NAME

Mail::Transport::Exim - transmit messages using external Exim program

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Transport::Exim
   is a Mail::Transport::Send
   is a Mail::Transport
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

 my $sender = Mail::Transport::Exim->new(...);
 $sender->send($message);

DESCRIPTION

Implements mail transport using the external 'Exim' program. When instantiated, the mailer will look for the binary in specific system directories, and the first version found is taken.

METHODS

Constructors

Mail::Transport::Exim->new(OPTIONS)

If you have Exim installed in a non-standard location, you will need to specify the path, using new(proxy).

 Option    --Defined in     --Default
 executable  Mail::Transport  undef
 hostname    Mail::Transport  'localhost'
 interval    Mail::Transport  30
 log         Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 password    Mail::Transport  undef
 port        Mail::Transport  undef
 proxy       Mail::Transport  undef
 retry       Mail::Transport  <false>
 timeout     Mail::Transport  120
 trace       Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 username    Mail::Transport  undef
 via         Mail::Transport  'exim'

. executable => FILENAME

. hostname => HOSTNAME|ARRAY-OF-HOSTNAMES

. 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-OF-ADDRESSES])

See Mail::Transport::Send/"Sending mail"

$obj->putContent(MESSAGE, FILEHANDLE, OPTIONS)

See Mail::Transport::Send/"Sending mail"

$obj->send(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

See Mail::Transport::Send/"Sending mail"

$obj->trySend(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

Server connection

$obj->findBinary(NAME [, DIRECTORIES])

See Mail::Transport/"Server connection"

$obj->remoteHost

See Mail::Transport/"Server connection"

$obj->retry

See Mail::Transport/"Server connection"

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

Mail::Transport::Exim->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->errors

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Transport::Exim->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Transport::Exim->logPriority(LEVEL)

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->logSettings

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->notImplemented

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->report([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->trace([LEVEL])

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

$obj->warnings

See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY

See Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup"

$obj->inGlobalDestruction

See Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup"

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: Errors when closing Exim mailer $program: $!

The Exim mail transfer agent did start, but was not able to handle the message correctly.

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()), 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.

LICENSE

Copyrights 2001-2008 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 http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html