Mail::POP3Client on Unix problem

DearHeart has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have successfully run the following code on Windows but I get a "500 Internal server error" when I upload the file to a Unix server. I have determined that it is the "@" in $loginname that is causing the problem. How do I solve the problem? Thanx.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Mail::POP3Client;

$loginname = "user@example.com";
$password  = "password";
$POPserver = "pop.example.com";

$pop = new Mail::POP3Client($loginname, $password, $POPserver);
$MessageCount = $pop->Count;

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

if ($pop->Count == -1){ 
     print "Connection Failed";
} else {
     print "Connected!";              
}
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Re: Mail::POP3Client on Unix problem by rattusillegitimus (Friar) on Jul 18, 2002 at 14:48 UTC
Escape the @ or use single rather than double quotes around the login name. I suspect you're getting unwanted variable interpolation there. I'd do: `$loginname - 'user@example.com';` [download] `__________` He seemed like such a nice guy to his neighbors / Kept to himself and never bothered them with favors - Jefferson Airplane, "Assassin" Update: fixed my closing single-quote	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Mail::POP3Client on Unix problem by DearHeart (Initiate) on Jul 18, 2002 at 15:02 UTC
Thank you very much! I have been searching the archives for hours! Should've asked much sooner. Single quotes did the trick.	[reply]
Re: Mail::POP3Client on Unix problem by vagnerr (Prior) on Jul 18, 2002 at 14:49 UTC
Should be just a simple matter of `$loginname = "user\@example.com";` [download] ---If it doesn't fit use a bigger hammer	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Mail::POP3Client on Unix problem by Anonymous Monk on Jul 18, 2002 at 15:01 UTC
$loginname = "user@example.com"; in this string @example is interpolated as array. You can write 'user@example.com' or "user\@example.com" Question about "500 Internal server error" is question No. 1 in many CGI FAQ's. Read one of them or read this node: Why do I keep getting a 500 Internal server error?	[reply]