1# Net::SMTP.pm
2#
3# Copyright (c) 1995-2004 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
4# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
6
7package Net::SMTP;
8
9require 5.001;
10
11use strict;
12use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
13use Socket 1.3;
14use Carp;
15use IO::Socket;
16use Net::Cmd;
17use Net::Config;
18
19$VERSION = "2.29";
20
21@ISA = qw(Net::Cmd IO::Socket::INET);
22
23sub new
24{
25 my $self = shift;
26 my $type = ref($self) || $self;
27 my ($host,%arg);
28 if (@_ % 2) {
29   $host = shift ;
30   %arg  = @_;
31 } else {
32   %arg = @_;
33   $host=delete $arg{Host};
34 }
35 my $hosts = defined $host ? $host : $NetConfig{smtp_hosts};
36 my $obj;
37
38 my $h;
39 foreach $h (@{ref($hosts) ? $hosts : [ $hosts ]})
40  {
41   $obj = $type->SUPER::new(PeerAddr => ($host = $h),
42			    PeerPort => $arg{Port} || 'smtp(25)',
43			    LocalAddr => $arg{LocalAddr},
44			    LocalPort => $arg{LocalPort},
45			    Proto    => 'tcp',
46			    Timeout  => defined $arg{Timeout}
47						? $arg{Timeout}
48						: 120
49			   ) and last;
50  }
51
52 return undef
53	unless defined $obj;
54
55 $obj->autoflush(1);
56
57 $obj->debug(exists $arg{Debug} ? $arg{Debug} : undef);
58
59 unless ($obj->response() == CMD_OK)
60  {
61   $obj->close();
62   return undef;
63  }
64
65 ${*$obj}{'net_smtp_exact_addr'} = $arg{ExactAddresses};
66 ${*$obj}{'net_smtp_host'} = $host;
67
68 (${*$obj}{'net_smtp_banner'}) = $obj->message;
69 (${*$obj}{'net_smtp_domain'}) = $obj->message =~ /\A\s*(\S+)/;
70
71 unless($obj->hello($arg{Hello} || ""))
72  {
73   $obj->close();
74   return undef;
75  }
76
77 $obj;
78}
79
80sub host {
81 my $me = shift;
82 ${*$me}{'net_smtp_host'};
83}
84
85##
86## User interface methods
87##
88
89sub banner
90{
91 my $me = shift;
92
93 return ${*$me}{'net_smtp_banner'} || undef;
94}
95
96sub domain
97{
98 my $me = shift;
99
100 return ${*$me}{'net_smtp_domain'} || undef;
101}
102
103sub etrn {
104    my $self = shift;
105    defined($self->supports('ETRN',500,["Command unknown: 'ETRN'"])) &&
106	$self->_ETRN(@_);
107}
108
109sub auth {
110    my ($self, $username, $password) = @_;
111
112    eval {
113	require MIME::Base64;
114	require Authen::SASL;
115    } or $self->set_status(500,["Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo auth"]), return 0;
116
117    my $mechanisms = $self->supports('AUTH',500,["Command unknown: 'AUTH'"]);
118    return unless defined $mechanisms;
119
120    my $sasl;
121
122    if (ref($username) and UNIVERSAL::isa($username,'Authen::SASL')) {
123      $sasl = $username;
124      $sasl->mechanism($mechanisms);
125    }
126    else {
127      die "auth(username, password)" if not length $username;
128      $sasl = Authen::SASL->new(mechanism=> $mechanisms,
129				callback => { user => $username,
130                                              pass => $password,
131					      authname => $username,
132                                            });
133    }
134
135    # We should probably allow the user to pass the host, but I don't
136    # currently know and SASL mechanisms that are used by smtp that need it
137    my $client = $sasl->client_new('smtp',${*$self}{'net_smtp_host'},0);
138    my $str    = $client->client_start;
139    # We dont support sasl mechanisms that encrypt the socket traffic.
