Wise Monks,

At work, i have to use the Net::POP3 module to fetch mail from a pop3 box. However, i get a bunch of errors that i don't get. 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::POP3;
...
if (my $pop3 = Net::POP3->new ($serverName, 'Timeout' => 30))
{
  if (my $numberOfMessages = $pop3->login ($user, $pass))
  {
    if ($numberOfMessages == 0)
    {
      WriteLog ('info', "No new messages");
    }
    else
    {
      WriteLog ('info', "Found " . ($numberOfMessages + 0) . " new obj
+ect(s)");
      for (my $messageNumber = 1; $messageNumber <= $numberOfMessages;
+ $messageNumber++)
      {
        WriteLog ('debug', "\$messageNumber: $messageNumber");
        my $messageSize = $pop3->list($messageNumber) || print "Error:
+ $!";
      }
    }
  }
}

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the code above prints this:
Use of uninitialized value at /blah/Perl5.6.0Modules/Net/POP3.pm line 298, <GEN1> chunk 1.
Use of uninitialized value at /blah/Perl5.6.0Modules/Net/POP3.pm line 299, <GEN1> chunk 1.
Use of uninitialized value at /blah/Perl5.6.0Modules/Net/POP3.pm line 297, <GEN1> chunk 1.
Use of uninitialized value at /blah/Perl5.6.0Modules/Net/POP3.pm line 302, <GEN1> chunk 1.
Error: Bad file number

And in my log i find that 1 message has been found ($numberOfMessages == 1).


The question is: does anybody know how to solve the 'Bad file number' error?

In reply to Net::POP3 by Jaap

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