Mime::Lite "Real Name" problem

[redgenie]

I'm sending emails with Mime::Lite using SMTP and I cannot find a way to use "Real Names" as shown below for my From field.

"Keith Boynton" <keithboynton@somewhere.com>

Should be perfectly valid?

Yet using Mime::Lite it doesn't work, I think where it actually falls over is in the function _addr in Net::Smtp which sticks <> around everything.

Has anyone successfully managed to send emails with this format, here is what I have tried:

my $fromAddress="\"Keith Boynton\" <keithboynton\@somewhere.com>";

my $mime_msg = MIME::Lite->new(
	   From       => $fromAddress,
	   To         => $recipient,
	   "Reply-To" => $replyTo,
	   "CC"       => $cc,
	   "BCC"      => $bcc,
	   Subject    => $subject,
	   Type       => $mime_type
	   );

It works perfectly for addresses without the "Real Name" part.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.....

 

[Ghodmode]

You don't need the quotes around the real name.

This is from code that I'm using in a "production" environment, so it has been tested and is fully functional. Well, I did change the email address from the real one ...

my $from           = "Elvis Presley <elvis\@presley.com>";

    my $email = MIME::Lite->new (
        From    => $from,
        To      => $contacts,
        Subject => $subject,
        Type    => 'multipart/mixed',
    );

--
-- GhodMode

 

[redgenie]

Hi GhodMode,

Thanks for your post, I've tried that beleive me and many other combinations. I read an article that it's a more recent version of Net::Smtp that causes the problem, apparantly it used to work but stopped working in a more recent version of Net::Smtp. I can't find the d&^%! article now or I would have posted a link to it.

I've looked at the _addr function in Net::Smtp and it adds <> around everything so the address ends up as <Keith Boynton <keithboynton@somewhere.com>>. I've even fudged it to "force" the address to be Keith Boynton <keithboynton@somewhere.com> and it still complains from somewhere further down.

My version 2.24 on Win32, I'll bet your version is earlier.

Thanks anyway