Not really a legal firm...anyway I just installed Mail::Mailer and ran into this: 
Can't use string ("From") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at 
+/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/Mail/Mailer.pm line 180.

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This is the documented method (such as it is) and I don't see how the "From" field can be avoided in sending an email, at least w/ Mail::Mailer since the option ($MTA->open(From=>$from ..., etc) is what it is.

I also just set up a new system and moved to perl 5.10 and noticed (because of this issue) that I apparently can no longer remove "use strict" (ie, the exact same error occurs). What's that about? Perhaps the module uses strict somewhere, but I doubt it because there are a few of these queries around the web (with no response).

Is there a better module for doing this (sending mail via a MTA) so that I don't have to learn all the little switches or whatever for postfix?

In reply to Mail::Mailer, strict, and From by Anonymous Monk

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