Firstly, the mail method allows you to set the MAIL FROM: line in the 
SMTP dialogue, which allows you to tell the remote mailer who is sending 
the mail.

The additional options which can be passed in are (ripped from perldoc 
Net::SMTP)

             Size        => <bytes>
             Return      => <???>
             Bits        => "7" | "8"
             Transaction => <ADDRESS>
             Envelope    => <ENVID>


On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 01:20 PM, William Black wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In the script below what does the mail parameter represent.  What would 
> be a valid param.
>
> sub email(){
>
> my @contact;
> $contact[0]={name=>'WB',email=>'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'};
> $contact[1]={name=>PE,email=>'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'};
>
> my $data;
> $data ="To: Primary Contact";
>
> print"Sending mail to: $contact[0]->{name}\n";
>
> my $smtp=Net::SMTP->new('mailserver');
> $smtp->mail('');
> $smtp->to($contact[0]->{email});
> $smtp->data($data);
> $smtp->quit;
>
>
>
> William Black
>
>
>
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