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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Mail::Transport::Sendmail \- transmit messages using external Sendmail program .SH "INHERITANCE" .IX Header "INHERITANCE" .Vb 4 \& Mail::Transport::Sendmail \& is a Mail::Transport::Send \& is a Mail::Transport \& is a Mail::Reporter .Ve .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 2 \& my $sender = Mail::Transport::Sendmail\->new(...); \& $sender\->send($message); .Ve .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" Implements mail transport using the external \f(CW\*(AqSendmail\*(Aq\fR program. When instantiated, the mailer will look for the binary in specific system directories, and the first version found is taken. .PP Some people use Postfix as \s-1MTA. \s0 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. .PP Extends \*(L"\s-1DESCRIPTION\*(R"\s0 in Mail::Transport::Send. .SH "METHODS" .IX Header "METHODS" Extends \*(L"\s-1METHODS\*(R"\s0 in Mail::Transport::Send. .SS "Constructors" .IX Subsection "Constructors" Extends \*(L"Constructors\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send. .IP "Mail::Transport::Sendmail\->\fBnew\fR(%options)" 4 .IX Item "Mail::Transport::Sendmail->new(%options)" .Vb 10 \& \-Option \-\-Defined in \-\-Default \& executable Mail::Transport undef \& hostname Mail::Transport \*(Aqlocalhost\*(Aq \& interval Mail::Transport 30 \& log Mail::Reporter \*(AqWARNINGS\*(Aq \& password Mail::Transport undef \& port Mail::Transport undef \& proxy Mail::Transport undef \& retry Mail::Transport \& sendmail_options [] \& timeout Mail::Transport 120 \& trace Mail::Reporter \*(AqWARNINGS\*(Aq \& username Mail::Transport undef \& via Mail::Transport \*(Aqsendmail\*(Aq .Ve .RS 4 .IP "executable => \s-1FILENAME\s0" 2 .IX Item "executable => FILENAME" .PD 0 .IP "hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY" 2 .IX Item "hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY" .IP "interval => \s-1SECONDS\s0" 2 .IX Item "interval => SECONDS" .IP "log => \s-1LEVEL\s0" 2 .IX Item "log => LEVEL" .IP "password => \s-1STRING\s0" 2 .IX Item "password => STRING" .IP "port => \s-1INTEGER\s0" 2 .IX Item "port => INTEGER" .IP "proxy => \s-1PATH\s0" 2 .IX Item "proxy => PATH" .IP "retry => NUMBER|undef" 2 .IX Item "retry => NUMBER|undef" .IP "sendmail_options => \s-1ARRAY\s0" 2 .IX Item "sendmail_options => ARRAY" .PD Add to the command-line of the started sendmail \s-1MTU\s0 a list of separate words. So say \f(CW\*(C` [ \*(Aq\-f\*(Aq, $file ] \*(C'\fR and not \f(CW\*(C` [ "\-f $file" ] \*(C'\fR, because the latter will be taken by sendmail as one word only. .IP "timeout => \s-1SECONDS\s0" 2 .IX Item "timeout => SECONDS" .PD 0 .IP "trace => \s-1LEVEL\s0" 2 .IX Item "trace => LEVEL" .IP "username => \s-1STRING\s0" 2 .IX Item "username => STRING" .IP "via => CLASS|NAME" 2 .IX Item "via => CLASS|NAME" .RE .RS 4 .RE .PD .SS "Sending mail" .IX Subsection "Sending mail" Extends \*(L"Sending mail\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send. .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBdestinations\fR( $message, [$address|ARRAY] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBdestinations\fR( \f(CW$message\fR, [$address|ARRAY] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] )" Inherited, see \*(L"Sending mail\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBputContent\fR($message, $fh, %options)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBputContent\fR($message, \f(CW$fh\fR, \f(CW%options\fR)" 4 .IX Item "$obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options)" Inherited, see \*(L"Sending mail\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBsend\fR($message, %options)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBsend\fR($message, \f(CW%options\fR)" 4 .IX Item "$obj->send($message, %options)" Inherited, see \*(L"Sending mail\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBtrySend\fR($message, %options)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBtrySend\fR($message, \f(CW%options\fR)" 4 .IX Item "$obj->trySend($message, %options)" .Vb 2 \& \-Option \-\-Default \& sendmail_options undef .Ve .RS 4 .IP "sendmail_options => \s-1ARRAY\s0" 2 .IX Item "sendmail_options => ARRAY" .RE .RS 4 .RE .SS "Server connection" .IX Subsection "Server connection" Extends \*(L"Server connection\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send. .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBfindBinary\fR( $name, [@directories] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBfindBinary\fR( \f(CW$name\fR, [@directories] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] )" Inherited, see \*(L"Server connection\*(R" in Mail::Transport .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBremoteHost\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBremoteHost\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->remoteHost()" Inherited, see \*(L"Server connection\*(R" in Mail::Transport .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBretry\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBretry\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->retry()" Inherited, see \*(L"Server connection\*(R" in Mail::Transport .SS "Error handling" .IX Subsection "Error handling" Extends \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send. .