I'm not sure if this is the main cause of the symptoms, it being that the code actually shown has some typos anyway, and might not be the "real" code (tm), but ...

When working with pipes it is advisable to wait for the subprocess to terminate before closing the pipe (e.g. by allowing the program to exit by default in this case). Also, use "or" and "and" rather than || and && when everything to the left is a complete statement for which the or and and is to operate on the truth value, otherwise it is apt to operate on only part of the statement (an error). For example:

use POSIX ":sys_wait_h";
my $mpid = open my $mh, "| /usr/sbin/sendmail"
  or die "$!";
print $mh << "EOF";
To: joe@here.com
From: smith@here.com
Subject: data subject
message body here
EOF
close $mh
  or die "$!";
waitpid $mpid, 0;

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In reply to Re: close statement issue by Moron
in thread close statement issue by Anonymous Monk

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