Having a
problem where the connections to an smtp server doesn't seam to close
correctly on Windows NT. I've tried two separate mailing modules (MIME::Lite
and Mail::Sender). Neither will send a second time without re-starting Apache.
The Lite module uses the Net::smtp module and the Sender directly uses a
Socket (not IO::Socket). Additional details are listed further down. My
general question is: Are there problems with "PERL" Sockets on mod_perl/NT?
Since a nearly identical test program works from the PERL.exe command line it
seams as if mod_perl is trying to keep the port open or
something.
Also, there
are some directories that came with the Apache/mod_perl binary distribution
that have Socket.pm files in them. These directories are perl\lib\MSWin32-x86
and perl\lib\MSWin32-x86\IO. Should they have been copied over the other files
in the perl directory tree? Or, put in the startup.cgi(listing is at bottom)?
The distribution came with little docs and it was my first mod_perl
setup.
Any
infomation would be greatly appreciated.
Chuck
Goehring
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Below are more details of the problem I've been
having.
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Details:
I'm using
MIME::Lite to let users email files to other users as part of a document
management system. The MIME::Lite package inherits from Net::SMTP (@ISA =
qw(Net::SMTP);) and adds the capability to add attachments to the
email.
It works fine
the first time but gives an error the second time. If I run it external to the
site via the perl.exe command line (with use CGI lines removed), it works
flawlessly every time. Once the error starts, even leaving it overnight
doesn't allow it to work. It acts as though the socket doesn't get closed and
can't be reused. Below are the pertinant scripts.
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MIME::Lite
sub to send via smtp:
sub
send_by_smtp {
my ($self,
@args) = @_;
# We need the
"From:" and "To:" headers to pass to the SMTP mailer:
my $hdr =
$self->fields();
my $from =
$self->get('From');
my @to =
$self->get('To');
# Create SMTP
client:
require
Net::SMTP;
my $smtp =
MIME::Lite::SMTP->new(@args)
or croak
"Failed to connect to mail server: $!";
$smtp->mail($from)
or croak
"SMTP MAIL command failed: $!";
$smtp->to(@to)
or croak
"SMTP RCPT command failed: $!";
$smtp->data()
or croak
"SMTP DATA command failed: $!";
# MIME::Lite
can print() to anything with a print() method:
$self->print($smtp);
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit;
1;
}
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The Error
from MIME::Lite:
[Sun May 14
16:20:10 2000] -e: Failed to connect to mail server: Bad file descriptor at
c:/apache/cgi-perl/test_sa_mime.cgi line 38 (Line 38 contains $SMTPRetVal =
$msg->send_by_smtp($SMTPhost, Timeout => 40);
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Configuration:
Windows NT
service pack 4
Apache 1.3.3
with mod_perl 1.16 binary from www.apache.org
cgi.pm
2.42
Socket.pm
1.6
Mime::Lite
(Lite.pm,v 1.134 1999/04/17 04:59:03 eryq Exp)
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The test
script:
$| =
1;
###### LIBS
##########
use
strict;
use CGI
qw/:standard :html3/;
use CGI::Carp
qw(fatalsToBrowser); # carpout ====> # for Apache
use
Apache::DBI();
use Apache
qw(exit);
myRun();
Apache::exit;
##########
sub myRun
{
print
header();
print
start_html(-title => 'Mime test');
print
'<h4>This one should work.</h4>';
use
lib 'c:\perl\lib\site\mime';
use
MIME::Lite;
my
($OpStatus, $recip, $SMTPRetVal);
$recip
= '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
print
'<br>TestMime: Starting test of Mime';
my
$SMTPhost = 'rcisd.com';
print
'<br>TestMime: Host = ' . $SMTPhost;
my
$messbod = 'Testing mime module';
my
$Subj = 'TestMime';
my
$msg;
$msg =
'';
To => $recip, Subject =>
$Subj,
Type => 'TEXT', Data =>
$messbod;
print "<br>TestMime: Recipient =
$recip.";
eval{
$SMTPRetVal =
$msg->send_by_smtp($SMTPhost, Timeout => 40);
};
if($@)
{
print "<br>TestMime: Status after
mail via $SMTPhost was: <br>$@";
}
if($SMTPRetVal) {
} else
{
print q(<br><font
color='#FF0000'>TestMime: Send Failed for ) . $recip .
'</font>';
}
undef
$msg;
print
'<br>Done';
print
end_html();
return;
}
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Apache
startup.cgi:
use
strict;
use Apache
();
use
Apache::Registry;
use
Apache::DBI();
use
Carp();
use CGI
qw(-compile :all);
#use lib map
{ "$ENV{PWD}/blib/$_" } qw(arch lib);
#use lib map
{ Apache->server_root_relative("blib/$_") } qw(arch
lib);
1;
__END__
