how to send mail using perl with attachement? - perl

Question

I've try to send mail using perl with attachment I've tried with Email::Stuff and MIME::Lite,during run time i got some error as Authentication failed or server not connected can anybody help me?
corresponding code is:
use MIME::Lite;
use Net::SMTP;
### Adjust sender, recipient and your SMTP mailhost
my $from_address = 'atme04#gmail.com';
my $to_address = 'thiyagu040#gmail.com';
my $mail_host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
### Adjust subject and body message
my $subject = 'A message with 2 parts ...';
my $message_body = "Here's the attachment file(s) you wanted";
my $your_file_zip = 'my.zip';
$msg = MIME::Lite->new (
From => $from_address,
To => $to_address,
Subject => $subject,
Type =>'multipart/mixed'
) or die "Error creating multipart container: $!\n";
MIME::Lite->send('smtp', 'smtp.gmail.com' ,
Port =>465 ,
Timeout=>320 ,
Debug => 1 ,
Hello => $mail_host,
User => $from_address,
Password => 'Thiyagu.04' );
#$mime_msg->send() or die "Error sending message: $!\n";
#MIME::Lite->send('smtp',$mail_host,AuthUser=> $from_address, AuthPass=>"apssword");
$msg->send();
error message is;
SMTP Failed to connect to mail server: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond aft
er a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
at mail.pl line 54.
thanks in advance

Answer 1

The error message seems pretty clear to me. The problem is with your connection to the mail server - so changing the module that you're using is unlikely to achieve anything useful. I don't know enough about Gmail's server settings to comment on what the problem is, but this page has some suggestions that you might follow. Specifically, you could check that the Gmail account has 'allow authentication' turned on and that your mail client (the Perl program) is using SSL for the connection.
Also, this might be easier if you used an email that was specifically designed for use with Gmail. Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail looks tailor-made for your requirements.