[ale] Sending mail in perl

[Christopher Fowler]

Dos it require an SMTP server.  I noticed you hava a $smtp variable.

If you were to send an email to me at cfowler at opsup.com, I assume the 
code would need to get the MX record from DNS in order to connect directly
to my email server.

Chris

On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 07:59:14PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> I've attached a small perl script that is the remants of a script we 
> used to use to send email from perl.  Make sure you change the sender 
> addr, as I believe it's George Washington as it was last used to prove 
> to someone how easy it is to spoof an email address.   Have fun.
> 
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >I'm using 'Net::SMTP' but it requires a relay host.  I would like
> >a way in perl to send mail as if I were the relay host.  If I
> >provide a 'user at domain.com' then the perl script will lookup the
> >MX of 'domain.com' and then communicate to it as if it were the smtp
> >server of the sender.  Is there a module that implements this 
> >functionality?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Chris
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> Think about it...


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