Option --Default
interval new(interval)
retry new(retry)
to undef
interval => SECONDS
retry => INTEGER
to => STRING
Overrules the destination(s) of the message, which is by default taken from the
(Resent-)To, (Resent-)Cc, and (Resent-)Bcc.
$obj->trySend($message, %options)
Try to send the message. This will return true if successful, and false in case some
problems where detected. The $? contains the exit status of the command which was
started.
Server connection
Extends "Server connection" in Mail::Transport.
$obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] )
Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->remoteHost()
Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->retry()
Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Transport.
$obj->AUTOLOAD()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport($object)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Transport::Send->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback]
)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Transport::Send->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Transport::Send->logPriority($level)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logSettings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->report( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->reportAll( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->trace( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Transport.
$obj->DESTROY()
Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DIAGNOSTICS
Warning: Message has no destination
It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to.
Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this
method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do
implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should
investigate this and probably inform the author of the package.
Warning: Resent group does not specify a destination
The message which is sent is the result of a bounce (for instance created with
Mail::Message::bounce()), and therefore starts with a "Received" header field. With
the "bounce", the new destination(s) of the message are given, which should be
included as "Resent-To", "Resent-Cc", and "Resent-Bcc".
The "To", "Cc", and "Bcc" header information is only used if no "Received" was found.
That seems to be the best explanation of the RFC.
As alternative, you may also specify the "to" option to some of the senders (for
instance Mail::Transport::SMTP::send(to) to overrule any information found in the
message itself about the destination.
Error: Transporters of type $class cannot send.
The Mail::Transport object of the specified type can not send messages, but only
receive message.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Transport distribution version 3.005, built on July 22, 2020.
Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2020 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/