Thread: Linux FAQ / Howtos How do I send html email from Perl?

Q. How Can I send html email from cgi perl program under UNIX / Linux and Apache web sever?
A. Sending HTML email is an easy task with MIME::Lite CPAN module. It is a low-calorie MIME generator.
It can be use to send html emails, graphics file email attachments as a single-part or multi-part message. Here is simple perl script that sends html email.
Install Perl MIME::Lite

If you do not have MIME::Lite module, install using following command (login as a root user):

Code:

# cpan -i  MIME::Lite

Perl script code

Script to send html email from perl:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use MIME::Lite;  # SendTo email id my $email = 'user@somewhere.com';  # create a new MIME Lite based email my $msg = MIME::Lite->new ( Subject => "HTML email test", From    => 'YOU@somewhere.com', To      => $email, Type    => 'text/html', Data    => '<H1>Hello</H1><br>This is a test email. Please visit our site <a href="http://cyberciti.biz/">online</a><hr>' );  $msg->send();

Awsome work. I will try it now

Cheers dude