in reply to Simple @ Question

Backslash it in cases of double-quotish interpolation. 
    my $mailaddy = "collaborate_logs\@ex.sdd.hp.com";

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The example you gave, though--single quotes--doesn't require backslashes, because the @ is not interpolated. So you shouldn't be having a problem there. You would, however, have a problem in double-quotes and backticks.

If you're interested in learning more about this, read Mark-Jason Dominus's article What's That Mean?.

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RE: Re: Simple @ Question
by jay-d (Initiate) on Jun 15, 2000 at 22:21 UTC
    The proxy here is choking, but I'll try that site later. It looks like it's choking later, actually in this sub- sub mailerror { system (" $scriptloc\\blat $scriptloc\\errormsg.txt -t 'jdoscher@nonhp.ex.sdd.hp.com' -s ERROR") ; exit } any ideas?
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      Ah, well in this case you'll want to backslash your @, because it *is* within double quotes (the quoted string you're handing to system). So add the backslash, see if that does it.
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