slightly injured, so terse. this is output with failed assumptions

host is www.1and1.com
$ENV{USER} does not exists or is not defined.
...
Net::SMTP fatal error: Unable to connect to 'www.1and1.com'. A connect
+ion attemp
t failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a 
+period of
time, or established connection failed because connected host has fail
+ed to resp
ond. at (eval 35) line 3.
        eval '
use Net::SMTP;
my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new(Host => $host, Debug => 2)
 or croak "Unable to connect to \'$host\'. $!";

$smtp->mail($ENV{USER});
$smtp->to($phone);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("From: $ENV{USER}\\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: This is your map link\\n");
$smtp->datasend("\\n");
$smtp->datasend($link);
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();

;' called at alpaca4.pl line 27
        main::email_link('3um671.html') called at alpaca4.pl line 12
 at alpaca4.pl line 42.
        main::email_link('3um671.html') called at alpaca4.pl line 12
## and then this one is the right smtp address
host is smtp.1and1.com
Net::SMTP fatal error: Unable to connect to 'smtp.1and1.com'. A connec
+tion attem
pt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a
+ period of
 time, or established connection failed because connected host has fai
+led to res
pond. at (eval 35) line 3.
        eval '
use Net::SMTP;
my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new(Host => $host, Debug => 2)
 or croak "Unable to connect to \'$host\'. $!";

$smtp->mail("myself");
$smtp->to($phone);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("From: me\\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: This is your map link\\n");
$smtp->datasend("\\n");
$smtp->datasend($link);
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();

;' called at alpaca4.pl line 27
        main::email_link('dn75w1.html') called at alpaca4.pl line 12
 at alpaca4.pl line 42.
        main::email_link('dn75w1.html') called at alpaca4.pl line 12

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Called 1and1. Port should be 587. Encryption should be TLS. I couldn't understand the alphanumeric for 'Larry' as pronounced by someone from India, but we worked it out because I could keep on asking questions.

In reply to Re^2: instantiating an smtp object by Aldebaran
in thread instantiating an smtp object by Aldebaran

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