ok this is what i asked, could a mail be sent without mailx been installed,
thank you 2014-11-19 16:19 GMT+02:00 PHILLIPS M.E. <m.e.phill...@durham.ac.uk>: > Not sure exactly what you mean by not using a mailer. > > > > In our Perl scripts I tend to do: > > > > open (MAIL, "|-", '/bin/mailx', '-s', $subject, @addresses) > > || die "Failed to e-mail report: $!\n"; > > print MAIL $report; > > close MAIL; > > > > which relies on mailx being installed and able to send messages. > > > > I’m sure there are SMTP modules for Perl, and things like that which could > do it all at socket level, but I wouldn’t see that as being easier > necessarily. It depends on what control you have over your server. > > > > Matthew > > > > *From:* Sergio Letuche [mailto:code4libus...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 19 November 2014 08:31 > *To:* perl4lib@perl.org > *Subject:* send emails via perl > > > > hello, > > > > we need to use the easiest solution, if possible just use a perl module, > to be able to send automated emails on an Ubuntu server. The scenario is > this: we ran a cron job, and say we would like to send a message after > completion, to a certain for example gmail account. The ideal would be to > not use any mailer, is this possible? Or could you please suggest us the > best - easiest approach? > > > > Thank you >
