Failed to connect to

[da_sotong]

Hi all,

I've a perl script that does the sending of email using MIME..however
i keep getting this error when i run the script: Failed to connect to
mail server: Unknown error.

Any one has any idea how i can solve this problem? Thanks in advance =)

 

[Bob Walton]

da_sotong wrote:

....

I've a perl script that does the sending of email using MIME..however
i keep getting this error when i run the script: Failed to connect to
mail server: Unknown error.

Any one has any idea how i can solve this problem? Thanks in advance =)

Nope. No idea at all. Maybe I could get an idea if you posted some
code -- like a small standalone portion of your program which
demonstrates your problem and that anyone can copy/paste/execute to
demonstrate said problem. Copy/paste your code, don't retype it.

 

[Reto Hersiczky]

Sounds like your host doesn't have the privilege to connect to
the related mail server. I suggest to make a

telnet mailhost.example.org 25

at your shell prompt on the machine where this problem occurs
and look if you see the remote mailserver's welcome message
or not.

You can use MIME::Lite in a fashion with Sendmail instead of smtp:

MIME::Lite->send("sendmail", "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -oi -oem");

(Check the path: "which sendmail" as root)
This will work if your Sendmail is configured correctly ;-)

HTH
--Reto

p.s.
I agree with Bob's posting:
Copy/paste your code!