Why do I get “SMTP Failed to connect to mail server:” when I try to send an email to a Gmail account using MIME::Lite?

Question

I have following code to send an email in Perl:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use MIME::Lite;

$to = \'toid@domain.com\';
$cc = \'ccid@domain.com\';
$from = \'fromid@doma         


        

Answer 1

It can be fixed with Net::SMTP 3.05 (the latest version at CPAN). It supports SMTPS and STARTTLS.
[ WARNING: see MIME::Lite 3.030 - NET::SMTP with smtps (port 465) ]

# It should work with Net::SMTP 3.05
# MIME::Lite will pass SSL=>1 to Net::SMTP constructor
$msg->send('smtp', "smtp.gmail.com", SSL=>1,
AuthUser=>"myid@domain.com", AuthPass=>"mypass" );