I think you are supposed to use it to connect to an SMTP server. Do you have an SMTP server running on your local machine? Otherwise you might want to tell it to connect to one. I think there's an SMTP value that must be set. I don't use the module myself, but I've looked at it in the past.
-----Original Message----- From: Eric Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:01 PM To: Timothy Johnson Cc: 'Tim Musson '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: win32 mail I tried sendmail and it says connect to localhost failed. Help please Eric On Tue, 21 May 2002, Timothy Johnson wrote: > > You can also use Mail::Sendmail or Mail::Sender to send emails from a perl > script. Both should be on CPAN. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Musson > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5/21/02 4:31 AM > Subject: Re: win32 mail > > Hey Arran4, > > nope, no send mail client in the default install of Win. > > I usually use something I grabbed from TPJ > > <Net::SMTP code> > use Net::SMTP; > > my($mh, $MailTo, $Subject, $MessageBody); > #don't forget to set each of the above! > > sub sendMail { > my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new("$mh"); > $smtp->mail($MailTo); # envelope bits > $smtp->to($MailTo); # envelope bits > $smtp->data(); # Now for the message itself > $smtp->datasend("From: $MailTo\n"); > $smtp->datasend("To: $MailTo\n"); > $smtp->datasend("$Subject\n\n"); > $smtp->datasend("$MessageBody"); > $smtp->dataend(); # end the message > $smtp->quit; > } > </Net::SMTP code> > > > > My MUA believes you used Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 > to write the following on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 2:57:43 AM. > > A> isnt there are windows send mail client? > > >> Anyone know how to fire off an email on a windows box from a perl > script? > >> No guarantee that the machine the script executes on would have an > >> outlook/isapi client installed.. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MUA = TB! v1.60k (www.RitLabs.com/The_Bat) > Windows 2000 5.0.2195 (Service Pack 2) > The days of the digital watch are numbered. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
