> I think the name is unhelpful. A few years ago I happened to use
> several different mail-sending modules, in different projects
> or in code
> instigated by different people. In general they were OK, but none of
> them stood out as being superior to the others.
>
> Then, somehow, I encountered MIME::Lite. It seems to do everything I
> want and be easier to use than the alternatives, and I use it for all
> mail-sending. But I'd never've thought to try it in the first place.
> Even when I first saw the module I assumed it was for creating mime
> messages with attachments, and since I didn't want to do anything as
> complicated as attachments I wouldn't need such a complicated module
> when there were simpler ones available, surely?
>
> But can anybody suggest a better name, one that would suggest to
> newcomers that this is a good module to use for sending mail?
> Mail::MIME::Lite doesn't really help -- I'd still make the same
> assumptions about it as I did, and investigate the modules
> that sound as
> though they do sending: Mail::Send, Mail::Sender, Mail::Sendmail,
> Mail::Transport::Send, Mail::SendEasy, Mail::Mailer, ...
Well suggest a name. It seems like folks concur that the name is not so great so ill alias it to something else.
Mail::Simple?
Mail::Sender::Complete
Mail::Lite::Not (heh just joking)
Mail::Formally::Known::As::Mime::Lite?
yves
