Listing 1: send-mail.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;
use diagnostics;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use Mail::Sendmail;
# Create a new instance of CGI
my $query = new CGI;
# Send a MIME header to the user's browser
print $query->header;
# Get the fields from the HTML form
my $sender = $query->param("sender");
my $recipient = $query->param("recipient");
my $message = $query->param("message");
# Create the mail message
my %mail = (To => $recipient,
From => $sender,
Message => $message);
# Send the message
if (sendmail %mail)
{
# Send some output to the user's browser
print $query->start_html(-title =>
"Success!");
print "<H1>Success!</H1>\n";
print "<P>The following message was " .
"successfully sent:</P>\n";
print "<Form method=\"POST\"".
action=\"\">\n";
print "<P><HR></P>\n";
print "<P>Sender: $sender</P>\n";
print "<P>Recipient: $recipient</P>\n";
print "<P>Message:<P></P>";
print "<textarea rows=\"20\" cols=\"60\">" .
"$message</textarea></P>\n";
print "<P><HR></P>\n";
print "</Form>\n";
print $query->end_html;
}
else
{
print "Error sending mail: " .
"$Mail::Sendmail::error \n";
}
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