Re: Net::SMTP - "Bad File Number" error ?

[Frank Seitz]

still just me wrote:
> I'm using Net::SMTP to send mail from a perl program running on a web
> server. Code is as follows:
>
> my $relay="smtp.example.com";
> my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($relay);
> die "Could not open connection: $!" if (! defined $smtp);

I think $! is not meaningful here. See "perldoc perlvar"
for the definition of $!.

> What does "bad file number" mean?

It means, that a file handle was used that was not open.

Frank
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[Joe Smith]

still just me wrote:
> I'm using Net::SMTP to send mail from a perl program running on a web
> server. Code is as follows:
>
> my $relay="smtp.example.com";
> my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($relay);
> die "Could not open connection: $!" if (! defined $smtp);

The docs for Net::SMTP does not say that it sets $!, so don't rely on that.

Have you tried turning on debugging?

$smtp = Net::SMTP->new(
Host => 'smtp.example.com',
Hello => 'my.mail.domain'
Timeout => 30,
Debug => 1,
);