$pop is undefined, the new call failed.

a method call is a subroutine call on an object (!?), new is a sub (the constructor) in the Net::POP3 module, and so is login.

Try to replace

my $pop = Net::POP3->new('localhost', Timeout => 30);
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with

my $pop = Net::POP3->new('localhost', Timeout => 30) or die("Can't ins
+tantiate Net::POP3 object");
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Are you sure a pop3 server is listening on your localhost? I tried the snippet and it works if the host is listening, and fails if it doesn't.

regards,
tomte

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