$_='May 2 04:06:15 lon.mail.net exim[17905]: 2012-07-03 07:06:15 1SPPtO-0004en-PS <= me@ours.co.uk H=smtpout.mail.com [22.5.10.4] I=[6.5.14.4]:25 P=esmtp S=13333 id=6aeca3b79b8892d6105dab131c76f066@localhost.localdomain T="Half price offer"'; my @data= split(/ /); my $Email=$data[10]; my $IP=$data[12]; $IP=~s/\[//g; $IP=~s/\]//g; print "Email: $Email\n"; print "IP: $IP\n";