NAME Email::Send - Simply Sending Email SYNOPSIS use Email::Send; my $message = <<'__MESSAGE__'; To: recipient@example.com From: sender@example.com Subject: Hello there folks How are you? Enjoy! __MESSAGE__ my $sender = Email::Send->new({mailer => 'SMTP'}); $sender->mailer_args([Host => 'smtp.example.com']); $sender->send($message); # more complex my $bulk = Email::Send->new; for ( qw[SMTP Sendmail Qmail] ) { $bulk->mailer($_) and last if $bulk->mailer_available($_); } $bulk->message_modifier(sub { my ($sender, $message, $to) = @_; $message->header_set(To => qq[$to\@geeknest.com]) }); my @to = qw[casey chastity evelina casey_jr marshall]; my $rv = $bulk->send($message, $_) for @to; DESCRIPTION This module provides a very simple, very clean, very specific interface to multiple Email mailers. The goal if this software is to be small and simple, easy to use, and easy to extend. Constructors new() my $mailer = Email::Send->new({ mailer => 'NNTP', mailer_args => [ Host => 'nntp.example.com' ], }); Create a new mailer object. This method can take parameters for any of the data properties of this module. Those data properties, which have their own accessors, are listed under "Properties". Properties mailer The mailing system you'd like to use for sending messages with this object. This is not defined by default. If you don't specify a mailer, all available plugins will be tried when the "send()" method is called until one succeeds. mailer_args Arguments passed into the mailing system you're using. message_modifier If defined, this callback is invoked every time the "send()" method is called on an object. The mailer object will be passed as the first argument. Second, the actual "Email::Simple" object for a message will be passed. Finally, any additional arguments passed to "send()" will be passed to this method in the order they were recieved. This is useful if you are sending in bulk. Methods send() my $result = $mailer->send($message, @modifier_args); Send a message using the predetermined mailer and mailer arguments. If you have defined a "message_modifier" it will be called prior to sending. The first argument you pass to send is an email message. It must be in some format that "Email::Abstract" can understand. If you don't have "Email::Abstract" installed then sending as plain text or an "Email::Simple" object will do. Any remaining arguments will be passed directly into your defined "message_modifier". all_mailers() my @available = $mailer->all_mailers; Returns a list of availabe mailers. These are mailers that are installed on your computer and register themselves as available. mailer_available() # is SMTP over SSL avaialble? $mailer->mailer('SMTP') if $mailer->mailer_available('SMTP', ssl => 1); Given the name of a mailer, such as "SMTP", determine if it is available. Any additional arguments passed to this method are passed directly to the "is_available()" method of the mailer being queried. Writing Mailers package Email::Send::Example; use UNIVERSAL::require; sub is_available { Net::Example->require; } sub send { my ($class, $message, @args) = @_; Net::Example->require; Net::Example->do_it($message) or return; } 1; Writing new mailers is very simple. If you want to use a short name when calling "send", name your mailer under the "Email::Send" namespace. If you don't, the full name will have to be used. A mailer only needs to implement a single function, "send". It will be called from "Email::Send" exactly like this. Your::Sending::Package::send($message, @args); $message is an Email::Simple object, @args are the extra arguments passed into "Email::Send::send". Here's an example of a mailer that sends email to a URL. package Email::Send::HTTP::Post; use strict; use vars qw[$AGENT $URL $FIELD]; use UNIVERSAL::require; use Return::Value; sub is_available { LWP::UserAgent->require; } sub send { my ($message, @args); LWP::UserAgent->require; if ( @args ) { my ($URL, $FIELD) = @args; $AGENT = LWP::UserAgent->new; } return failure "Can't send to URL if no URL and field are named" unless $URL && $FIELD; $AGENT->post($URL => { $FIELD => $message->as_string }); return success; } 1; This example will keep a UserAgent singleton unless new arguments are passed to "send". It is used by calling "Email::Send::send". my $mailer = Email::Send->new({ mailer => 'HTTP::Post' }); $mailer->mailer_args([ 'http://example.com/incoming', 'message' ]); $mailer->send($message); $mailer->send($message2); # uses saved $URL and $FIELD SEE ALSO Email::Simple, Email::Abstract, Email::Send::IO, Email::Send::NNTP, Email::Send::Qmail, Email::Send::SMTP, Email::Send::Sendmail, perl. AUTHOR Casey West, . COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2005 Casey West. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.