I don't think you can send attachments using Net::SMTP. Use Mail::Sender by Jenda Krynicky....it works !
And what's best is that Jenda is always around in this list raring to help...so u've got real time support ;-) And yes you do indeed need a mail server to connect to... Cheers -aman -----Original Message----- From: John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 February 2004 18:54 To: Perl Beginners Subject: Re: connecting to a mail server via IMAP Using Net::SMTP can i send an email from my machine? Or Net::SMTP will enable to me to connect to a mail server and send email with attachements? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: Re: connecting to a mail server via IMAP > John wrote: > > > > From: "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:41 PM > > Subject: Re: connecting to a mail server via IMAP > > > > > > > > John wrote: > > > > > > > > Can perl connect to a mail server via imap and then send some > > > > emails (with attachements of course). > > > > > > John wrote: > > > > > > > > Has perl its own smpt to send mails? > > > > > > Hi John. > > > > > > You need Mail::IMAPClient and Net::SMTP. > > > > So, could we send attachments using the Mail::IMAPClient? > > Sorry John, I misread your first post. You can't use IMAP to send anything: it's > a mail access protocol. You need SMTP. > > Rob > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>