Mail::Transport::SMTP(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				Mail::Transport::SMTP(3pm)

NAME

       Mail::Transport::SMTP - transmit messages without external program

INHERITANCE

	Mail::Transport::SMTP
	  is a Mail::Transport::Send
	  is a Mail::Transport
	  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

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

	$message->send(via => 'smtp');

DESCRIPTION

       This module implements transport of "Mail::Message" objects by negotiating to the destination host directly by using the SMTP protocol,
       without help of "sendmail", "mail", or other programs on the local host.

METHODS

   Constructors
       Mail::Transport::SMTP->new(OPTIONS)
	    -Option    --Defined in	--Default
	     executable  Mail::Transport  undef
	     helo			  <from Net::Config>
	     hostname	 Mail::Transport  <from Net::Config>
	     interval	 Mail::Transport  30
	     log	 Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
	     password			  undef
	     port	 Mail::Transport  25
	     proxy	 Mail::Transport  <from Net::Config>
	     retry	 Mail::Transport  <false>
	     smtp_debug 		  <false>
	     timeout			  120
	     trace	 Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
	     username			  undef
	     via	 Mail::Transport  'smtp'

	   executable => FILENAME
	   helo => HOST
	     The fully qualified name of the sender's host (your system) which is used for the greeting message to the receiver.  If not
	     specified, Net::Config or else Net::Domain are questioned to find it.  When even these do not supply a valid name, the name of the
	     domain in the "From" line of the message is assumed.

	   hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY-OF-HOSTNAMES
	   interval => SECONDS
	   log => LEVEL
	   password => STRING
	     The password to be used with the new(username) to log in to the remote server.

	   port => INTEGER
	   proxy => PATH
	   retry => NUMBER|undef
	   smtp_debug => BOOLEAN
	     Simulate transmission: the SMTP protocol output will be sent to your screen.

	   timeout => SECONDS
	     The number of seconds to wait for a valid response from the server before failing.

	   trace => LEVEL
	   username => STRING
	     Use SASL authentication to contact the remote SMTP server (RFC2554).  This username in combination with new(password) is passed as
	     arguments to Net::SMTP method auth.  Other forms of authentication are not supported by Net::SMTP.  The "username" can also be
	     specified as an Authen::SASL object.

	   via => CLASS|NAME

   Sending mail
       $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)
	   Try to send the MESSAGE once.   This may fail, in which case this method will return "false".  In list context, the reason for failure
	   can be caught: in list context "trySend" will return a list of five values:

	    (success, error code, error text, error location, quit success)

	   Success and quit success are booleans.  The error code and -text are protocol specific codes and texts.  The location tells where the
	   problem occurred.

	    -Option--Default
	     from    < >
	     to      []

	   from => ADDRESS
	     Your own identification.  This may be fake.  If not specified, it is taken from Mail::Message::sender(), which means the content of
	     the "Sender" field of the message or the first address of the "From" field.  This defaults to "< >", which represents "no address".

	   to => ADDRESS|[ADDRESSES]
	     Alternative destinations.	If not specified, the "To", "Cc" and "Bcc" fields of the header are used.  An address is a string or a
	     Mail::Address object.

   Server connection
       $obj->contactAnyServer()
	   Creates the connection to the SMTP server.  When more than one hostname was specified, the first which accepts a connection is taken.
	   An IO::Socket::INET object is returned.

       $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->tryConnectTo(HOST, OPTIONS)
	   Try to establish a connection to deliver SMTP to the specified HOST.  The OPTIONS are passed to the "new" method of Net::SMTP.

   Error handling
       $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::SMTP->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::SMTP->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
       Mail::Transport::SMTP->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

   Cleanup
       $obj->DESTROY()
	   See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->inGlobalDestruction()
	   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.

       Notice: No addresses found to send the message to, no connection made
       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.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.105, built on May 07, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2012 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://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.14.2							    2012-05-07						Mail::Transport::SMTP(3pm)