Thank you for your wisdom. I found a VB script and translated it. Here it is, without any error checking:

use Win32::OLE;

$mail = new Win32::OLE('Outlook.Application');
$mail->{'Visible'} = 1;
$item = $mail->CreateItem(0);
$item->{'Subject'} = "This is a test";
$item->{'To'} = "mccoyga\@1fssg.usmc.mil";
$item->{'Body'} = "Here is the meat of the message";
$item->Send();
$mail->Quit();
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