Re^2: Error message not showing up from Net::SMTP

The message in the output came from user code when auth() returned false. The Net::SMTP module has the set status line:

$self->set_status(500, ["Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo auth"
+]), return 0;
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Why didn't the precise error message "Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo auth" get to the end-user? Or what exactly should the user have done differently in the user-code to have gotten that precise, informative error message?

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Re^3: Error message not showing up from Net::SMTP by menolly (Hermit) on Sep 05, 2007 at 17:53 UTC
Replace `print "ERROR: Could not authenticate user $user_id\n$!\n";` [download] with `print "ERROR: Could not authenticate user $user_id\n$: ".$mail->messa +ge."\n";` [download] or equivalent.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Error message not showing up from Net::SMTP by sg (Pilgrim) on Sep 05, 2007 at 20:12 UTC
Thanks for the details. Augmenting the print statement with `$mail->code,':',$mail->message,"\n";` [download] does indeed display the desired error message.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Error message not showing up from Net::SMTP by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 05, 2007 at 18:02 UTC
Perhaps you should read my entire post instead of focusing on the rhetorical question. It explains why the message isn't returned via `$!`, and where it can be found.	[reply] [d/l]