Mail::Transport::Exim

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2021-01-27
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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.

Extends ``DESCRIPTION'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

METHODS

Extends ``METHODS'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

Constructors

Extends ``Constructors'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

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
interval => SECONDS
log => LEVEL
password => STRING
port => INTEGER
proxy => PATH
retry => NUMBER|undef
timeout => SECONDS
trace => LEVEL
username => STRING
via => CLASS|NAME

Sending mail

Extends ``Sending mail'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

$obj->destinations( $message, [$address|ARRAY] ): Inherited, see ``Sending mail'' in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->putContent($message, $fh, %options): Inherited, see ``Sending mail'' in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->send($message, %options): Inherited, see ``Sending mail'' in Mail::Transport::Send
$obj->trySend($message, %options)

Server connection

Extends ``Server connection'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

$obj->findBinary( $name, [@directories] ): Inherited, see ``Server connection'' in Mail::Transport
$obj->remoteHost(): Inherited, see ``Server connection'' in Mail::Transport
$obj->retry(): Inherited, see ``Server connection'' in Mail::Transport

Error handling

Extends ``Error handling'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

$obj->AUTOLOAD(): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport($object): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Transport::Exim->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors(): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Transport::Exim->log( [$level, [$strings]] ): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Transport::Exim->logPriority($level): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logSettings(): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented(): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->report( [$level] ): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->reportAll( [$level] ): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->trace( [$level] ): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings(): Inherited, see ``Error handling'' in Mail::Reporter

Cleanup

Extends ``Cleanup'' in Mail::Transport::Send.

$obj->DESTROY(): Inherited, see ``Cleanup'' in Mail::Reporter

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 2001-2020 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://dev.perl.org/licenses/