[TYPO3-dev] Feedback for #13698 - Add proxy for the mail() function

[Martin Kutschker]

Benjamin Mack schrieb:
> 
> However, before we start "rewriting" t3lib_htmlmail, I'm all for using a
> 3rd party for this. For that, I propose to integrate "phpMailer", or, if
> the v5 team has another solution, to backport this.

Yes, phpMailer would be fine though I'm sure FLOW3 will get its own mailer class sooner or later :)

> The problem with the change for this new function would be that it's
> hard for people to know which method to use. You know what I mean?

No. The old functions and classes would simply be deprecated and possibly fleshed out to be mere
wrappers for the new stuff.

Masi