Hi Monks,

I have some, but limited, experience with PERL. I am trying use Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail to send emails. I tried using the sample code provided with the module but can't get it to work. My OS is Windows 8.1, 64 bit. Here is the code I used (but with my real password:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail;
my $mail=Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail->new( -smtp=>'smtp.gmail.com',
                                        -login=>'IHipschman@gmail.com'
+,
                                        -pass=>'mypassword');

$mail->send(-to=>'IHipschman@yahoo.com', -subject=>'Hello!',
            -body=>'Just testing it<br>Bye!',-contenttype=>'text/html'
+);
$mail->bye;

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The response I receive is:

C:\Users\Ivan\Documents\BSA\EMAIL\GmailSend>perl tryitmodified.pl
Could not connect to SMTP server
Can't call method "send" without a package or object reference at tryi
+tmodified.
pl line 8.

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.

Can anyone suggest what the problem is? I have tried running from an administrator level command prompt and turning off the Windows firewall.

Thanks

In reply to Problem using Gmail Send by IvanH

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