my $time = localtime;
my $mailprog = "/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t";
open PIPE, "|$mailprog" or die $?;
print PIPE <<'EOM';
From: cron <foobar@example.org>
To: ich <foobar@example.org>
Subject: Test finished

at $time

EOM
close PIPE;

#!perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Basename;
use MIME::Lite;

sub email {
   my ($smtp_server, $to) = @_;
   
   my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
      From     => basename($0) . '@' . $ENV{COMPUTERNAME},
      To       => $to,
      Subject  => "Nur ein Test",
      Type     => 'multipart/mixed',
   );
   # email-Body dazu
   $msg->attach(
      Type     => 'TEXT',
      Data     => "Habe fertig!\n",
   );
   
   # email-Anhänge dazu
   $msg->attach(
      Type     => 'text/plain',
      Path     => $0,
      Filename => basename($0),
   );
   
   eval { # email abschicken
      $msg->send('smtp', $smtp_server);
   };
   if($@) {
      print STDERR "Fehler beim Verschicken der email\n";
   }
}

# email versenden
email("smtp-server.irgendwo.de", "fritz\@daheim.de");