I'm trying to send an e-mail using the Net::SMTP module, but it runs into an error when it gets to the dataend method. The e-mail then isn't sent. What am I doing wrong? Here is my code: 
use Net::SMTP;

$mailhost = 'smtp.gmail.com';

$smtp = Net::SMTP->new($mailhost) || die "Error: $!";
print "\nWho would you like the e-mail to be from?";
$from = <STDIN>;
chomp $from;

print "\nWho would you like to send the e-mail to?";
$to = <STDIN>;
chomp $to;

print "\nWhat would you like the subject of your e-mail to be?\n";
$subj = <STDIN>;
chomp $subj;

print "\nWhat is your message?\n";
$message = <STDIN>;
chomp $message;

$smtp->mail($from);
$smtp->to($to);

$smtp->data(); #Start the data sending

#These are the headers for the e-mail. Newline character signifies end
+ of headers.
$smtp->datasend("From: $from\n");
$smtp->datasend("To: $to\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: $subj\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");

$smtp->datasend("$message");

$smtp->dataend() || print "Dataend failed: $!"; #End the data sending

$smtp->quit; #Close the smtp connection

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