Re: [MacPerl] 'Can't call method' problem

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Fri, 22 May 1998 09:49:51 -0700, Kevin Johnson wrote:
>
>MacPerl is great!...but having a problem.
>
>Using Net::SMTP, I've written a script that e-mails a dropped text file.
>I've saved it as a runtime using RuntimeBuilder and it works great on my
>machine. Trying it out on other Macs (both with MacPerl and without
MacPerl
>installed) results in the error: # Can't call method "mail" without a
>package or object reference.

Since error messages generally mean what they say, in all likelihood
you're not geHing through to the SMTP server. And so you're probably not
getting a blessed Net::SMTP reference back from new(). Try

$smtp= Net::SMTP->new($host) or die "Unable to open the connection";

>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks for your help!
>Kevin
>
>--------------------------------
>Kevin Johnson
>Science Teacher
>Surprise Lake Middle School
>Fife School District
>2001 Milton Way
>Milton, WA 98354
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>
>



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Paul J. Schinder
schinder@pobox.com


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