#!/usr/bin/perl -w =head1 NAME mime_postcard - output a multipart/alternative message =head1 SYNOPSIS Usage: mime_postcard /path/to/some/graphic.jpg to@addr.com You can point it at a .gif file as well. The special address "-" just causes the message to go to STDOUT. =head1 DESCRIPTION This send a mesasge both as HTML and plain text. I use "Data"; you would probably use "Path". =head1 AUTHOR Eryq, eryq@zeegee.com =cut use MIME::Lite 1.137; use strict; $SIG{__DIE__} = sub { die "mime_postcard: $_[0]\n" }; ### Get graphic: my $graphic = shift @ARGV || die "usage error: missing path to graphic\n"; (-r $graphic) or die "$graphic unreadable\n"; my $graphic_type; if ($graphic =~ /\.gif$/i) { $graphic_type = "image/gif" } elsif ($graphic =~ /\.jpe?g$/i) { $graphic_type = "image/jpeg" } elsif ($graphic =~ /\.png$/i) { $graphic_type = "image/png" } else { die "unknown type for: $graphic\n"; } my $gid = "my-graphic"; ### Get destination: my $dest = shift @ARGV || die "missing destination\n"; ### The top-level message: my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(To => $dest, Subject => 'A postcard for you', Type => 'multipart/alternative'); ### Alternative #1 is the plain text: my $plain = $msg->attach(Type => 'text/plain', Data => ["Having a wonderful time... \n", "wish you were looking at HTML \n", "instead of this boring text!\n"]); ### Alternative #2 is the HTML-with-content: my $fancy = $msg->attach(Type => 'multipart/related'); $fancy->attach(Type => 'text/html', Data => [qq<

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>]); $fancy->attach(Type => $graphic_type, Path => $graphic, Id => $gid); if ($dest eq '-') { $msg->print; } else { $msg->send; }