That would be a perfectly acceptable way of doing what you're trying to do. Perhaps if you told us what the error was, we could help you.

If you're not on a Unix system or otherwise don't have the standard "sendmail" program to handle your 'send' request, the MIME::Lite documentation recommends something like this instead:

MIME::Lite->send('smtp', "smtp.myisp.net", Timeout=>60);
$msg->send;
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Otherwise, you're going to have to be a lot more verbose and specific about the problem you're having.