Summary

The Net::SMTP, Mail::Internet, and Mail::Mailer modules make it possible, and convenient, to send properly formatted Internet mail. The MIME-Tools package builds on these classes to construct and process complex messages that contain MIME attachments.

The next chapter shows the other side of the equation: how to receive and process incoming messages. In addition, it contains practical examples of processing message attachments using MIME::Parser.

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