Is there any chance that you can upgrade to a version of Perl that isn't seven years old?

You can't just download Perl modules and expect them to work. They need to be installed in the correct directories. It is possible to do this manually, but it's not recommended.

What was the error that you got?

thanks for the quick response
the error message is like this:

Can't locate Net/Telnet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: Z:\test\perl z:\tes
+t\sybperl\perl\lib Z:\test\sybperl\perl\lib\site z:\test\sybperl\perl
+\lib\File z:\test\sybperl\perl\lib\temp C:\Perl\lib\site C:\Perl\lib 
+c:\perl\lib c:\perl\lib\site c:\perl\lib\site .) at testscript.pl lin
+e 162.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at testscript.pl line 162.
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Jonathan

Yeah, that's pretty much what I expected to see. You need to put Telnet.pm in a directory called Net in one of the directories in your @INC. Or, alternatively, change @INC (with "use lib") to include the driectroy where the library is installed.

All in all, you'd be much better off upgrading either your Perl, your sysadmin or your job as appropriate.

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Where did you download the module to?

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