Re: Mod_Perl and Net::SMTP

Guy Alston Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:56:46 -0700

Got it working after updating UPDATING TCPIP stack. I have noticed after I do a few operations or process a form with a fair amount of data I start getting this error :

Failed to open SMTP connection: Inappropriate I/O control operation

Could this be some sort of Buffer issue. Here is a small piece of test code I'm using to work on the problem :

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::SMTP;
#Create a new object with 'new'.
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("10.102.10.74");
if ( ! $smtp ) {
die "Failed to open SMTP connection: ", $!, "\n";
}

#Send the MAIL command to the server.
$smtp->mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
#Send the server the 'Mail To' address.
$smtp->to("[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
#Start the message.
$smtp->data();
#Send the message.
$smtp->datasend("Subject: Console test Post tcp update Very Very Cruel World!\n\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n\n");
$smtp->datasend("Good bye Cruel World!\n\n");
#End the message.
$smtp->dataend();
#Close the connection to your server.
$smtp->quit();

>>> Guy Alston<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/16/2008 5:19:33 PM >>>

First of all thanks to everyone who has responded. I've run a few more test and the problem is clearly around "MOD_Perl". I've load an SMTP server on the same system where I'm running the apache server and the scripts fail to establish a session.

I'm able to run those scripts same scripts successfully from the console using the Netware Perl Interpreter. Both the Apache MOD_PERL and Netware NLM are 5.8.4 version of Perl. I'm running apache 2.0.59. on Netware 6.5 sp6.

>>> Philip M. Gollucci<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/3/2008 10:34:12 AM >>>

Guy Alston wrote:
Error message:
> Can't call method "mail" on an undefined value at
> sys:/perl/web/mailtest2.pl line 6.
>
> It's always a line containing " $smtp = Net::SMTP->new("smtpserver")

Net::SMTP is known to work, though I'm not currently using it.
You could add

local $SIG{__WARN__} = \&Carp::cluck;
local $SIG{__DIE__} = \&Carp::confess;

This will help tell you where in Net::SMTP you are having a problem.

Once you know that, you can try to fix it.

OR this works --

use MIME::Lite ();

sub email {
     my %args = @_;

     my $email = MIME::Lite->new( Type => 'multipart/mixed' );

     $email->add(To      => $args{to});
     $email->add(BCC     => $args{bcc});
     $email->add(From    => $args{from});
     $email->add(Subject => $args{subject});

     $email->attach(Type => "TEXT", Data ="" $args{data});

     MIME::Lite->send('smtp', SMTP_HOST, Timeout => 5);

     eval { $email->send };

     return $@;
}

>
> I tried many different scripts but it always seems to be a problem
> around the object utilizing "Net::SMTP;. Is there a known issue with
> this. My version of MOD_PERL is 1.01.00

Was I even alive when this version of mod_perl was out ?

Given that, more importantly, what version of perl are you using ?

Re: Mod_Perl and Net::SMTP

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