hmm... you might wanna reuse existing solutions such as CGI and Net::SMTP. Untested code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use Net::SMTP;
use vars qw( $cgi %FORM $smtp );

### get the cgi params
$cgi = new CGI();
map { $FORM{$_} = $cgi->param($_) } $cgi->param();

### and on and on ...
unless ( defined($FORM{PARAM1}) && defined($FORM{PARAM2}) ){
  #complian
}

### smtp stuff
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');
$smtp->mail($FORM{FROM_EMAIL});
$smtp->to($FORM{TO_EMAIL});

$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: $FORM{TO_EMAIL}\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: $FORM{SUBJECT}\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");

my $msg = qq(
The following information was submitted from $FORM{NAME} at $FORM{EMAI
+L}:

Full Name: $FORM{name}

Publication Name: $FORM{pubname}

Other Authors: $FORM{otherauthors}

Other Editors: $FORM{othereditors}

Main Publication Title: $FORM{pubtitle}

);

$smtp->datasend($msg);
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit;
                                                                      
+                                                            
1;

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Update:Thanks VSarkiss
Update:I think the untested speaks for itself. This is an example and nothing more. =]


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