I submitted this awhile ago and haven't been able to get back to it now. I modified my script to be like this... 
use strict;
use warnings;
use MIME::Lite;

my $user = 'james@gmail.com';
my $pass = 'james12';

my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
From =>'James',
To =>'james@hotmail.com',
CC =>'',
Subject =>'yah it worked',
Type =>'Hello world'
);

MIME::Lite->send('smtp','smtp.gmail.com:465',
AuthUser=>$user, AuthPass=>$pass);

[download]
Yet, I still can't connect correctly. Everything compiles ok but the email doesn't get sent at all. Can anyone tell me why?

In reply to Re^2: Sending Mail from Perl Script by Niner710
in thread Sending Mail from Perl Script by Niner710

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