Net::SSLGlue::SMTP(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationNet::SSLGlue::SMTP(3)NAMENet::SSLGlue::SMTP - make Net::SMTP able to use SSL
SYNOPSIS
use Net::SSLGlue::SMTP;
my $smtp_ssl = Net::SMTP->new( $host,
SSL => 1,
SSL_ca_path => ...
);
my $smtp_plain = Net::SMTP->new( $host );
$smtp_plain->starttls( SSL_ca_path => ... );
DESCRIPTIONNet::SSLGlue::SMTP extends Net::SMTP so one can either start directly
with SSL or switch later to SSL using the STARTTLS command.
By default it will take care to verify the certificate according to the
rules for SMTP implemented in IO::Socket::SSL.
METHODS
new The method "new" of Net::SMTP is now able to start directly with
SSL when the argument "<SSL =" 1>> is given. In this case it will
not create an IO::Socket::INET object but an IO::Socket::SSL
object. One can give the usual "SSL_*" parameter of IO::Socket::SSL
to "Net::SMTP::new".
starttls
If the connection is not yet SSLified it will issue the STARTTLS
command and change the object, so that SSL will now be used. The
usual "SSL_*" parameter of IO::Socket::SSL will be given.
peer_certificate ...
Once the SSL connection is established the object is derived from
IO::Socket::SSL so that you can use this method to get information
about the certificate. See the IO::Socket::SSL documentation.
All of these methods can take the "SSL_*" parameter from
IO::Socket::SSL to change the behavior of the SSL connection. The
following parameters are especially useful:
SSL_ca_path, SSL_ca_file
Specifies the path or a file where the CAs used for checking the
certificates are located. This is typically "etc/ssl/certs" on UNIX
systems.
SSL_verify_mode
If set to 0, verification of the certificate will be disabled. By
default it is set to 1 which means that the peer certificate is
checked.
SSL_verifycn_name
Usually the name given as the hostname in the constructor is used
to verify the identity of the certificate. If you want to check the
certificate against another name you can specify it with this
parameter.
SEE ALSO
IO::Socket::SSL, Net::SMTP
COPYRIGHT
This module is copyright (c) 2008, Steffen Ullrich. All Rights
Reserved. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.14.1 2011-05-27 Net::SSLGlue::SMTP(3)
