use strict; use warnings; my $Reminder = "Feed Dino before you go to the quarry."; mail_reminder(); sub mail_reminder{ use Mail::Mailer; use strict; my $New_Reminder="Reminder"; my $From_address='fred@192.168.1.171'; my $To_address='barney@192.168.1.171'; my $mailer = Mail::Mailer->new(); $mailer->open({ From =>$From_address, To =>$To_address, Subject =>$New_Reminder, }); print $mailer $Reminder; print "we arrived here\n"; print "mailer= ",$mailer," Reminder= ",$Reminder,"\n"; $mailer->close() or die "Can't send: $!\n"; }