NAME

Net::SimpleMail - Provides basic e-mail function.

SYNOPSIS

        use Net::SimpleMail;
        my $sendmail = getMailer();
        $success = sendMessage($sendmail, $subject, $body, $from, $recipient, $bcc);

REQUIRES

Perl5.005

EXPORTS

Default: getMailer, sendMessage

Optional: none

DESCRIPTION

This is a simple e-mailing support module.

FUNCTIONS

getMailer

getMailer()

Searches for one of several standard Unix/Linux mail programs that may be used to send an e-mail and returns the program name with an absolute path, suitable for passing to sendMessage.

This subroutine is adapted from the test_server.pl program from Webside Fx (http://www.4webmasters.us).

Returns:: available mail program or undef if none found

sendMessage

sendMessage(mailprog, subject, body, sender, recipient, bcc)

Send email from $sender to $recipient with the specified $subject and $body.

Parameters:

mailprog - string; executable mail program (acquired from getMailer)

subject - string; contents of subject field

body - string; body of email

sender - string; sender email address

recipient - string; recipient email address

bcc - string; blind carbon copy email address

Returns:

1 if successful in communicating to the mail program; 0 otherwise. Note that this in way indicates success or failure of the e-mail transmission to the recipient(s)!