NAME Email::Simple::Creator - Email::Simple constructor for starting anew. SYNOPSIS use Email::Simple; use Email::Simple::Creator; my $email = Email::Simple->create( header => [ From => 'casey@geeknest.com', To => 'drain@example.com', Subject => 'Message in a bottle', ], body => '...', ); $email->header_set( 'X-Content-Container' => 'bottle/glass' ); print $email->as_string; DESCRIPTION This software provides a constructor to Email::Simple for creating messages from scratch. Methods create my $email = Email::Simple->create(header => [ @headers ], body => '...'); This method is a constructor that creates an "Email::Simple" object from a set of named parameters. The "header" parameter's value is a list reference containing a set of headers to be created. The "body" parameter's value is a scalar value holding the contents of the message body. If no "Date" header is specified, one will be provided for you based on the "gmtime()" of the local machine. This is because the "Date" field is a required header and is a pain in the neck to create manually for every message. The "From" field is also a required header, but it is *not* provided for you. The parameters passed are used to create an email message that is passed to "Email::Simple->new()". "create()" returns the value returned by "new()". With skill, that's an "Email::Simple" object. SEE ALSO Email::Simple, perl. AUTHOR Casey West, . COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2004 Casey West. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.