This is how you might do it from a perl script using a here page. Herepages are generally preferable to masses of print statements if you are not using some form of templating. I have added the debugging line as nothing will print is $afld[3] is not defined.

In you example you have unmatched tags, an extra > before you second font tag which can sometimes cause certain browsers to choke. This is not however your main problem. You have no display text defined for the email link - if you view source you will probably find the link is there but there is no text associated with it making it a little hard to see. You need to place some text where *****Some Link***** is in this example. You can use your variable again if you want the link to display as the raw email address. 

print "<h1>Email address not defined!</h1>" unless $afld[3];

print <<END_OF_HTML;
<tr>
  <td width="174" height="36">
    <b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Century Schoolbook">
    Author's Email Address:</font></b>
  </td>
  <td width="408" height="36">
    <font face="Times New Roman" size="2">
    <a href="mailto:$afld[3]">*****Some Link*****</a></font>
  </td>
</tr>

END_OF_HTML

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tachyon

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In reply to Re: how to put perl variables inside html tags by tachyon
in thread how to put perl variables inside html tags by Anonymous Monk

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