[oak perl] MIME::Lite question

[Michael Paoli]

There is MIME multipart/alternative.  Done well, though it still
comparatively wastes space/bandwidth, it may be less egregious.
But messing up MIME multipart/alternative tends to reflect rather poorly
on the sender and/or their software (spammers and malware often
intentionally misuse multipart/alternative, and some buggy software
also messes it up horribly - these aberrant behaviors can be quite
problematic/annoying for recipients).  Maybe someone on the list already
knows if there are modules, etc., that are particularly useful for
constructing MIME multipart/alternative.

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2046.html

Quoting "M. Lewis" <cajun at cajuninc.com>:

> NOTE: It has been pointed out to me (off-list) that most folks don't 
> like HTML mail. I couldn't agree more. It's the person with the pointy 
> little head that I'm sending this for who against everything I said, 
> wants it done in HTML. Grrrrr...
> 
> M
> 
> M. Lewis wrote:
> > I'm trying to use MIME::Lite to send out a mailing. The mailing is an 
> > HTML document ($content) with two images in it.
> > 
> > The message is being sent as HTML, however the two images do not appear. 
> >   I've tried adding other attachments for the two images, but that just 
> > makes them appear as attachments (duh..) rather than in the HTML
> document.
> > 
> > Obviously I have missed the boat here somewhere. Suggestions welcome.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
> > $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
> >      From     => "$from",
> >      To       => "$recipient",
> >      Subject  => "$subject",
> >      Date     => `date`,
> >      Type     => 'multipart/related',
> > );
> > 
> > $msg->attach(Type => 'text/html',
> > Path => "$content");