use Mail::Sender; my $sender = new Mail::Sender; if ( $sender->MailMsg({ smtp => 'my.smtp.net', from => 'myaddr@myhost.net', to => 'myaddr@myhost.net', subject => 'test', msg => 'test', }) < 0 ) { print "Bad: $Mail::Sender::Error\n"; } else { print "Mail sent\n"; }