140    # todo that we would really need to change the ISA hierarchy
141    # so we dont inherit from IO::Socket, but instead hold it in an attribute
142
143    my @cmd = ("AUTH", $client->mechanism);
144    my $code;
145
146    push @cmd, MIME::Base64::encode_base64($str,'')
147      if defined $str and length $str;
148
149    while (($code = $self->command(@cmd)->response()) == CMD_MORE) {
150      @cmd = (MIME::Base64::encode_base64(
151	$client->client_step(
152	  MIME::Base64::decode_base64(
153	    ($self->message)[0]
154	  )
155	), ''
156      ));
157    }
158
159    $code == CMD_OK;
160}
161
162sub hello
163{
164 my $me = shift;
165 my $domain = shift || "localhost.localdomain";
166 my $ok = $me->_EHLO($domain);
167 my @msg = $me->message;
168
169 if($ok)
170  {
171   my $h = ${*$me}{'net_smtp_esmtp'} = {};
172   my $ln;
173   foreach $ln (@msg) {
174     $h->{uc $1} = $2
175	if $ln =~ /(\w+)\b[= \t]*([^\n]*)/;
176    }
177  }
178 elsif($me->status == CMD_ERROR)
179  {
180   @msg = $me->message
181	if $ok = $me->_HELO($domain);
182  }
183
184 return undef unless $ok;
185
186 $msg[0] =~ /\A\s*(\S+)/;
187 return ($1 || " ");
188}
189
190sub supports {
191    my $self = shift;
192    my $cmd = uc shift;
193    return ${*$self}{'net_smtp_esmtp'}->{$cmd}
194	if exists ${*$self}{'net_smtp_esmtp'}->{$cmd};
195    $self->set_status(@_)
196	if @_;
197    return;
198}
199
200sub _addr {
201  my $self = shift;
202  my $addr = shift;
203  $addr = "" unless defined $addr;
204
205  if (${*$self}{'net_smtp_exact_addr'}) {
206    return $1 if $addr =~ /^\s*(<.*>)\s*$/s;
207  }
208  else {
209    return $1 if $addr =~ /(<[^>]*>)/;
210    $addr =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//sg;
211  }
212
213  "<$addr>";
214}
215
216sub mail
217{
218 my $me = shift;
219 my $addr = _addr($me, shift);
220 my $opts = "";
221
222 if(@_)
223  {
224   my %opt = @_;
225   my($k,$v);
226
227   if(exists ${*$me}{'net_smtp_esmtp'})
228    {
229     my $esmtp = ${*$me}{'net_smtp_esmtp'};
230
231     if(defined($v = delete $opt{Size}))
232      {
233       if(exists $esmtp->{SIZE})
234        {
235         $opts .= sprintf " SIZE=%d", $v + 0
236        }
237       else
238        {
239	 carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: SIZE option not supported by host';
240        }
241      }
242
243     if(defined($v = delete $opt{Return}))
244      {
245       if(exists $esmtp->{DSN})
246        {
247	 $opts .= " RET=" . ((uc($v) eq "FULL") ? "FULL" : "HDRS");
248        }
249       else
250        {
251	 carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: DSN option not supported by host';
252        }
253      }
254
255     if(defined($v = delete $opt{Bits}))
256      {
257       if($v eq "8")
258        {
259         if(exists $esmtp->{'8BITMIME'})
260          {
261	 $opts .= " BODY=8BITMIME";
262          }
263         else
264          {
265	 carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: 8BITMIME option not supported by host';
266          }
267        }
268       elsif($v eq "binary")
269        {
270         if(exists $esmtp->{'BINARYMIME'} && exists $esmtp->{'CHUNKING'})
271          {
272   $opts .= " BODY=BINARYMIME";
273   ${*$me}{'net_smtp_chunking'} = 1;
274          }
275         else
276          {
277   carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: BINARYMIME option not supported by host';
278          }
279        }
280       elsif(exists $esmtp->{'8BITMIME'} or exists $esmtp->{'BINARYMIME'})
281        {
282   $opts .= " BODY=7BIT";
283        }
284       else
285        {
286   carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: 8BITMIME and BINARYMIME options not supported by host';
287        }
288      }
289
290     if(defined($v = delete $opt{Transaction}))
291      {
292       if(exists $esmtp->{CHECKPOINT})
293        {
294	 $opts .= " TRANSID=" . _addr($me, $v);
295        }
296       else
297        {
298	 carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: CHECKPOINT option not supported by host';
