# equivalent Mail:Sendmail code open S,'>','socket' or die; my $oldfh = select(S); $| = 1; select($oldfh); close S; #### # select(STDOUT); # uncomment to fix #### select $stdout; #### unless ( socket S, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, (getprotobyname 'tcp')[2] ) { return fail("socket failed ($!)")