hello,
we need to use the easiest solution, if possible just use a perl module, to
be able to send automated emails on an Ubuntu server. The scenario is this:
we ran a cron job, and say we would like to send a message after
completion, to a certain for example gmail account. The ideal would be to
This might answer that:
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq9.html#How-do-I-send-email%3f
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Sergio Letuche
wrote:
> hello,
>
> we need to use the easiest solution, if possible just use a perl module,
> to be able to send automated emails on an Ubuntu server. The scenar
Not sure exactly what you mean by not using a mailer.
In our Perl scripts I tend to do:
open (MAIL, "|-", '/bin/mailx', '-s', $subject, @addresses)
|| die "Failed to e-mail report: $!\n";
print MAIL $report;
close MAIL;
which relies on mailx being installed and able to send messages.
I’
ok this is what i asked, could a mail be sent without mailx been installed,
thank you
2014-11-19 16:19 GMT+02:00 PHILLIPS M.E. :
> Not sure exactly what you mean by not using a mailer.
>
>
>
> In our Perl scripts I tend to do:
>
>
>
> open (MAIL, "|-", '/bin/mailx', '-s', $subject, @addresses)
I've always used this:
http://search.cpan.org/~markov/MailTools-2.13/lib/Mail/Mailer.pod
On 11/19/2014 09:22 AM, Sergio Letuche wrote:
ok this is what i asked, could a mail be sent without mailx been installed,
thank you
2014-11-19 16:19 GMT+02:00 PHILLIPS M.E. mailto:m.e.phill...@durham.ac.u
thank you all for your answers,
for sure there is more than one way, have to further investigate all links
provided here
2014-11-19 16:24 GMT+02:00 Cory Snavely :
> I've always used this:
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~markov/MailTools-2.13/lib/Mail/Mailer.pod
>
> On 11/19/2014 09:22 AM, Sergio Let
In the past I've also done it without using a module by just doing a very bare
bones Net::SMTP session if I remember right. That's included in perl in most
recent versions if I remember right. (I'd have to dig around to find where
I've used it, it's rare as in most cases I prefer the approach
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 02:19:26PM +, PHILLIPS M.E. wrote:
> open (MAIL, "|-", '/bin/mailx', '-s', $subject, @addresses)
> || die "Failed to e-mail report: $!\n";
what's the point of using perl then?
--
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i do not object to any approach suggested, all are welcome
2014-11-19 16:46 GMT+02:00 Marc Chantreux :
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 02:19:26PM +, PHILLIPS M.E. wrote:
> > open (MAIL, "|-", '/bin/mailx', '-s', $subject, @addresses)
> > || die "Failed to e-mail report: $!\n";
>
> what's th
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 02:19:26PM +, PHILLIPS M.E. wrote:
> > open (MAIL, "|-", '/bin/mailx', '-s', $subject, @addresses)
> > || die "Failed to e-mail report: $!\n";
>
> what's the point of using perl then?
There's more than one way to do it.
If mailx is already installed and conf
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 04:47:59PM +0200, Sergio Letuche wrote:
> i do not object to any approach suggested, all are welcome
based on my own experience (experience feedback is something i expect
when i ask something in a list):
* don't use perl when i don't need it
(when it's about sending a
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 02:51:58PM +, PHILLIPS M.E. wrote:
> If mailx is already installed and configured then this allows you to
> send your e-mail from your Perl script without installing other
> modules. I have sometimes had to use servers where installing extra
> modules from CPAN was not
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