From: John Madden (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 08:51:03 EST
>>Yes, via SMTP. That's faster. Use Perl's Net::SMTP for example.
>
>
> The problem I have found with Net::SMTP is that it wants the headers
> declared in a separate field than the body. In the past I was able to
> pipe the entire email to sendmail. Is anyone aware of existing code or
> a module to 'extract' the headers (To:, From:, Subject:, Cc:, and Bcc:
> fields) from a file and convert it into something that Net::SMTP can
> use?
Well the problem is that the sendmail client isn't at all a true SMTP
client. That single binary handles local delivery, remote connections,
etc. Run with the right args, it's even an smtp daemon...
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("localhost");
$smtp->mail("from address");
$smtp->to("to address");
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("$entire_email_with_headers");
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();
And if you mean you'll have trouble getting the From and To addresses, just
parse them out:
open (FILE, "/path/to/email_file");
my ($from, $to);
while(<FILE>)
{
$from = $1 if(/^From: (.*)/);
$to = $1 if (/^To: (.*)/);
}
close FILE;
...Or something similar.
John
-- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech State College - To unsubscribe, send mail to with content (not subject): unsubscribe postfix-users
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