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+package Catalyst::Plugin::Email;
+
+use strict;
+use Email::Send;
+use Email::MIME;
+use Email::MIME::Creator;
+use Carp qw/croak/;
+
+our $VERSION = '0.08';
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Catalyst::Plugin::Email - (DEPRECATED) Send emails with Catalyst
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ # please use Email::MIME::Kit or Catalyst::View::Email::Template instead
+
+ use Catalyst 'Email';
+
+ __PACKAGE__->config->{email} = [qw/SMTP smtp.oook.de/];
+
+ $c->email(
+ header => [
+ From => 'sri@oook.de',
+ To => 'sri@cpan.org',
+ Subject => 'Hello!'
+ ],
+ body => 'Hello sri'
+ );
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Send emails with Catalyst and L<Email::Send> and L<Email::MIME::Creator>.
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION
+
+C<config> accepts the same options as L<Email::Send>.
+
+To send using the system's C<sendmail> program, set C<config> like so:
+
+ __PACKAGE__->config->{email} = ['Sendmail'];
+
+To send using authenticated SMTP:
+
+ __PACKAGE__->config->{email} = [
+ 'SMTP',
+ 'smtp.myhost.com',
+ username => $USERNAME,
+ password => $PASSWORD,
+ ];
+
+For different methods of sending emails, and appropriate C<config> options,
+see L<Email::Send::NNTP>, L<Email::Send::Qmail>, L<Email::Send::SMTP> and
+L<Email::Send::Sendmail>.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 email
+
+C<email()> accepts the same arguments as L<Email::MIME::Creator>'s
+C<create()>.
+
+ $c->email(
+ header => [
+ To => 'me@localhost',
+ Subject => 'A TT Email',
+ ],
+ body => $c->subreq( '/render_email' ),
+ );
+
+To send a multipart message, include a C<parts> argument containing an
+arrayref of Email::MIME objects.
+
+ my @parts = (
+ Email::MIME->create(
+ attributes => {
+ content_type => 'application/pdf',
+ encoding => 'quoted-printable',
+ name => 'report.pdf',
+ },
+ body => $FILE_DATA,
+ ),
+ Email::MIME->create(
+ attributes => {
+ content_type => 'text/plain',
+ disposition => 'attachment',
+ charset => 'US-ASCII',
+ },
+ body => $c->subreq( '/render_email' ),
+ ),
+ );
+
+ $c->email(
+ header => [
+ To => 'me@localhost',
+ Subject => 'A TT Email',
+ ],
+ parts => \@parts,
+ );
+
+=cut
+
+sub email {
+ my $c = shift;
+ my $email = $_[1] ? {@_} : $_[0];
+ $email = Email::MIME->create(%$email);
+ my $args = $c->config->{email} || [];
+ my @args = @{$args};
+ my $class;
+ unless ( $class = shift @args ) {
+ $class = 'SMTP';
+ unshift @args, 'localhost';
+ }
+ send $class => $email, @args;
+}
+
+=head1 USING WITH A VIEW
+
+A common practice is to handle emails using the same template language used
+for HTML pages. If your view supports the 'render' method (Like the TT view
+does), you just set the body like this:
+ $c->email(
+ header => [
+ To => 'me@localhost',
+ Subject => 'A TT Email',
+ ],
+ body => $c->view('TT')->render($c,'mytemplate.tt'),
+ }
+
+If your view doesn't support render, you can just forward to it, then reset
+the body like this:
+
+ sub send_email : Local {
+ my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+ {
+ local $c->stash->{names} = [ qw/andyg sri mst/ ],
+ local $c->stash->{template}= 'mytemplate.tt';
+ $c->forward($c->view('MyView'));
+ $c->email(
+ header => [
+ To => 'me@localhost',
+ Subject => 'A TT Email',
+ ],
+ body => $c->res->body,
+ );
+ $c->res->body(undef);
+ }
+ }
+
+And the template:
+
+ [%- FOREACH name IN names -%]
+ Hi, [% name %]!
+ [%- END -%]
+
+ --
+ Regards,
+ Us
+
+Output:
+
+ Hi, andyg!
+ Hi, sri!
+ Hi, mst!
+
+ --
+ Regards,
+ Us
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<Catalyst>, L<Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest>, L<Email::Send>,
+L<Email::MIME::Creator>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@cpan.org>
+Andy Grundman
+Carl Franks
+Marcus Ramberg C<mramberg@cpan.org>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+
+1;