Help needed with setting up a SMTP connection

[Adrienne Kotze]

Hi there,

I'm trying to setup a SMTP connection to a server. From the Perl Cookbook
I got the following:

1) To start a new connection:

$mailer = Mail::Mailer->new ("smtp", "smtp.mydomain.com") ;

2) To open a connection (this is were the problem is I think), I tried the
following 
three:

$mailer->open ({ From => 'me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>',
                To => 'you <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>',
                Subject => 'Test',
                }) ;

$mailer->open ( 'From' => 'me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>',
                'To' => 'you <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>',
                'Subject' => 'Test'
                ) ;
                         
$mailer->open ( From => 'me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>',
                To => 'you <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>',
                Subject => 'Test'
                ) ;

With the first one, I get this error:
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at lib/Mail/Mailer/smtp.pm line 13.
Died at lib/Mail/Mailer.pm line 270.

With the second and third one, I get this error:
Can't use string ("From") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at
lib/Mail/Mailer.pm line 285. 

3) Then I close my connection with:

$mailer->close () ;

Could someone please point out my error here ?

Thanx.
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Adrienne Kotze -  Technical Consultant - Sintrex Integration Service
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