Module install not working

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to install the Mail-Sendmail module on my Windows 2000 workstation. It doesnt work yet I am able to install other modules so was wondering why I get this message for the attempt to install the Mail-Sendmail module?

ppm> install Mail-Sendmail
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Install 'Mail-Sendmail' version 0.79 in ActivePerl 5.8.6.811.
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Install 'Mail-Sendmail' version 0.79 in ActivePerl 5.8.6.811.
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Error: error downloading 'http://ppm.ActiveState.com/PPMPackages/5.8-w
+indows//MS
Win32-x86-multi-thread-5.8/Mail-Sendmail-0.79.tar.gz': 403 Access Deni
+ed
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Re: Module install not working by g0n (Priest) on Jan 18, 2005 at 17:45 UTC
Try pasting the URL into a browser: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.8-windows//MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8/Mail-Sendmail-0.79.tar.gz to see whether the URL is accessible The access denied message looks like a http message - you might be denied by your proxy.	[reply]
Re^2: Module install not working by Anonymous Monk on Jan 18, 2005 at 18:15 UTC
The URL is not accessible. I am getting "403 Access Denied" after I paste the URL. Since I can not get this mail module, what other module can I use to send mail out from my Perl Script?	[reply]
Re^3: Module install not working by holli (Abbot) on Jan 18, 2005 at 18:24 UTC
I just installed the module successfully. However, there is version 7.8 of Mail::Sendmail available at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages. holli, regexed monk	[reply]
Re^4: Module install not working by Anonymous Monk on Jan 18, 2005 at 19:39 UTC
Re^5: Module install not working by holli (Abbot) on Jan 18, 2005 at 20:02 UTC
Re: Module install not working by g0n (Priest) on Jan 19, 2005 at 09:26 UTC
Just a thought, but our proxy server at work denies access to any url with 'mail' in it, to stop people accessing webmail services. You could have the same problem You could get someone to download the file for you and mail it to you I suppose.	[reply]