MIME::Lite 3.01

MIME::Lite is a low-calorie MIME generator Perl module.

SYNOPSIS

use MIME::Lite;
Create a single-part message:
### Create a new single-part message, to send a GIF file:
$msg = MIME::Lite->new(
From =>me@myhost.com,
To =>you@yourhost.com,
Cc =>some@other.com, some@more.com,
Subject =>Helloooooo, nurse!,
Type =>image/gif,
Encoding =>base64,
Path =>hellonurse.gif
);
Create a multipart message (i.e., one with attachments):
### Create a new multipart message:
$msg = MIME::Lite->new(
From =>me@myhost.com,
To =>you@yourhost.com,
Cc =>some@other.com, some@more.com,
Subject =>A message with 2 parts...,
Type =>multipart/mixed
);

### Add parts (each "attach" has same arguments as "new"):
$msg->attach(Type =>TEXT,
Data =>"Heres the GIF file you wanted"
);
$msg->attach(Type =>image/gif,
Path =>aaa000123.gif,
Filename =>logo.gif,
Disposition => attachment
);
Output a message:
### Format as a string:
$str = $msg->as_string;

### Print to a filehandle (say, a "sendmail" stream):
$msg->print(*SENDMAIL);
Send a message:
### Send in the "best" way (the default is to use "sendmail"):
$msg->send;

In the never-ending quest for great taste with fewer calories, we proudly present: MIME::Lite.

MIME::Lite is intended as a simple, standalone module for generating (not parsing!) MIME messages... specifically, it allows you to output a simple, decent single- or multi-part message with text or binary attachments. It does not require that you have the Mail:: or MIME:: modules installed.

You can specify each message part as either the literal data itself (in a scalar or array), or as a string which can be given to open() to get a readable filehandle (e.g., "
You dont need to worry about encoding your message data: this module will do that for you. It handles the 5 standard MIME encodings.

If you need more sophisticated behavior, please get the MIME-tools package instead. I will be more likely to add stuff to that toolkit over this one.