my $SERVER = 'mail.domain.com';

...

sub send_text_message
{
   # get our working variables
   my $to = $_[0];
   my $from = $_[1];
   my $subject = $_[2];
   my $body = $_[3];
	
   eval
   {
	my $mail = new Mail::Mailer ('smtp', server=>$SERVER);
	$mail->open({	From=>$from,
			To=>$to,
			Subject=>$subject,
		}) or die ("Can't send email headers: $!\n");
	print $mail $body;
	$mail->close();
   };
   if($@)
   {
	print $page -> header(-type=> 'text/html',
			      -charset=> 'utf8'),
	      $page->p($@);
	return 0;
   }
   else
   {
	return 1;
   }
}

##</code><code>##

sub open {
    my($self, $hdrs) = @_;
    my $exe = *$self->{Exe}; # || Carp::croak "$self->open: bad exe";
    my $args = *$self->{Args};

# removed MO 20050331: destroyed the folding
#   _cleanup_hdrs($hdrs);

    my @to = $self->who_to($hdrs);
    
    $self->close;	# just in case;

    # Fork and start a mailer
    (defined($exe) && open($self,"|-"))   # <- line dying on
	|| $self->exec($exe, $args, \@to)
	|| die $!;

    # Set the headers
    $self->set_headers($hdrs);

    # return self (a FileHandle) ready to accept the body
    $self;
}