I'm boggled. I've tried searching through both Google and DejaNews (c.l.p.misc and c.l.p.modules) for some problem resolution, but since I can't turn anything up, I'm going to ask the Monks.

Seems that processes that use Mail::Internet end up running out of memory. The error isn't reported from the script itself; it comes from the mailserver attempting to contact the alias that handles the auto-responder.

The error message is below ( with the obvious 'violation of security info' changed to protect the innocent, and the guilty): 

The original message was received at Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:05:03 -0700 (
+PDT)
from mailer.foo.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
"|<full path removed>autorespond.pl responder"
    (expanded from: <responder@appserv.foo.com>)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
Out of memory!
554 "|< full path removed>autorespond.pl responder"...
unknown mailer error 1

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and the code in question: 


my $mail = Mail::Internet->new(\*STDIN);
my $header = $mail->head;

my $to      = $mail->get('To');
my $subject = $mail->get('Subject');
my $from    = $mail->get('From');

chomp( $to, $subject, $from );

### some processing logic that says "don't send if =~ /stuff/

my $newbody = &loadMessage;
my $rply = Mail::Internet->new();
$rply=$mail->reply();
$rply->replace('From',"nobody\@foo.com");
$rply->replace('Reply-To',"nobody\@foo.com");
$rply->replace('X-Loop','already_processed');
$rply->body("$newbody");
$rply->smtpsend() or die "COuldn't send $!";

undef $rply;

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sub loadMessage is just an 'open' statement that returns a text string.

In reply to Mail::Internet memory leaks?? by geektron

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