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NAME

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

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Transport::Qmail
   is a Mail::Transport::Send
   is a Mail::Transport
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Implements mail transport using the external programs 'qmail-inject', part of the qmail mail-delivery system.

METHODS

Constructors

Mail::Transport::Qmail->new(OPTIONS)
 -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  'qmail-inject'
  retry       Mail::Transport  <false>
  timeout     Mail::Transport  120
  trace       Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
  username    Mail::Transport  undef
  via         Mail::Transport  'qmail'
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 "Sending mail" in Mail::Transport::Send

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

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

$obj->send(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

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

$obj->trySend(MESSAGE, OPTIONS)

Server connection

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

See "Server connection" in Mail::Transport

$obj->remoteHost

See "Server connection" in Mail::Transport

$obj->retry

See "Server connection" in Mail::Transport

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

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

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

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

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

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

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

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

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report([LEVEL])

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->trace([LEVEL])

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY

See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->inGlobalDestruction

See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

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

The Qmail mail transfer agent did start, but was not able to handle the message for some specific reason.

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.

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.097, built on January 26, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE

Copyrights 2001-2011 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