What is the correct way to implement the Net::POP3 ping() function?

I am trying to get the number of new / unread email messages.

The code below does not seem to work and results in the die message being returned.

use Net::POP3;

$pop = Net::POP3->new('mail.server.com');
$pop = Net::POP3->new('mail.server.com', Timeout => 60);

if ($pop->login('user@server.com', 'password') > 0) {

my @newmail = $pop->ping('user@server.com') || die "Couldn't Get Info\n";

print "POP PING RESULTS @newmail\n";

}
$pop->quit;

Thanks for the anticipated assistance.

In reply to Net::POP3 ping() function by SeekerOfPerl

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