NAME

Sympa::Mailer - Store messages to sendmail

SYNOPSIS

use Sympa::Mailer;
use Sympa::Process;
my $mailer = Sympa::Mailer->instance;
my $process = Sympa::Process->instance;

$mailer->store($message, ['user1@dom.ain', user2@other.dom.ain']);

DESCRIPTION

Sympa::Mailer implements the class to invoke sendmail processes and store messages to them.

Methods

• instance ( )

  Constructor. Creates a singleton instance of Sympa::Mailer object.

  Returns:

  A new Sympa::Mailer instance, or undef for failure.

• reaper ( [ blocking => 1 ] )

  DEPRECATED. Use “reap_child” in Sympa::Process.

  Instance method. Non blocking function called by: main loop of sympa, task_manager, bounced etc., just to clean the defuncts list by waiting to any processes and decrementing the counter.

  Parameter:

  • blocking => 1

    Operation would block.

  Returns:

  PID.

• store ( $message, $rcpt, [ envid => $envid ], [ tag => $tag ] )

  Instance method. Makes a sendmail ready for the recipients given as argument, uses a file descriptor in the smtp table which can be imported by other parties. Before, waits for number of children process < number allowed by sympa.conf

  Parameters:

  • $message

    Message to be sent.

    {envelope_sender} attribute of the message will be used as SMTP “MAIL FROM:” field.

  • $rcpt

    Scalar, scalarref or arrayref, for SMTP “RCPT TO:” field.

  • envid => $envid

    An envelope ID of this message submission in notification table. See also Sympa::Tracking.

  • tag => $tag

    TBD

  Returns:

  Filehandle on opened pipe to output SMTP “DATA” field. Otherwise undef.

Attributes

Sympa::Mailer instance may have following attributes:

• {log_smtp}

  If true value is set, each invocation of sendmail process will be logged.

• {redundancy}

  Positive integer. If set, maximum number of invocation of sendmail is divided by this value.

SEE ALSO

Sympa::Message, Sympa::Process, Sympa::Spool::Listmaster, Sympa::Spool::Outgoing.

HISTORY

Sympa::Mailer, the rewrite of mail.pm, appeared on Sympa 6.2.