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  # Send the message
        eval{$message->send};

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Why eval? The documentation shows 
$msg->send || die "you DON'T have mail!";

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It also says After sending, the method last_send_successful() can be used to determine if the send was succesful or not.

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Re^2: MIME::Lite 250 OK QUEUE ID???
by Leslie_jones (Initiate) on Oct 15, 2010 at 14:20 UTC
    Err, eval because I don't want it to die if it fails - I want to process the error. I don't know any other way being a novice :-) I have found, however, that and using die, funny enough, stops execution which is not the course of action I would like. I did look at last_send_successful() but my feeble attempts gained me: "Can't locate object method "last_send_successful" via package "MIME::Lite"" thus: 
            eval{$message->send};
        if($@) {
                $result = "ERROR from MX: $mx_record\n$@\n";
        } else {
        $result = $message->last_send_successful();
        }

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[d/l]
      The documentation implies that send will not die on failure, that it will simply return false, so 
      $message->send or do_something();
$message->send;
if( ! $message->last_send_successful ){
   $ERROR = "ERROR from MX: $mx_record\n";
}

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      If indeed send might die, the documentation needs updating (file a bug report).

      "Can't locate object method "last_send_successful" via package "MIME::Lite"

      Install the latest MIME::Lite

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        MIME::Lite will die on various errors when sending via smtp.

        MIME::Lite says, of its send_by_smtp method:

        Returns: True on success, croaks with an error message on failure.

        and Carp says of croak:

        die of errors

        update: corrected reference to MIME::Lite.

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        1: It dies, hence why I'm trapping for it. 2: It is the latest, downloaded and built from the very page that lists the method - perhaps the author needs to check where that link is/was pointing. 3: The answer to my actual question, rather than anal retentive output given by some anonymous numbnuts, is that successful SMTP status messages are not captured.
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