I'm writing an email script so I can check my mail through perl. Once in a while I recieve an error that returns the login method of Net::POP3 as undefined. This exits the script. I've been trying to catch the error using an eval, but when I use it, I can't login. The code is below. Thanx for your help, I hate to be such a bother to the PerlMonks (with my frequent posts and all). 
sub login() {
    print "logging in...\n";
    $pop3 = Net::POP3->new($host);
    LOGIN: if ($numb = eval'$pop3->login("$username", "$password"'){
        system("cls");
        print "logged in...\n";
        $status = 1;
        $numb =~ s/^0E0$/0/;
        print "you have $numb messages...\n";
        $variable = $numb;
    } else {
        print $numb;
        print "couldn't login, try again?[y/n] ";
        $answer = <STDIN>;
        if ($answer =~ /y/i) {
            login();
        }
    }
    goto PROMPT;
}

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