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Re: MIME::Lite Help


On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Jerry D. Hedden <jdhedden@cpan.org> wrote:
> > The problem
>  >  is that I usually use MIME::Lite to send emails from various perl
>  >  tasks.
>
>  1. Install ssmtp from Cygwin.
>  2. Run /usr/bin/ssmtp-config to configure.
>  3. If needed edit the config file
>     /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf)
>  and add your mail hub.  For example:
>     mailhub=smtp.comcast.net:587
>  4. In Perl, you use:
>
>     my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
>                       From     => 'me@home.net',
>                       To       => 'someone@yahoo.com',
>                       Subject  => "This is a test",
>                       Type     => 'AUTO',
>                       Encoding => 'base64',
>                       Path     => $file
>                     );
>
>     $msg->send('sendmail', '/usr/sbin/ssmtp', 'someone@yahoo.com');
>
>  Good luck
>

Thanks, this worked like a charm, got it on the first attempt!
Troy

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