use Sam::Constants qw(REG PRE POST); ... $content_ref->{PRE} = PRE; $content_ref->{REG} = REG; $content_ref->{list} = $list; $content_ref->{list_alt} = $list_alt; # for mailer and pass content variable to template my %email_args = ( from => $pool_ref->email, bcc => $pool_ref->admin->email1, text_template => 'list_txt.tt2', content_ref => $content_ref, ); require Template; my $tt = Template->new( { INCLUDE_PATH => $BASE_DIR . '/root/src/', INTERPOLATE => 1, } ) || die "$Template::ERROR\n"; $tt->process( $email_args{text_template}, $email_args{content_ref} ) || die $tt->error(), "\n";