I don't run the kind of mail reader that blindly executes things, but if I did, I'd regard that as a hostile act.

I don't really see anything in the original post which indicates that the intent is for the program to be run automatically by the recipients mail reader. I think the poster just wants to know how to turn their perl program into a standalone executable.

Maybe I'm wrong and there is more to it than that. If so, I have to add that I emphatically agree with you.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";