Re: Tweeking a sendmail routine.

[email protected] (Robert Hicks)
Newsgroups perl.beginners.cgi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Wiggins d'Anconia wrote:
> Greg Schiedler wrote:
>> I know enough Perl to be dangerous!
>>
>> I have a form that sends out several different confirmations depending on
>> who the receipient is.
>>
>> One particular E-mail I need to be in html format so I can put it into a
>> specific format.  I added a couple of lines to the sendmail routine I was
>> using and it fixed my E-mail problem but created a problem with my fax
>> gateway copy.
>>
>> #1 gets sent the Joe Enduser plain E-mail(Can be html my tweek forced 
>> html)
>> #2 gets sent to the Office HTML Format.
>> #3 Fax gateway (Plain E-mail).
>>
>> Fax gateway is in the US Telephone format ie.  [email protected]
>>
>> I thought about adding an if statment but it looks like if I added an
>> if/else to my tweeked else statement the receipient info has already been
>> sent....
>>
>> Greg :-)
>>
> 
> Best suggestion would be to switch to using a module. MIME::Lite for 
> instance but there a lot that will work. Check CPAN. Mail while it seems 
> simple is incredibly complex, re-inventing the wheel, especially with 
> such strict requirements is going to be time consuming.
> 

I like MIME::Lite and use it in anything of this sort.  : )

Robert
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