#!/usr/bin/perl -w
=head1 NAME
mime_postcard - output a multipart/alternative message
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Usage:
mime_postcard /path/to/some/graphic.jpg to@addr.com
You can point it at a .gif file as well.
The special address "-" just causes the message to go to STDOUT.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This send a mesasge both as HTML and plain text.
I use "Data"; you would probably use "Path".
=head1 AUTHOR
Eryq, eryq@zeegee.com
=cut
use MIME::Lite 1.137;
use strict;
$SIG{__DIE__} = sub { die "mime_postcard: $_[0]\n" };
### Get graphic:
my $graphic = shift @ARGV || die "usage error: missing path to graphic\n";
(-r $graphic) or die "$graphic unreadable\n";
my $graphic_type;
if ($graphic =~ /\.gif$/i) { $graphic_type = "image/gif" }
elsif ($graphic =~ /\.jpe?g$/i) { $graphic_type = "image/jpeg" }
elsif ($graphic =~ /\.png$/i) { $graphic_type = "image/png" }
else { die "unknown type for: $graphic\n"; }
my $gid = "my-graphic";
### Get destination:
my $dest = shift @ARGV || die "missing destination\n";
### The top-level message:
my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(To => $dest,
Subject => 'A postcard for you',
Type => 'multipart/alternative');
### Alternative #1 is the plain text:
my $plain = $msg->attach(Type => 'text/plain',
Data => ["Having a wonderful time... \n",
"wish you were looking at HTML \n",
"instead of this boring text!\n"]);
### Alternative #2 is the HTML-with-content:
my $fancy = $msg->attach(Type => 'multipart/related');
$fancy->attach(Type => 'text/html',
Data => [qq< <H1>Hey there!</H1> \n>,
qq< Having a <I>wonderful</I> time... take a look!\n >,
qq< <BR><IMG SRC="cid:$gid" ALT="Snapshot"> <HR> >]);
$fancy->attach(Type => $graphic_type,
Path => $graphic,
Id => $gid);
if ($dest eq '-') {
$msg->print;
}
else {
$msg->send;
}