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hyper · 04-30-2002, 06:57 AM

i have a script that uses the print command to send out email

how do i modify it to print out html?

this is a sample

print MAIL "Hello,\n";
print MAIL " Thank you for joining $sitename:\n";
print MAIL "\n";
print MAIL " Your details are below:\n\n";

now i want to insert html below this and then resume the email

Babaganoosh · 04-30-2002, 07:06 AM

The email will have to be sent in either HTML OR plain text. What you'll need to do to send email in HTML is find the line

print MAIL "Subject: WHATEVER \n\n";

and below it add

print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

Make SURE you remove one of the newlines from the subject line so you end up with

print MAIL "Subject: WHATEVER \n";
print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

hyper · 04-30-2002, 07:07 AM

thanks bro

hyper · 04-30-2002, 08:58 AM

i had to do it this way armed
i kept fucking with it till i got it

print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n";
print MAIL "To: $emailok\n";
print MAIL "From: $adminmail\n";
print MAIL "Subject: $sitename\n\n";

i read the content type has to be the first thing sent

then i figured the to from and subject gotto go next

then the html

NetRodent · 04-30-2002, 09:19 AM

If you're going to be sending html emails you might want to consider reading up on mime encoding. Here's a sample message that contains a plain text section and an html section. Just make sure your boundry tag is something that would never occur in the text of either message.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:29:36 EDT
Subject: testing
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_123456789.987654321_boundary"

--part1_123456789.987654321_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

This is the plain text message

--part1_123456789.987654321_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<HTML>
<H1>This is the HTML message</H1>
</HTML>

--part1_123456789.987654321_boundary--

hyper · 04-30-2002, 10:40 AM

geez that would take alot of work

would that even work with a perl generated email?

Babaganoosh · 04-30-2002, 10:46 AM

It may, I don't understand the purpose of doing that though. To be honest, I have never fucked with it. In my line of work, there is no reason to send out a multipart email. I either send in text OR HTML. Not saying the other way won't work, just saying I have never done that.

Also, looks like your problem was the two newlines after the subject.

Had you done

print MAIL "Subject: WHATEVER \n";
print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

It would have worked, but I suspect you left the two newlines in the subject line which would signify the end of the email header before the content type was specified.

hyper · 04-30-2002, 10:50 AM

yeah i tried it exactly like you said.
it didnt work

maybe it was the way the free script was wrote.
i'm just hacking it to send html mail

04-30-2002, 06:57 AM	#1
hyper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Ass Posts: 5,294	Perl Guru's i have a script that uses the print command to send out email how do i modify it to print out html? this is a sample print MAIL "Hello,\n"; print MAIL " Thank you for joining $sitename:\n"; print MAIL "\n"; print MAIL " Your details are below:\n\n"; now i want to insert html below this and then resume the email __________________

04-30-2002, 07:06 AM	#2
Babaganoosh ♥♥♥ Likes Hugs ♥♥♥ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: /home Posts: 15,841	The email will have to be sent in either HTML OR plain text. What you'll need to do to send email in HTML is find the line print MAIL "Subject: WHATEVER \n\n"; and below it add print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; Make SURE you remove one of the newlines from the subject line so you end up with print MAIL "Subject: WHATEVER \n"; print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; __________________ I like pie.

04-30-2002, 07:07 AM	#3
hyper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Ass Posts: 5,294	thanks bro __________________

04-30-2002, 08:58 AM	#4
hyper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Ass Posts: 5,294	i had to do it this way armed i kept fucking with it till i got it print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n"; print MAIL "To: $emailok\n"; print MAIL "From: $adminmail\n"; print MAIL "Subject: $sitename\n\n"; i read the content type has to be the first thing sent then i figured the to from and subject gotto go next then the html __________________

04-30-2002, 10:40 AM	#6
hyper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Ass Posts: 5,294	geez that would take alot of work would that even work with a perl generated email? __________________

04-30-2002, 09:19 AM	#5
NetRodent Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: In the walls of your house. Posts: 3,985	If you're going to be sending html emails you might want to consider reading up on mime encoding. Here's a sample message that contains a plain text section and an html section. Just make sure your boundry tag is something that would never occur in the text of either message. ------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:29:36 EDT Subject: testing To: [email protected] From: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_123456789.987654321_boundary" --part1_123456789.987654321_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is the plain text message --part1_123456789.987654321_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <H1>This is the HTML message</H1> </HTML> --part1_123456789.987654321_boundary--

04-30-2002, 10:46 AM	#7
Babaganoosh ♥♥♥ Likes Hugs ♥♥♥ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: /home Posts: 15,841	It may, I don't understand the purpose of doing that though. To be honest, I have never fucked with it. In my line of work, there is no reason to send out a multipart email. I either send in text OR HTML. Not saying the other way won't work, just saying I have never done that. Also, looks like your problem was the two newlines after the subject. Had you done print MAIL "Subject: WHATEVER \n"; print MAIL "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; It would have worked, but I suspect you left the two newlines in the subject line which would signify the end of the email header before the content type was specified. __________________ I like pie.

04-30-2002, 10:50 AM	#8
hyper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Ass Posts: 5,294	yeah i tried it exactly like you said. it didnt work maybe it was the way the free script was wrote. i'm just hacking it to send html mail __________________