hey monks...I come seeking wisdom (again!)..

I have a dsl connection at home that only allows dynamic IP. so I am working on a script that monitors what my ip is and then emails me when it changes. The script runs fine most of the time, but every so often I get the following error:

"can't call method 'auth' on an undefined value at.....line 85"

$smtp=Net::SMTP->new($out_server);
    $smtp->auth($username,$pwd);
    $smtp->mail($smtp_usr);
    $smtp->recipient($goto);
    $smtp->data();
    $smtp->datasend("To: $goto\n");
    $smtp->datasend("\n");
    foreach $line (@text)
    {$smtp->datasend($line);}
    $smtp->datasend("$curr_month/$curr_dom/$curr_year/$curr_hours:$cur
+r_min:$curr_sec\n");
    $smtp->dataend();
    $smtp->quit;

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all of the variables are defined by the time it gets here, and it usually works, but sometimes it crashes and I don't know what the difference is....any ideas?


thanx
-Kevin

In reply to Net::SMTP error by K_M_McMahon

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