sub connectGMail { my $client = Mail::IMAPClient->new ( Server => 'imap.gmail.com', Port => 993, Ssl => 1, User => 'whateverUser', Password => 'aG00dP455w0rd', Socket => IO::Socket::SSL->new ( SSL_verify_mode => SSL_VERIFY_NONE ) ) or die "Cannot connect ($@)\n"; return $client; }