299        }
300      }
301
302     if(defined($v = delete $opt{Envelope}))
303      {
304       if(exists $esmtp->{DSN})
305        {
306	 $v =~ s/([^\041-\176]|=|\+)/sprintf "+%02x", ord($1)/sge;
307	 $opts .= " ENVID=$v"
308        }
309       else
310        {
311	 carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: DSN option not supported by host';
312        }
313      }
314
315     if(defined($v = delete $opt{XVERP}))
316      {
317       if(exists $esmtp->{'XVERP'})
318        {
319	 $opts .= " XVERP"
320        }
321       else
322        {
323	 carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: XVERP option not supported by host';
324        }
325      }
326
327     carp 'Net::SMTP::recipient: unknown option(s) '
328		. join(" ", keys %opt)
329		. ' - ignored'
330	if scalar keys %opt;
331    }
332   else
333    {
334     carp 'Net::SMTP::mail: ESMTP not supported by host - options discarded :-(';
335    }
336  }
337
338 $me->_MAIL("FROM:".$addr.$opts);
339}
340
341sub send	  { my $me = shift; $me->_SEND("FROM:" . _addr($me, $_[0])) }
342sub send_or_mail  { my $me = shift; $me->_SOML("FROM:" . _addr($me, $_[0])) }
343sub send_and_mail { my $me = shift; $me->_SAML("FROM:" . _addr($me, $_[0])) }
344
345sub reset
346{
347 my $me = shift;
348
349 $me->dataend()
350	if(exists ${*$me}{'net_smtp_lastch'});
351
352 $me->_RSET();
353}
354
355
356sub recipient
357{
358 my $smtp = shift;
359 my $opts = "";
360 my $skip_bad = 0;
361
362 if(@_ && ref($_[-1]))
363  {
364   my %opt = %{pop(@_)};
365   my $v;
366
367   $skip_bad = delete $opt{'SkipBad'};
368
369   if(exists ${*$smtp}{'net_smtp_esmtp'})
370    {
371     my $esmtp = ${*$smtp}{'net_smtp_esmtp'};
372
373     if(defined($v = delete $opt{Notify}))
374      {
375       if(exists $esmtp->{DSN})
376        {
377	 $opts .= " NOTIFY=" . join(",",map { uc $_ } @$v)
378        }
379       else
380        {
381	 carp 'Net::SMTP::recipient: DSN option not supported by host';
382        }
383      }
384
385     carp 'Net::SMTP::recipient: unknown option(s) '
386		. join(" ", keys %opt)
387		. ' - ignored'
388	if scalar keys %opt;
389    }
390   elsif(%opt)
391    {
392     carp 'Net::SMTP::recipient: ESMTP not supported by host - options discarded :-(';
393    }
394  }
395
396 my @ok;
397 my $addr;
398 foreach $addr (@_)
399  {
400    if($smtp->_RCPT("TO:" . _addr($smtp, $addr) . $opts)) {
401      push(@ok,$addr) if $skip_bad;
402    }
403    elsif(!$skip_bad) {
404      return 0;
405    }
406  }
407
408 return $skip_bad ? @ok : 1;
409}
410
411BEGIN {
412  *to  = \&recipient;
413  *cc  = \&recipient;
414  *bcc = \&recipient;
415}
416
417sub data
418{
419 my $me = shift;
420
421 if(exists ${*$me}{'net_smtp_chunking'})
422  {
423   carp 'Net::SMTP::data: CHUNKING extension in use, must call bdat instead';
424  }
425 else
426  {
427   my $ok = $me->_DATA() && $me->datasend(@_);
428
429   $ok && @_ ? $me->dataend
430	     : $ok;
431  }
432}
433
434sub bdat
435{
436 my $me = shift;
437
438 if(exists ${*$me}{'net_smtp_chunking'})
439  {
440   my $data = shift;
441
442   $me->_BDAT(length $data) && $me->rawdatasend($data) &&
443     $me->response() == CMD_OK;
444  }
445 else
446  {
447   carp 'Net::SMTP::bdat: CHUNKING extension is not in use, call data instead';
448  }
449}
450
451sub bdatlast
452{
453 my $me = shift;
454
455 if(exists ${*$me}{'net_smtp_chunking'})
456  {
457   my $data = shift;
458
459   $me->_BDAT(length $data, "LAST") && $me->rawdatasend($data) &&
460     $me->response() == CMD_OK;
461  }
462 else
463  {
464   carp 'Net::SMTP::bdat: CHUNKING extension is not in use, call data instead';
465  }
466}
467
468sub datafh {
469  my $me = shift;
470  return unless $me->_DATA();
471  return $me->tied_fh;
472}
473
474sub expand
475{
476 my $me = shift;
477
478 $me->_EXPN(@_) ? ($me->message)
479		: ();
480}
481
482
483sub verify { shift->_VRFY(@_) }
484
485sub help
486{
487 my $me = shift;
488
489 $me->_HELP(@_) ? scalar $me->message
490	        : undef;
