cutter,
Try this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my $subject = 'test message';
my $address = 'email@address.com';
my $file = '/opt/autotree/autouser/out/chk_cal_date.out;

my $status = system("cat $file | mailx -s \"$subject\" $address");
#my $status = system("uuencode $file $file | mailx -s \"$subject\" $ad
+dress");

warn "Mailer exited with error: $?" unless $status == 0;
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I added the uuencode in case you wanted it as an attachment and not just body text. I am pretty sure that at least one mailer module (Net::SMTP) comes standard with the Perl CORE though?

Cheers - L~R