Below is the full code. The odd thing is its running on my ubuntu box - I am sure there is a syntax error I am blind to here but then why is no problem reported under ubuntu

steveb@laptop:~/Loading_Scripts$ perl -c syslog_smtp.pl
syslog_smtp.pl syntax OK
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On the Solaris box

bash-3.00# perl -c  ./syslog_smtp.pl
Unrecognized escape \S passed through at ./syslog_smtp.pl line 38.
Unrecognized escape \s passed through at ./syslog_smtp.pl line 38.
Unrecognized escape \s passed through at ./syslog_smtp.pl line 38.
"my" variable $msgdate masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./sy
+slog_smtp.pl line 53.
"my" variable $msgtime masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./sy
+slog_smtp.pl line 53.
"my" variable $msgid masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./sysl
+og_smtp.pl line 53.
"my" variable $from masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./syslo
+g_smtp.pl line 62.
"my" variable $remainder masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./
+syslog_smtp.pl line 62.
"my" variable $msgdate masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./sy
+slog_smtp.pl line 63.
"my" variable $msgtime masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./sy
+slog_smtp.pl line 63.
"my" variable $msgid masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./sysl
+og_smtp.pl line 63.
"my" variable $remainder1 masks earlier declaration in same scope at .
+/syslog_smtp.pl line 63.
"my" variable $csv masks earlier declaration in same scope at ./syslog
+_smtp.pl line 66.
Global symbol "$remainder1" requires explicit package name at ./syslog
+_smtp.pl line 38.
Global symbol "$csv" requires explicit package name at ./syslog_smtp.p
+l line 38.
Global symbol "$csv" requires explicit package name at ./syslog_smtp.p
+l line 38.
syntax error at ./syslog_smtp.pl line 52, near "my ( $from, $srvrip ) 
+= $remainder =~ m/=>\s*("
  (Might be a runaway multi-line ** string starting on line 38)
syntax error at ./syslog_smtp.pl line 60, near "} elsif"
syntax error at ./syslog_smtp.pl line 70, near "}"
./syslog_smtp.pl had compilation errors.
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#!/usr/bin/perl
#
use strict;
use warnings;

my $no = 0;
my %monthNos =
    map {$_ => ++$no} qw{ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
+Dec };

while (my $line = <STDIN>) {
    chomp($line);
    my ($mon, $day, $time, $loghost, $prog, $remainder) =
        split m{:?\s+}, $line, 6;
    my ($user) = $remainder =~ m{user=([^,]+)};
    my ($rip)  = $remainder =~ m{rip=([^,]+)};
    my ($op)   = $remainder =~ m{\s(==|<=|\*\*|\+\+)\s};
    my $yr     = 2012;
    my $srvrip = '';
    my $from   = '';
    my $msgid  = '';
    my $msgdate = '';
    my $msgtime = '';

    $remainder =~ tr/"/'/;
    $_ //= '' for $user, $rip, $op, $srvrip, $from, $msgid, $msgdate, 
+$msgtime;

# <=     message arrival
# =>     normal message delivery
# ->     additional address in same delivery
# *>     delivery suppressed by -N
# **     delivery failed; address bounced
# ==     delivery deferred; temporary problem

if( $op eq '<=' ){
# message arrival
    my ( $from, $srvrip ) = $remainder =~ m/<=\s*(\S+)[^[]+\[([^\]]+)/
+;
#  <=\s*
#  (\S+)    # Capture the email address following <=
#  [^[]+\[  # Skip to the first subsequent square bracket.
#  ([^\]]+) # Capture until a closing bracket.
#  /x;
    my ($msgdate, $msgtime, $msgid, $remainder1) =
        split m{:?\s+}, $remainder, 4;
# DATETIME, SERVER, SEQNO, DATETIME1, MSGID, SENDER, RECIPIENT, SVRIP,
+ ORIGMSGID, STATUS, SUBJECT
    my $csv = sprintf q{%02d-%02d-%s %s,%s,,%s %s,%s,%s,,%s,%s,,"%s"},
    $yr, $monthNos{$mon}, $day, $time, $loghost, $msgdate, $msgtime, $
+msgid, $from, $srvrip, $msgid, $remainder;
    print "$csv\n";
  } elsif( $op eq '=>' ){
    # normal message delivery
    my ( $from, $srvrip ) = $remainder =~ m/=>\s*(\S+)[^[]+\[([^\]]+)/
+;
    my ($msgdate, $msgtime, $msgid, $remainder1) =
        split m{:?\s+}, $remainder, 4;
# DATETIME, SERVER, SEQNO, DATETIME1, MSGID, SENDER, RECIPIENT, SVRIP,
+ ORIGMSGID, STATUS, SUBJECT
    my $csv = sprintf q{%02d-%02d-%s %s,%s,,%s %s,%s,%s,,%s,%s,,"%s"},
    $yr, $monthNos{$mon}, $day, $time, $loghost, $msgdate, $msgtime, $
+msgid, $from, $srvrip, $msgid, $remainder;
    print "$csv\n";

  } elsif( $op eq '==' ){
    # delivery deferred; temporary problem
    my ( $from ) = $remainder =~ m/==\s*(\S+)/;
    my ($msgdate, $msgtime, $msgid, $remainder1) =
        split m{:?\s+}, $remainder, 4;
# DATETIME, SERVER, SEQNO, DATETIME1, MSGID, SENDER, RECIPIENT, SRVRIP
+, ORIGMSGID, STATUS, SUBJECT
    my $csv = sprintf q{%02d-%02d-%s %s,%s,,%s %s,%s,%s,,,%s,,"%s"},
    $yr, $monthNos{$mon}, $day, $time, $loghost, $msgdate, $msgtime, $
+msgid, $from, $msgid, $remainder;
    print "$csv\n";

  } elsif( $op eq '**' ){
    # fall back on a default behavior
    my ( $from ) = $remainder =~ m/\*\*\s*(\S+)/;
    my ($msgdate, $msgtime, $msgid, $remainder1) =
        split m{:?\s+}, $remainder, 4;
# DATETIME, SERVER, SEQNO, DATETIME1, MSGID, SENDER, RECIPIENT, SRVRIP
+, ORIGMSGID, STATUS, SUBJECT
    my $csv = sprintf q{%02d-%02d-%s %s,%s,,%s %s,%s,%s,,,%s,,"%s"},
    $yr, $monthNos{$mon}, $day, $time, $loghost, $msgdate, $msgtime, $
+msgid, $from, $msgid, $remainder;
    print "$csv\n";

  }
    else {
    my $csv = sprintf q{%02d-%02d-%s %s,%s,,,,,,,,,"%s"},
   $day, $monthNos{ $mon }, $yr, $time, $loghost, $remainder;
    print "$csv\n";
  }
}
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