$from _address will not interpolate in single quotes. No quotes needed
around $from_address, $to_address or $subject.
Cheers,
Kevin
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:12:44PM -0700, Robbie Staufer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said
something similar to:
> Hi,
>
> I have a perl script that takes in form data and generates and email
> with the data to be sent to me. I'm getting the error message
> Error:Bad or missing From address: '$from_address'. The webmaster says
> I'm using the correct from address, so, any ideas about this error message?
>
> Thanks.
> Robbie
>
> Here's what I have:
>
> ### send mail #####
>
> $from_address = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> $to_address = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> $subject = "ESMF Registration Form";
>
> %mail = (
> SMTP => 'finster.scd.ucar.edu',
> from => '$from_address',
> to => '$to_address',
> subject => '$subject',
> );
>
> $mail{body} = <<END_OF_BODY;
>
> First Name: $fname
> Last Name: $lname
> Email: $email
> Organization: $org
> Scientific Interest: $sci_int
> Mailing List? $check
>
> sendmail(%mail) || print "Error: $Mail::Sendmail::error\n";
>
>
> --
> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Robbie Staufer
> NCAR/SCD
> 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Rm. 42
> Boulder, CO. 80305
> (303) 497-1836
>
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