491}
492
493sub quit
494{
495 my $me = shift;
496
497 $me->_QUIT;
498 $me->close;
499}
500
501sub DESTROY
502{
503# ignore
504}
505
506##
507## RFC821 commands
508##
509
510sub _EHLO { shift->command("EHLO", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
511sub _HELO { shift->command("HELO", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
512sub _MAIL { shift->command("MAIL", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
513sub _RCPT { shift->command("RCPT", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
514sub _SEND { shift->command("SEND", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
515sub _SAML { shift->command("SAML", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
516sub _SOML { shift->command("SOML", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
517sub _VRFY { shift->command("VRFY", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
518sub _EXPN { shift->command("EXPN", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
519sub _HELP { shift->command("HELP", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
520sub _RSET { shift->command("RSET")->response()	    == CMD_OK }
521sub _NOOP { shift->command("NOOP")->response()	    == CMD_OK }
522sub _QUIT { shift->command("QUIT")->response()	    == CMD_OK }
523sub _DATA { shift->command("DATA")->response()	    == CMD_MORE }
524sub _BDAT { shift->command("BDAT", @_) }
525sub _TURN { shift->unsupported(@_); }
526sub _ETRN { shift->command("ETRN", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
527sub _AUTH { shift->command("AUTH", @_)->response()  == CMD_OK }
528
5291;
530
531__END__
532
533=head1 NAME
534
535Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
536
537=head1 SYNOPSIS
538
539    use Net::SMTP;
540
541    # Constructors
542    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');
543    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost', Timeout => 60);
544
545=head1 DESCRIPTION
546
547This module implements a client interface to the SMTP and ESMTP
548protocol, enabling a perl5 application to talk to SMTP servers. This
549documentation assumes that you are familiar with the concepts of the
550SMTP protocol described in RFC821.
551
552A new Net::SMTP object must be created with the I<new> method. Once
553this has been done, all SMTP commands are accessed through this object.
554
555The Net::SMTP class is a subclass of Net::Cmd and IO::Socket::INET.
556
557=head1 EXAMPLES
558
559This example prints the mail domain name of the SMTP server known as mailhost:
560
561    #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
562
563    use Net::SMTP;
564
565    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');
566    print $smtp->domain,"\n";
567    $smtp->quit;
568
569This example sends a small message to the postmaster at the SMTP server
570known as mailhost:
571
572    #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
573
574    use Net::SMTP;
575
576    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');
577
578    $smtp->mail($ENV{USER});
579    $smtp->to('postmaster');
580
581    $smtp->data();
582    $smtp->datasend("To: postmaster\n");
583    $smtp->datasend("\n");
584    $smtp->datasend("A simple test message\n");
585    $smtp->dataend();
586
587    $smtp->quit;
588
589=head1 CONSTRUCTOR
590
591=over 4
592
593=item new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] )
594
595This is the constructor for a new Net::SMTP object. C<HOST> is the
596name of the remote host to which an SMTP connection is required.
597
598C<HOST> is optional. If C<HOST> is not given then it may instead be
599passed as the C<Host> option described below. If neither is given then
600the C<SMTP_Hosts> specified in C<Net::Config> will be used.
601
602C<OPTIONS> are passed in a hash like fashion, using key and value pairs.
603Possible options are:
604
605B<Hello> - SMTP requires that you identify yourself. This option
606specifies a string to pass as your mail domain. If not given localhost.localdomain
607will be used.
