My call to open /usr/lib/sendmail fails. The path for sendmail has been checked, debug messages inserted, different email apps used. The privileges are all rwx. Can anyone give me a suggestion why my call won't open the mail app? 
sub send_mail {
print "<pre>starting sub send_mail...\n";
    # Localize variables used in this subroutine.                     
+       #
    local($print_config,$key,$sort_order,$sorted_field,$env_report);

    # Open The Mail Program
   # open(MAIL,"|$mailprog -t -f  || die"" couldn't open mailprog $!")
+;
print "opening mail: $mailprog\n";
    open (MAIL,"|/usr/ucb/mail -t") || warn "couldnt open mailprog: $!
+\n";
print "opened mail\n";
    #print MAIL "To: $Config{'recipient'}\n";
    print MAIL "To: cgi_test\n";
    print MAIL "From: $Config{'email'} ($Config{'realname'})\n";
    print MAIL "Subject: TEST\n\n";
    print MAIL "this is the body of the email\n";

    # Check for Message Subject
    if ($Config{'subject'}) { print MAIL "Subject: $Config{'subject'}\
+n\n" }
    else                    { print MAIL "Subject: ONG TAC OUTAGE Form
+ Submission\n\n" }

    print MAIL "Below is the result of your feedback form.  It was sub
+mitted by\n";
    print MAIL "$Config{'realname'} ($Config{'email'}) on $date\n";
    print MAIL "-" x 75 . "\n\n";

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