Net::SMTP ruins Net:::POP3

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

I have a working piece of code that looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw

use strict;
use CGI qw/:param/;
use Net::POP3;
use utf8;

my $serverName = 'pop.chello.nl';
my $pop3 = new Net::POP3 ($serverName);
print "Hello\n";
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Now if i add

use Net::SMTP;
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to the header, the Hello is not printed. If i remove the 'use Net::SMTP;' again, the Hello IS printed.

Does anybody have any idea what the problem might be?

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Re: Net::SMTP ruins Net:::POP3 by Jaap (Curate) on Oct 04, 2002 at 19:29 UTC
I am terribly ashamed but i found it: it was a tainting problem. "Insecure dependency..." Thank you for the help.	[reply]
Re: Net::SMTP ruins Net:::POP3 by Jaap (Curate) on Oct 04, 2002 at 18:24 UTC
Hmmmm... upon futher testing this issue it seems like it is very inconsistent. The above is not true. It is more like a random effect now. It's is however not the only strange behaviour the Net:: modules have shown me. I think i just might switch to one of the 999 other mail modules.	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::SMTP ruins Net:::POP3 by Dog and Pony (Priest) on Oct 04, 2002 at 18:33 UTC
After having sent mail with Net::SMTP and about 800 of the other 999 mail modules, I've stuck with, and would like to recommend Mail::Sender. Now that is easy mailing. :) You have moved into a dark place. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::SMTP ruins Net:::POP3 by RMGir (Prior) on Oct 04, 2002 at 18:39 UTC
What version of perl? I'd be more worried about the "use utf8;" than either of the Net modules. If you remove the utf8, does the problem go away? For certain combinations of perl releases and module versions, I think utf8 could cause odd problems. This might be one of them... -- Mike	[reply]
Re: Net::SMTP ruins Net:::POP3 by Jaap (Curate) on Oct 04, 2002 at 19:26 UTC
Well... it is not 'use utf8' and it is not Net::SMTP or Net::POP3. I am now using Mail::POP3Client and the problem pops up again. I am using Perl 5.6.1	[reply]