> Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Yes, but if you create the above using something like
>
> open (MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail $email")
>
> to which you should by the way add
>
> or die "sendmail: $!\n";
I left the "die" off for brevity. Good point.
> then you now need to validate $email to make sure that it isn't something like
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; rm -rf /
Good point, given the perl open does shell-like expansions.
> Better to use
>
> open MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" or die "sendmail : $!\n";
> print MAIL <<"EOF";
> To: $email
Yep, using "-t" is an alternative. In some cases I prefer my method,
especially if I am sending messages to a mailing list, since I can manipulate
the header addresses separately from the envelope address.
> etc. Oh, and check the status on the close.
Yep.
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