# Mail::Transport::SMTP - phpMan ## NAME [Mail::Transport::SMTP] - transmit messages without external program ## INHERITANCE [Mail::Transport::SMTP] is a [Mail::Transport::Send] is a [Mail::Transport] is a [Mail::Reporter] ## SYNOPSIS my $sender = [Mail::Transport::SMTP]->new(...); $sender->send($message); $message->send(via => 'smtp'); ## DESCRIPTION This module implements transport of "[Mail::Message]" objects by negotiating to the destination host directly by using the SMTP protocol, without help of "sendmail", "mail", or other programs on the local host. warning: you may need to install [Net::SMTPS], to get TLS support. Extends "DESCRIPTION" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. ## METHODS Extends "METHODS" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. Constructors Extends "Constructors" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. [Mail::Transport::SMTP]->new(%options) -Option --Defined in --Default esmtp_options {} executable [Mail::Transport] undef from undef helo hostname [Mail::Transport] interval [Mail::Transport] 30 log [Mail::Reporter] 'WARNINGS' password undef port [Mail::Transport] 25 proxy [Mail::Transport] retry [Mail::Transport] smtp_debug timeout 120 trace [Mail::Reporter] 'WARNINGS' username undef via [Mail::Transport] 'smtp' esmtp_options => HASH [2.116] ESMTP options to pass to [Net::SMTP]. See the [Net::SMTP] documentation for full details. Options can also be passed at send time. For example: "{ XVERP => 1 }" executable => FILENAME from => ADDRESS Allows a default sender address to be specified globally. See trySend() for full details. helo => HOST The fully qualified name of the sender's host (your system) which is used for the greeting message to the receiver. If not specified, [Net::Config] or else [Net::Domain] are questioned to find it. When even these do not supply a valid name, the name of the domain in the "From" line of the message is assumed. hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY interval => SECONDS log => LEVEL password => STRING The password to be used with the new(username) to log in to the remote server. port => INTEGER proxy => PATH retry => NUMBER|undef smtp_debug => BOOLEAN Simulate transmission: the SMTP protocol output will be sent to your screen. timeout => SECONDS The number of seconds to wait for a valid response from the server before failing. trace => LEVEL username => STRING Use SASL authentication to contact the remote SMTP server (RFC2554). This username in combination with new(password) is passed as arguments to [Net::SMTP] method auth. Other forms of authentication are not supported by [Net::SMTP]. The "username" can also be specified as an [Authen::SASL] object. via => CLASS|NAME Sending mail Extends "Sending mail" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. $obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] ) Inherited, see "Sending mail" in [Mail::Transport::Send] $obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options) Inherited, see "Sending mail" in [Mail::Transport::Send] $obj->send($message, %options) Inherited, see "Sending mail" in [Mail::Transport::Send] $obj->trySend($message, %options) Try to send the $message once. This may fail, in which case this method will return "false". In list context, the reason for failure can be caught: in list context "trySend" will return a list of six values: (success, rc, rc-text, error location, quit success, accept) Success and quit success are booleans. The error code and -text are protocol specific codes and texts. The location tells where the problem occurred. [3.003] the 'accept' returns the message of the dataend() instruction. Some servers may provide useful information in there, like an internal message registration id. For example, postfix may return "2.0.0 Ok: queued as 303EA380EE". You can only use this parameter when running local delivery (which is a smart choice anyway) -Option --Default esmtp_options {} from < > to [] esmtp_options => HASH Additional or overridden EMSTP options. See new(esmtp_options) from => ADDRESS Your own identification. This may be fake. If not specified, it is taken from [Mail::Message::sender](), which means the content of the "Sender" field of the message or the first address of the "From" field. This defaults to "< >", which represents "no address". to => ADDRESS|[ADDRESSES] Alternative destinations. If not specified, the "To", "Cc" and "Bcc" fields of the header are used. An address is a string or a [Mail::Address] object. Server connection Extends "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. $obj->contactAnyServer() Creates the connection to the SMTP server. When more than one hostname was specified, the first which accepts a connection is taken. An [IO::Socket::INET] object is returned. $obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] ) Inherited, see "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport] $obj->remoteHost() Inherited, see "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport] $obj->retry() Inherited, see "Server connection" in [Mail::Transport] $obj->tryConnectTo($host, %options) Try to establish a connection to deliver SMTP to the specified $host. The %options are passed to the "new" method of [Net::SMTP]. Error handling Extends "Error handling" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. $obj->AUTOLOAD() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->addReport($object) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ) [Mail::Transport::SMTP]->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->errors() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] ) [Mail::Transport::SMTP]->log( [$level, [$strings]] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->logPriority($level) [Mail::Transport::SMTP]->logPriority($level) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->logSettings() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->notImplemented() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->report( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->reportAll( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->trace( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] $obj->warnings() Inherited, see "Error handling" in [Mail::Reporter] Cleanup Extends "Cleanup" in [Mail::Transport::Send]. $obj->DESTROY() Inherited, see "Cleanup" in [Mail::Reporter] ## DIAGNOSTICS Warning: Message has no destination It was not possible to figure-out where the message is intended to go to. Notice: No addresses found to send the message to, no connection made 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]()), 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](to) to overrule any information found in the message itself about the destination. ## 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