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fB\s-1AUTOLOAD\s0\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fB\s-1AUTOLOAD\s0\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->AUTOLOAD()" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBaddReport\fR($object)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBaddReport\fR($object)" 4 .IX Item "$obj->addReport($object)" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBdefaultTrace\fR( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBdefaultTrace\fR( [$level]|[$loglevel, \f(CW$tracelevel\fR]|[$level, \f(CW$callback\fR] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )" .PD 0 .ie n .IP "Mail::Transport::Sendmail\->\fBdefaultTrace\fR( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )" 4 .el .IP "Mail::Transport::Sendmail\->\fBdefaultTrace\fR( [$level]|[$loglevel, \f(CW$tracelevel\fR]|[$level, \f(CW$callback\fR] )" 4 .IX Item "Mail::Transport::Sendmail->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )" .PD Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBerrors\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBerrors\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->errors()" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBlog\fR( [$level, [$strings]] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBlog\fR( [$level, [$strings]] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )" .PD 0 .IP "Mail::Transport::Sendmail\->\fBlog\fR( [$level, [$strings]] )" 4 .IX Item "Mail::Transport::Sendmail->log( [$level, [$strings]] )" .PD Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBlogPriority\fR($level)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBlogPriority\fR($level)" 4 .IX Item "$obj->logPriority($level)" .PD 0 .IP "Mail::Transport::Sendmail\->\fBlogPriority\fR($level)" 4 .IX Item "Mail::Transport::Sendmail->logPriority($level)" .PD Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBlogSettings\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBlogSettings\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->logSettings()" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBnotImplemented\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBnotImplemented\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->notImplemented()" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBreport\fR( [$level] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBreport\fR( [$level] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->report( [$level] )" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBreportAll\fR( [$level] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBreportAll\fR( [$level] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->reportAll( [$level] )" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBtrace\fR( [$level] )" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBtrace\fR( [$level] )" 4 .IX Item "$obj->trace( [$level] )" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fBwarnings\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fBwarnings\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->warnings()" Inherited, see \*(L"Error handling\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .SS "Cleanup" .IX Subsection "Cleanup" Extends \*(L"Cleanup\*(R" in Mail::Transport::Send. .ie n .IP "$obj\->\fB\s-1DESTROY\s0\fR()" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$obj\fR\->\fB\s-1DESTROY\s0\fR()" 4 .IX Item "$obj->DESTROY()" Inherited, see \*(L"Cleanup\*(R" in Mail::Reporter .SH "DIAGNOSTICS" .IX Header "DIAGNOSTICS" .ie n .IP "Error: Errors when closing sendmail mailer $program: $!" 4 .el .IP "Error: Errors when closing sendmail mailer \f(CW$program:\fR $!" 4 .IX Item "Error: Errors when closing sendmail mailer $program: $!" The was no problem starting the sendmail mail transfer agent, but for some specific reason the message could not be handled correctly. .IP "Warning: Message has no destination" 4 .IX Item "Warning: Message has no destination" It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to. .ie n .IP "Error: Package $package does not implement $method." 4 .el .IP "Error: Package \f(CW$package\fR does not implement \f(CW$method\fR." 4 .IX Item "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. .IP "Warning: Resent group does not specify a destination" 4 .IX Item "Warning: Resent group does not specify a destination" The message which is sent is the result of a bounce (for instance created with \fIMail::Message::bounce()\fR), and therefore starts with a \&\f(CW\*(C`Received\*(C'\fR header field. With the \f(CW\*(C`bounce\*(C'\fR, the new destination(s) of the message are given, which should be included as \f(CW\*(C`Resent\-To\*(C'\fR, \&\f(CW\*(C`Resent\-Cc\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`Resent\-Bcc\*(C'\fR. .Sp The \f(CW\*(C`To\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`Cc\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`Bcc\*(C'\fR header information is only used if no \&\f(CW\*(C`Received\*(C'\fR was found. That seems to be the best explanation of the \s-1RFC.\s0 .Sp As alternative, you may also specify the \f(CW\*(C`to\*(C'\fR 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. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.117, built on August 24, 2014. Website: \fIhttp://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/\fR .SH "LICENSE" .IX Header "LICENSE" Copyrights 2001\-2014 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog. .PP This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See \fIhttp://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\fR