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Mail::Transport::Mailx(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Transport::Mailx(3pm)
NAME
Mail::Transport::Mailx - transmit messages using external mailx program
INHERITANCE
Mail::Transport::Mailx
is a Mail::Transport::Send
is a Mail::Transport
is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS
my $sender = Mail::Transport::Mailx->new(...);
$sender->send($message);
DESCRIPTION
Implements mail transport using the external programs 'mailx', "Mail", or 'mail'. When
instantiated, the mailer will look for any of these binaries in specific system
directories, and the first program found is taken.
WARNING: There are many security issues with mail and mailx. DO NOT USE these commands to
send messages which contains data derived from any external source!!!
Under Linux, freebsd, and bsdos the "mail", "Mail", and "mailx" names are just links to
the same binary. The implementation is very primitive, pre-MIME standard, what may cause
many headers to be lost. For these platforms (and probably for other platforms as well),
you can better not use this transport mechanism.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Transport::Send.
METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Transport::Send.
Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Transport::Send.
Mail::Transport::Mailx->new(%options)
-Option --Defined in --Default
executable Mail::Transport undef
hostname Mail::Transport 'localhost'
interval Mail::Transport 30
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
password Mail::Transport undef
port Mail::Transport undef
proxy Mail::Transport undef
retry Mail::Transport <false>
style <autodetect>
timeout Mail::Transport 120
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
username Mail::Transport undef
via Mail::Transport 'mailx'
executable => FILENAME
hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY
interval => SECONDS
log => LEVEL
password => STRING
port => INTEGER
proxy => PATH
retry => NUMBER|undef
style => 'BSD'|'RFC822'
There are two version of the "mail" program. The newest accepts RFC822 messages,
and automagically collect information about where the message is to be send to. The
BSD style mail command predates MIME, and expects lines which start with a '~'
(tilde) to specify destinations and such. This field is autodetect, however on some
platforms both versions of "mail" can live (like various Linux distributions).
timeout => SECONDS
trace => LEVEL
username => STRING
via => CLASS|NAME
Sending mail
Extends "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send.
$obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] )
Inherited, see "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options)
Inherited, see "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->send($message, %options)
Inherited, see "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->trySend($message, %options)
Server connection
Extends "Server connection" in Mail::Transport::Send.
$obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] )
Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->remoteHost()
Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
$obj->retry()
Inherited, see "Server connection" in Mail::Transport
Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Transport::Send.
$obj->AUTOLOAD()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport($object)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Transport::Mailx->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level,
$callback] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Transport::Mailx->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Transport::Mailx->logPriority($level)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logSettings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->report( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->reportAll( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->trace( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Transport::Send.
$obj->DESTROY()
Inherited, 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.
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.
Error: Sending via mailx mailer $program failed: $! ($?)
Mailx (in some shape: there are many different implementations) did start accepting
messages, but did not succeed sending it.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Transport distribution version 3.005, built on July 22, 2020.
Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2020 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://dev.perl.org/licenses/
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