608
609B<Host> - SMTP host to connect to. It may be a single scalar, as defined for
610the C<PeerAddr> option in L<IO::Socket::INET>, or a reference to
611an array with hosts to try in turn. The L</host> method will return the value
612which was used to connect to the host.
613
614B<LocalAddr> and B<LocalPort> - These parameters are passed directly
615to IO::Socket to allow binding the socket to a local port.
616
617B<Timeout> - Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for a response from the
618SMTP server (default: 120)
619
620B<ExactAddresses> - If true the all ADDRESS arguments must be as
621defined by C<addr-spec> in RFC2822. If not given, or false, then
622Net::SMTP will attempt to extract the address from the value passed.
623
624B<Debug> - Enable debugging information
625
626
627Example:
628
629
630    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost',
631			   Hello => 'my.mail.domain'
632			   Timeout => 30,
633                           Debug   => 1,
634			  );
635
636    # the same
637    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new(
638			   Host => 'mailhost',
639			   Hello => 'my.mail.domain'
640			   Timeout => 30,
641                           Debug   => 1,
642			  );
643
644    # Connect to the default server from Net::config
645    $smtp = Net::SMTP->new(
646			   Hello => 'my.mail.domain'
647			   Timeout => 30,
648			  );
649
650=back
651
652=head1 METHODS
653
654Unless otherwise stated all methods return either a I<true> or I<false>
655value, with I<true> meaning that the operation was a success. When a method
656states that it returns a value, failure will be returned as I<undef> or an
657empty list.
658
659=over 4
660
661=item banner ()
662
663Returns the banner message which the server replied with when the
664initial connection was made.
665
666=item domain ()
667
668Returns the domain that the remote SMTP server identified itself as during
669connection.
670
671=item hello ( DOMAIN )
672
673Tell the remote server the mail domain which you are in using the EHLO
674command (or HELO if EHLO fails).  Since this method is invoked
675automatically when the Net::SMTP object is constructed the user should
676normally not have to call it manually.
677
678=item host ()
679
680Returns the value used by the constructor, and passed to IO::Socket::INET,
681to connect to the host.
682
683=item etrn ( DOMAIN )
684
685Request a queue run for the DOMAIN given.
686
687=item auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD )
688
689Attempt SASL authentication.
690
691=item mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] )
692
693=item send ( ADDRESS )
694
695=item send_or_mail ( ADDRESS )
696
697=item send_and_mail ( ADDRESS )
698
699Send the appropriate command to the server MAIL, SEND, SOML or SAML. C<ADDRESS>
700is the address of the sender. This initiates the sending of a message. The
701method C<recipient> should be called for each address that the message is to
702be sent to.
703
704The C<mail> method can some additional ESMTP OPTIONS which is passed
705in hash like fashion, using key and value pairs.  Possible options are:
706
707 Size        => <bytes>
708 Return      => "FULL" | "HDRS"
709 Bits        => "7" | "8" | "binary"
710 Transaction => <ADDRESS>
711 Envelope    => <ENVID>
712 XVERP       => 1
713
714The C<Return> and C<Envelope> parameters are used for DSN (Delivery
715Status Notification).
716
717=item reset ()
718
719Reset the status of the server. This may be called after a message has been
720initiated, but before any data has been sent, to cancel the sending of the
721message.
722
723=item recipient ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS, [...]] [, OPTIONS ] )
724
725Notify the server that the current message should be sent to all of the
726addresses given. Each address is sent as a separate command to the server.
727Should the sending of any address result in a failure then the process is
728aborted and a I<false> value is returned. It is up to the user to call
729C<reset> if they so desire.
730
731The C<recipient> method can also pass additional case-sensitive OPTIONS as an
732anonymous hash using key and value pairs.  Possible options are:
733
734  Notify  => ['NEVER'] or ['SUCCESS','FAILURE','DELAY']  (see below)
735  SkipBad => 1        (to ignore bad addresses)
736
737If C<SkipBad> is true the C<recipient> will not return an error when a bad
738address is encountered and it will return an array of addresses that did
739succeed.
