# phpman > man > Mail::Transport::Send ## NAME [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown) - send a message ## INHERITANCE [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown) is a [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) is a [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown) is extended by [Mail::Transport::Exim](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3AExim/markdown) [Mail::Transport::Mailx](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3AMailx/markdown) [Mail::Transport::Qmail](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3AQmail/markdown) [Mail::Transport::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASMTP/markdown) [Mail::Transport::Sendmail](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASendmail/markdown) ## SYNOPSIS my $message = [Mail::Message](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMessage/markdown)->new(...); # Some extensions implement sending: $message->send; $message->send(via => 'sendmail'); my $sender = [Mail::Transport::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASMTP/markdown)->new(...); $sender->send($message); ## DESCRIPTION Send a message to the destinations as specified in the header. The "[Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown)" module is capable of autodetecting which of the following modules work on your system; you may simply call "send" without "via" options to get a message transported. * [Mail::Transport::Sendmail](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASendmail/markdown) Use sendmail to process and deliver the mail. This requires the "sendmail" program to be installed on your system. Whether this is an original sendmail, or a replacement from Postfix does matter. * [Mail::Transport::Exim](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3AExim/markdown) Use "exim" to distribute the message. * [Mail::Transport::Qmail](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3AQmail/markdown) Use "qmail-inject" to distribute the message. * [Mail::Transport::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASMTP/markdown) In this case, Perl is handling mail transport on its own. This is less desired but more portable than sending with sendmail or qmail. The advantage is that this sender is environment independent, and easier to configure. However, there is no daemon involved which means that your program will wait until the message is delivered, and the message is lost when your program is interrupted during delivery (which may take hours to complete). * [Mail::Transport::Mailx](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3AMailx/markdown) Use the external "mail", "mailx", or "Mail" programs to send the message. Usually, the result is poor, because some versions of these programs do not support MIME headers. Besides, these programs are known to have exploitable security breaches. Extends "DESCRIPTION" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown). ## METHODS Extends "METHODS" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown). ### Constructors Extends "Constructors" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown). [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown)->new(%options) -Option --Defined in --Default executable [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) undef hostname [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) 'localhost' interval [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) 30 log [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) 'WARNINGS' password [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) undef port [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) undef proxy [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) undef retry [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) timeout [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) 120 trace [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) 'WARNINGS' username [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) undef via [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) 'sendmail' executable => FILENAME hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY interval => SECONDS log => LEVEL password => STRING port => INTEGER proxy => PATH retry => NUMBER|undef timeout => SECONDS trace => LEVEL username => STRING via => CLASS|NAME ### Sending mail $obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] ) Determine the destination for this message. If a valid $address is defined, this is used to overrule the addresses within the message. If the $address is "undef" it is ignored. It may also be an ARRAY of addresses. If no $address is specified, the message is scanned for resent groups (see [Mail::Message::Head::Complete::resentGroups](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMessage%3A%3AHead%3A%3AComplete%3A%3AresentGroups/markdown)()). The addresses found in the first (is latest added) group are used. If no resent groups are found, the normal "To", "Cc", and "Bcc" lines are taken. $obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options) Print the content of the $message to the $fh. -Option --Default body_only undisclosed body_only => BOOLEAN Print only the body of the message, not the whole. undisclosed => BOOLEAN Do not print the "Bcc" and "Resent-Bcc" lines. Default false, which means that they are not printed. $obj->send($message, %options) Transmit the $message, which may be anything what can be coerced into a [Mail::Message](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMessage/markdown), so including [Mail::Internet](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AInternet/markdown) and [MIME::Entity](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MIME%3A%3AEntity/markdown) messages. It returns true when the transmission was successfully completed. -Option --Default interval new(interval) retry new(retry) to undef interval => SECONDS retry => INTEGER to => STRING Overrules the destination(s) of the message, which is by default taken from the (Resent-)To, (Resent-)Cc, and (Resent-)Bcc. $obj->trySend($message, %options) Try to send the message. This will return true if successful, and false in case some problems where detected. The $? contains the exit status of the command which was started. ### Server connection Extends "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown). $obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] ) Inherited, see "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) $obj->remoteHost() Inherited, see "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) $obj->retry() Inherited, see "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) ### Error handling Extends "Error handling" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown). $obj->AUTOLOAD() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->addReport($object) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ) [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown)->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->errors() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] ) [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown)->log( [$level, [$strings]] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->logPriority($level) [Mail::Transport::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASend/markdown)->logPriority($level) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->logSettings() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->notImplemented() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->report( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->reportAll( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->trace( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) $obj->warnings() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) ### Cleanup Extends "Cleanup" in [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown). $obj->DESTROY() Inherited, see "Cleanup" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown) ## DIAGNOSTICS Warning: Message has no destination It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to. Error: Package $package does not implement $method. Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package. Warning: Resent group does not specify a destination The message which is sent is the result of a bounce (for instance created with [Mail::Message::bounce](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMessage%3A%3Abounce/markdown)()), and therefore starts with a "Received" header field. With the "bounce", the new destination(s) of the message are given, which should be included as "Resent-To", "Resent-Cc", and "Resent-Bcc". The "To", "Cc", and "Bcc" header information is only used if no "Received" was found. That seems to be the best explanation of the RFC. As alternative, you may also specify the "to" option to some of the senders (for instance [Mail::Transport::SMTP::send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport%3A%3ASMTP%3A%3Asend/markdown)(to) to overrule any information found in the message itself about the destination. Error: Transporters of type $class cannot send. The [Mail::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ATransport/markdown) object of the specified type can not send messages, but only receive message. ## SEE ALSO This module is part of Mail-Transport distribution version 3.005, built on July 22, 2020. Website: ## LICENSE Copyrights 2001-2020 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See