capturing error in MIME::Lite

[John]

Hi

I have

use Net::SMTP;
use MIME::Lite;
... ... ...
MIME::Lite->send('smtp',$mail_host,TimeOut=>60);
$msg->send or die "error in email";

I thought the die would capture any error. If the email address is not
vaild I get:

Software error:
SMTP recipient() command failed:
5.1.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in
virtual alias table

Why isn't die capturing the error?

Regards
John

 

[Steve C]

Hi

I have

use Net::SMTP;
use MIME::Lite;
.. ... ...
MIME::Lite->send('smtp',$mail_host,TimeOut=>60);
$msg->send or die "error in email";

I thought the die would capture any error. If the email address is not
vaild I get:

Software error:
SMTP recipient() command failed:
5.1.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in
virtual alias table

Why isn't die capturing the error?

Presumably it is getting the error before send returns, so it never
gets to the 'or die'. Are you assuming that die does something like
try-catch in other languages? For that you want to use eval or
the TryCatch module.