Gmail is implementing secure SMTP, so plain SMTP won't work.
use Net::SMTP::TLS;
And make sure you are using these information
Host => 'smtp.gmail.com',
Hello => 'gmail.com',
Port => 587,
User => 'x...@gmail.com',
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Somu <som....@gmail.com> wrote:
> SMTP is a Protocol, which uses standard commands to send mail.
>
> I want to use it. So there is already an implementation written. So I'm not
> going for IO or Sockets..
> I want to make it work.
> Please, I need some workable parameters. Help.
> And it dies, simply. Don't know what goes on beneath the surface...
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Michael Rasmussen <mich...@jamhome.us>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:54:15AM +0530, Somu wrote:
>> > Hi everyone...
>> > Why isn't it happeing!!??
>> >
>> > Just the code from Net::SMTP docs
>> >
>> > __________________________________________________________
>> >
>> > use strict;
>> > use warnings;
>> > use Net::SMTP;
>> >
>> > #these 3 lines bring the output mx.google.com
>> > # my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('smtp.gmail.com') or die $!;
>> > # print $smtp->domain,"\n";
>> > # $smtp->quit;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > #but for this...
>> > my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('smtp.gmail.com') or die $!;
>> >
>> > $smtp->mail('som....@gmail.com') or die $!; #it dies here. No
>> errors.
>>
>> Does it die or does it hang?
>> When I tried this, modified to connect to a bogus host, the program hung
>> at this point.
>> Editing to use a legitmate host it ran fine.
>>
>> > And how are we going to know any mailhost's address???
>>
>> most programs/people ask the DNS system to return the mail host for any
>> given domain.
>>
>> > Its irritating when you fail on the first step.
>>
>> Yes it's irritating. What is your objective? To learn about SMTP and
>> Perl or to
>> just send some mail?
>>
>> If "just send some mail" consider using Mail::Sender or Mail::SendEasy.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
>> Other Adventures: http://www.jamhome.us/ or http://westy.saunter.us/
>> Fortune Cookie Fortune du courrier:
>> > Linux is not user-friendly.
>> It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
>> ~ Seen somewhere on the net
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Love,
> Somu,
> http://lose.yourself.mcommunity.biz
> http://fidel.castro.peperonity.com
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