Hi Wiggins,
It works! Thanks a bunch. I'm no computer newbie but am new to Perl, and where does one get started? It was the AUTH_MODE, which had to be set to 'PASS'. The machine it is connecting to is a Sun running Linux, but I don't know the flavour or what mailer. This is just a demo/prototype but will try to upgrade this security in future.
I know the module installed the MAIL::POP3Client documentation when it installed but my bash just says
no such command as perldoc ...
Another challenge!
Thanks
Jim
Wiggins d Anconia wrote:
Please bottom post....
Thanks for this. I'm not completely new but haven't found any sort of comprehensive docs, only cryptic ones. Where might I find it?
Documentation for modules available on CPAN are always available online in a quite readable format, for example,
http://search.cpan.org/~sdowd/Mail-POP3Client-2.16/POP3Client.pm
Also you can access most modules documentation after installation by issuing,
perldoc <module name> perldoc Mail::POP3Client
By debug switch do you mean the optional debug_flag ? No I haven't but about to.
Well yes, but it is 'DEBUG', and is passed to the constructor.
No idea what AUTH_MODE means, and my two oreilly perl books don't tell me either but I'll try and Google for it.
AUTH_MODE sets the mode that the POP client will use to send the
password. The POP3 server on the other end may or may not support
"encrypted" (actually hashed but that's another topic) passwords in
which case the AUTH_MODE may need to be set to tell the client to send
the password in clear text. Setting AUTH_MODE to BEST seems to allow
the most flexibility.
Thanks, have moved on a little!
Jim
No problem.
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someDid you turn on the DEBUG switch? There is a section in the docs that state that it will give an indication of errors. I copied your script, turned it on, saw that the connection was successful by login was not. I then attempted switching the AUTH_MODE for my connection to PASS (yes I know what this means, do you? If not, learn before doing so.) and everything then worked.
It runs, but I get "You have -1 messages"
The docs state that currently the only way to check for successful connection is to ask for the number of messages, with -1 indicating connection failure. I suspect 0 is success but empty, and >1 meaning success and with messages.
Granted this is fairly annoying and I would think getting that switched is high on their list.
I suspect the -1 means the variable has not been initialized or for
reason it will not connect to the server.
-1 is initialization of the variable, just not a connection.
TIA
Jim
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