All you need is to have Crypt::SSLeay installed: 
$ perl -MWWW::Mechanize -e '$w = WWW::Mechanize->new; $w->get("https:/
+/mail.yahoo.com"); print $w->uri; print $w->content'|head
https://mail.yahoo.com
<html>
<head>
<META content="index,follow" name="robots">
<META content="Yahoo! Mail Free reliable easy SpamGuard antivirus stor
+age" name="keywords">
<META content="Take a closer look at Yahoo! Mail.  Get these great fea
+tures: Powerful protection against spam and viruses, 250MB of email s
+torage, Message size up to 10MB, and Mail anywhere there's a web conn
+ection" name="description">
 
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://sec.yimg.com/i/re
+g/mail_style.css">
<title>Yahoo! Mail - The best web-based email!</title>
<style type="text/css">

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WWW::Mechanize lives on top of LWP::UserAgent, which only requires that Crypt::SSLeay be installed for it to work automagically.

In reply to Re: using WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS by moot
in thread using WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS by Anonymous Monk

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