Ok Ok, I am glad that Net::SMTP is better. I prefer it because I could use the same code in Windows and Unix and I heard that using sendmail could create some security problems, but I thought that sendmail could be more reliable, or could work faster, etc.
Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wiggins d'Anconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 5:51 AM Subject: Re: sendmail command line (without queuing) > Would be interesting to know which book and what reasons they stated for > using sendmail directly. I would imagine most of the people on the list > and myself included would advocate using the module in almost all cases. > > There are a couple of big reasons, mainly that understanding sendmail is > a huge huge task, sendmail is probably one of the most complex software > packages on the internet, using a module to direct all of its > intricacies written by someone else whom probably has a better if not > very good understanding of the underlying core technology, in this case > sendmail, is better than trying to learn just a couple of things about > sendmail to accomplish what you want, while this works in "throw away" > scripts that only get used once or twice, for any sort of "real > programming" (as drieux puts it) project you are going to want the > robustness the module can provide in a relatively simple interface, > again which the module provides. > > Second by using the module you remove yourself from having to keep > abreast of the latest changes to SMTP and the sendmail specs, etc. which > if you are into and it is a core part of your development that may be > fine, but for most of us we have enough to keep track of with respect to > browsers, web servers, databases, perl itself, the OS, etc. being able > to just upgrade the module and leave the changes required for it to > interface with sendmail to the module developer relieves one burden. > > Finally, when in the future your code has to get maintained by someone > else, using a module as standard and well documented as most in CPAN are > and in the case of Net::SMTP specifically will be much easier on that > other person as there is a good chacne they are already familar with it > or they can quickly get spun up on good docs. > > Certainly there are times when calling sendmail directly may be > appropriate but in most cases, 99 out of a 100, using the module is > probably going to be better in the long run. As for using Net::SMTP or > any of the other mail modules is probably system dependent, and is > certainly influenced by user opinion, we all have our preferences. A > quick search on CPAN returns 149 :-)....... > > http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=all&query=sendmail > > Remember to throw comments back to the list as well, I would love to > hear what others think, does anyone disagree, should we cast aside the > module and go with the direct route (other than the fact that this sends > us down the evil path to the dark side, drieux?)....... > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
