my $parser = new XML::Rules ( rules => [ _default => 'content', message => sub { my ($tag_name, $tag_hash, $context, $parent_data) = @_; $parent_data->[-1]->{message_count}++; Mail::Sendmail::sendmail( from => $tag_hash->{from}, to => $tag_hash->{to}, subject => $tag_hash->{subject}, body => $tag_hash->{body}, ) or warn "Mail Error: $Mail::Sendmail::error"; $parent_data->[-1]->{sent_count}++ unless $Mail::Sendmail::error; return; }, messages => sub { print "SAX Mailer Finished\n$_[1]->{sent_count} of $_[1]->{message_count} message(s) sent\n"; return; } ]); $parser->parsefile($file);