Mail::Transport::Sendmail - transmit messages using external Sendmail program

 Mail::Transport::Sendmail
   is a Mail::Transport::Send
   is a Mail::Transport
   is a Mail::Reporter

 my $sender = Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(...);
 $sender->send($message);

Implements mail transport using the external CW'Sendmail' program. When instantiated, the mailer will look for the binary in specific system directories, and the first version found is taken.

Some people use Postfix as MTA. Postfix can be installed as replacement for Sendmail: is provides a program with the same name and options. So, this module supports postfix as well.

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(OPTIONS)

 Option            Defined in       Default       
 executable        L<Mail::Transport>  C<undef>      
 hostname          L<Mail::Transport>  C<'localhost'>
 interval          L<Mail::Transport>  C<30>         
 log               L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'> 
 password          L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 port              L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 proxy             L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 retry             L<Mail::Transport>  <false>       
 sendmail_options                   []            
 timeout           L<Mail::Transport>  C<120>        
 trace             L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'> 
 username          L<Mail::Transport>  undef         
 via               L<Mail::Transport>  C<'sendmail'>

$obj->destinations(MESSAGE, [ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-ADDRESSES]) See Sending mail in Mail::Transport::Send

$obj->putContent(MESSAGE, FILEHANDLE, OPTIONS) See Sending mail in Mail::Transport::Send

$obj->send(MESSAGE, OPTIONS) See Sending mail in Mail::Transport::Send

$obj->trySend(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

 Option            Defined in  Default
 sendmail_options              undef

$obj->findBinary(NAME [, DIRECTORIES]) See Server connection in Mail::Transport

$obj->remoteHost See Server connection in Mail::Transport

$obj->retry See Server connection in Mail::Transport

$obj->AUTOLOAD See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->addReport(OBJECT) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Transport::Sendmail->logPriority(LEVEL) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->trace([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->DESTROY See Cleanup in Mail::Reporter

$obj->inGlobalDestruction See Cleanup in Mail::Reporter

Error: Errors when closing sendmail mailer CW$program: $!

The was no problem starting the sendmail mail transfer agent, but for some specific reason the message could not be handled correctly.

Warning: Message has no destination

It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to.

Error: Package CW$package does not implement CW$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 CWReceived header field. With the CWbounce, the new destination(s) of the message are given, which should be included as CWResent-To, CWResent-Cc, and CWResent-Bcc.

The CWTo, CWCc, and CWBcc header information is only used if no CWReceived was found. That seems to be the best explanation of the RFC.

As alternative, you may also specify the CWto 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.

See the MailBox website at <http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/> for more details.

Distribution version 2.063. Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net). See the ChangeLog for other contributors.

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.