This is MIME::Lite 3.01 Maintenance release
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INSTALLATION
Install using
perl makefile.pl
make test
make install
Or instead of the last line, even better is
make install TEST_VERBOSE=1
Adjust the make command as is appropriate for your OS. 'nmake' is the
usual name under Win32
In order to read the docmentation please use
perldoc MIME::Lite
from the command line or visit
http://search.cpan.org/search?query=MIME%3A%3ALite&mode=all
for a list of all MIME::Lite related materials including the
documentation in HTML of all of the released versions of MIME::Lite.
BUNDLED GOODIES
MIME::Lite comes with a number of extra files in the distribution
bundle. This includes examples, and utility modules that you can use to
get yourself started with the module.
The ./examples directory contains a number of snippets in prepared form,
generally they are documented, but they should be easy to understand.
The ./contrib directory contains a companion/tool modules that come
bundled with MIME::Lite, they dont get installed by default. Please
review the POD they come with.
OTHER MODULES
MIME::Lite works nicely with other certain other modules if they are present.
Good to have installed is the latest MIME::Types, Mail::Address MIME::Base64.
BUGS
The whole reason that version 3.01 was released was to ensure that
MIME::Lite is up to date and patched. If you find an issue please report
it.
As far as I know MIME::Lite doesnt currently have any serious bugs, but
my usage is hardly comprehensive.
Having said that there are a number of open issues for me, mostly caused
by the progress in the community as whole since Eryq last released. The
tests are based around an interesting but non standard test framework.
I'd like to change it over to using Test::More.
Should tests fail please review the ./testout directory, and in any bug
reports please include the output of the relevent file. This is the only
redeeming feature of not using Test::More that I can see.
Bug fixes / Patches / Contribution are welcome, however I probably won't
apply them unless they also have an associated test. This means that if
I dont have the time to write the test the patch wont get applied, so
please, include tests for any patches you provide.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Copyright (c) 1997 by Eryq.
Copyright (c) 1998 by ZeeGee Software Inc.
Copyright (c) 2003 Yves Orton. demerphq (at) hotmail.com.
All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
itself.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY of any kind. See the COPYING
file in the distribution for details.
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