Obtaining

The Net::SMTP module is freely available and is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. The latest version can be downloaded from http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Net/ or from CPAN mirrors. For your convenience we are also making this file available for direct download from our site:

• libnet-1_0607_tar.gz (60 kB)

Please note that the version available from our site might not necessarily be the latest available version of this software. Check the URL above or a CPAN mirror site if you want to ensure that you have the latest version.

Installing

Pasted here, ver batim, is the associated "readme" file for this distribution.

libnet is a collection of Perl modules which provides a simple
and consistent programming interface (API) to the client side
of various protocols used in the internet community.
For details of each protocol please refer to the RFC. RFC's
can be found a various places on the WEB, for a staring
point look at:
    http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Standards/RFCs/
The RFC implemented in this distribution are
Net::FTP        RFC959          File Transfer Protocol
Net::SMTP       RFC821          Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Net::Time       RFC867          Daytime Protocol
Net::Time       RFC868          Time Protocol
Net::NNTP       RFC977          Network News Transfer Protocol
Net::POP3       RFC1939         Post Office Protocol 3
Net::SNPP       RFC1861         Simple Network Pager Protocol
The distribution also contains a module (Net::PH) which facilitates
comunicate with with servers using the CCSO Nameserver Server-Client
Protocol
FUTURE WORK
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of libnet is available from the Comprehensive Perl
Archive Network (CPAN). To find a CPAN site near you see:
    http://www.perl.com/CPAN
                            ^ no slash here !!
INSTALLATION
In order to use this package you will need Perl version 5.002 or
better.  You install libnet, as you would install any perl module
library, by running these commands:
   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install
If you want to install a private copy of libnet in your home
directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with
something like this command:
  perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl
The Makefile.PL program will start out by checking your perl
installation for a few packages that are recommended to be installed
together with libnet.  These packages should be available on CPAN
(described above).
CONFIGURE
Normally when perl Makefile.PL is run it will run Configure which will ask some
questions about your system. The results of these questions will be stored in
the Net::Config package. If you are on a system when this script cannot be run
for some reason then the file Config.eg can be edited manually and installed
as Net::Config (Net/Comfig.pm)
DOCUMENTATION
See ChangeLog for recent changes.  POD style documentation is included
in all modules and scripts.  These are normally converted to manual
pages and installed as part of the "make install" process.  You should
also be able to use the 'perldoc' utility to extract documentation from
the module files directly.
DEMOS
The demos directory does contain a few demo scripts. These should be
run from the top directory like
    demos/smtp.self -user my-email-address -debug
However I do not guarantee these scripts to work.
SUPPORT
Questions about how to use this library should be directed to the
comp.lang.perl.modules USENET Newsgroup.  Bug reports and suggestions
for improvements can be sendt to me at . 
Most of the modules in this library have an option to output a debug
transcript to STDERR. When reporting bugs/problems please, if possible,
include a transcript of a run.
COPYRIGHT
  © 1996-98 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Share and Enjoy!

Support

libnet and Net::SMTP are third-party software and are thus not supported by DiscusWare.

The "Support" section of the readme file above instructs you to seek support from the comp.lang.perl.modules USENET Newsgroup.