740
741  $smtp->recipient($recipient1,$recipient2);  # Good
742  $smtp->recipient($recipient1,$recipient2, { SkipBad => 1 });  # Good
743  $smtp->recipient($recipient1,$recipient2, { Notify => ['FAILURE','DELAY'], SkipBad => 1 });  # Good
744  @goodrecips=$smtp->recipient(@recipients, { Notify => ['FAILURE'], SkipBad => 1 });  # Good
745  $smtp->recipient("$recipient,$recipient2"); # BAD
746
747Notify is used to request Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs), but your
748SMTP/ESMTP service may not respect this request depending upon its version and
749your site's SMTP configuration.
750
751Leaving out the Notify option usually defaults an SMTP service to its default
752behavior equivalent to ['FAILURE'] notifications only, but again this may be
753dependent upon your site's SMTP configuration.
754
755The NEVER keyword must appear by itself if used within the Notify option and "requests
756that a DSN not be returned to the sender under any conditions."
757
758  {Notify => ['NEVER']}
759
760  $smtp->recipient(@recipients, { Notify => ['NEVER'], SkipBad => 1 });  # Good
761
762You may use any combination of these three values 'SUCCESS','FAILURE','DELAY' in
763the anonymous array reference as defined by RFC3461 (see http://rfc.net/rfc3461.html
764for more information.  Note: quotations in this topic from same.).
765
766A Notify parameter of 'SUCCESS' or 'FAILURE' "requests that a DSN be issued on
767successful delivery or delivery failure, respectively."
768
769A Notify parameter of 'DELAY' "indicates the sender's willingness to receive
770delayed DSNs.  Delayed DSNs may be issued if delivery of a message has been
771delayed for an unusual amount of time (as determined by the Message Transfer
772Agent (MTA) at which the message is delayed), but the final delivery status
773(whether successful or failure) cannot be determined.  The absence of the DELAY
774keyword in a NOTIFY parameter requests that a "delayed" DSN NOT be issued under
775any conditions."
776
777  {Notify => ['SUCCESS','FAILURE','DELAY']}
778
779  $smtp->recipient(@recipients, { Notify => ['FAILURE','DELAY'], SkipBad => 1 });  # Good
780
781=item to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] )
782
783=item cc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] )
784
785=item bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] )
786
787Synonyms for C<recipient>.
788
789=item data ( [ DATA ] )
790
791Initiate the sending of the data from the current message.
792
793C<DATA> may be a reference to a list or a list. If specified the contents
794of C<DATA> and a termination string C<".\r\n"> is sent to the server. And the
795result will be true if the data was accepted.
796
797If C<DATA> is not specified then the result will indicate that the server
798wishes the data to be sent. The data must then be sent using the C<datasend>
799and C<dataend> methods described in L<Net::Cmd>.
800
801=item expand ( ADDRESS )
802
803Request the server to expand the given address Returns an array
804which contains the text read from the server.
805
806=item verify ( ADDRESS )
807
808Verify that C<ADDRESS> is a legitimate mailing address.
809
810Most sites usually disable this feature in their SMTP service configuration.
811Use "Debug => 1" option under new() to see if disabled.
812
813=item help ( [ $subject ] )
814
815Request help text from the server. Returns the text or undef upon failure
816
817=item quit ()
818
819Send the QUIT command to the remote SMTP server and close the socket connection.
820
821=back
822
823=head1 ADDRESSES
824
825Net::SMTP attempts to DWIM with addresses that are passed. For
826example an application might extract The From: line from an email
827and pass that to mail(). While this may work, it is not reccomended.
828The application should really use a module like L<Mail::Address>
829to extract the mail address and pass that.
830
831If C<ExactAddresses> is passed to the contructor, then addresses
832should be a valid rfc2821-quoted address, although Net::SMTP will
833accept accept the address surrounded by angle brackets.
834
835 funny user@domain      WRONG
836 "funny user"@domain    RIGHT, recommended
837 <"funny user"@domain>  OK
838
839=head1 SEE ALSO
840
841L<Net::Cmd>
842
843=head1 AUTHOR
844
845Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
846
847=head1 COPYRIGHT
848
849Copyright (c) 1995-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
850This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
851it under the same terms as Perl itself.
852
853=cut
854