in reply to Re: How do I send e-mail from my Perl Program?
in thread How do I send e-mail from my Perl Program?

Small error:
my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('$mailserver_url') or die $!;
should be:
my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($mailserver_url) or die $!;
or
my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new("$mailserver_url") or die $!;
Single quotes aren't interpolated!

cLive ;-)