MIME::Lite should also rate a mention. Here is an example:

sub send_message {
    # args passed in %global, make sure all vals defined
    $global{$_} ||= '' for qw( to cc bcc reply_to subject message_ref 
+msg_body );

    # lets include the time in the correct format, corrected for serve
+r offset
    $TIME_OFFSET = '+0000' unless $TIME_OFFSET =~ m/^[+-]?\d\d\d\d\z/;
    require POSIX;
    my $date = POSIX::strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S ", gmtime(time()
+) );
    $date .= $TIME_OFFSET;

    # split the to's,cc's, and bcc's
    my @to  = split(/\s*[,;]\s*/, $global{to})  if $global{to};
    my @cc  = split(/\s*[,;]\s*/, $global{cc})  if $global{cc};
    my @bcc = split(/\s*[,;]\s*/, $global{bcc}) if $global{bcc};

    # clean up the message body newlines to spec
    $global{msg_body} =~ s/\015\012/\012/g;

    # get a new MIME::Lite object
    my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
        From => "$global{username}\@$HOST_NAME",
        To => join(', ', @to),
        Cc => join(', ', @cc),
        Bcc => join(', ', @bcc),
        'Reply-To' => $global{reply_to},
        Subject => $global{subject},
        Date => $date,
        'X-Mailer' => "Our mailer 1.0",
        'References' => $global{message_ref},
        'In-Reply-To' => $global{message_ref},
        Type => "TEXT",
        Data => $global{msg_body}
    );

    # add attachments
    for my $num ( 1..12 ) {
      next unless $q->param("attachment$num");
        my $fh = $q->upload("attachment$num");
        # make file names nice and fix a bug in Internet Exploder
        my ($filename) = $q->param("attachment$num") =~ m!([^/\\:]+)\z
+!;
        $msg->attach(
            Type => "AUTO",
            Filename => $filename,
            FH => $fh
        );
    }
    
    $msg->send();
}
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cheers

tachyon

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Look into Mime::Tools.

---
print map { my ($m)=1<<hex($_)&11?' ':'';
$m.=substr('AHJPacehklnorstu',hex($_),1) }
split //,'2fde0abe76c36c914586c';
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Or Mail::Sender and its MailFile method.

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