Re: Re: Re: Turning off carp(fatalsToBrowser) [briefly]?

So I deduce that either MIME::Lite has a bug (extremely unlikely)

Well, actually extremely is a bit stronger than I would say. Eryq is human, and so am I. In fact the whole reason I took over maintenance of the module was _because_ MIME::Lite had an error in it and Eryq didnt have the tuits to take care of it, so there was this buggy version in wide use. The 3.0 release was mostly a cosmetic change (with a few minor changes), the 3.01 release is the one to use. (Although I would be very grateful for people trying out the dev release of 3.01_03 especially if they are using authenticating SMTP servers for transmission, I wont release it with a "production" version number until I have feedback.)

But you are correct, MIME::Lite does try to use a bunch of modules and then falls back to roll-yer-own stuff if it cant find them. (Not my call, I probably wouldnt have done it that way myself, *shrug*) But you _shouldnt_ have been seeing the errors you did. Which is why i assume there is something strange about your setup. Please feel free to email me with more details so i can look into it closer if you do continue to experience problems. But please ensure you upgrade and check the various bits and bobs are up to date first. Also dont forget to send me your perl version, OS version and version of the module itself and any of the other modules that MIME::Lite uses.

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demerphq

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Turning off carp(fatalsToBrowser) [briefly]? by jfrm (Monk) on Jan 26, 2004 at 12:51 UTC
Just the other day I was seeing if MIME::Lite would use an authenticated SMTP server. It didn't seem to so I left it. I'd be willing to Beta trial 3.01_03 MIME::Lite if it includes ability to do this. I use it daily generally for Business. Since I'm going to re-install MIME::Lite anyway to try to fix the above, can just use this version. Pl. confirm: 3.01 release didn't do this but 3.01_03 does? Having trouble using reply messagy thing on PerlMonks (one line only?) so resorting to replying here. Pl. just email me viz: james at mastersgames.com... thanks, James.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Turning off carp(fatalsToBrowser) [briefly]? by demerphq (Chancellor) on Jan 26, 2004 at 18:46 UTC
3.01 doesnt handle authenticating SMTP properly. 3.01_03 should do so. As I said, the feedback ive recieved has been minimal, and work obligations have prevented me from really testing it thoroughly. I suggest you download it from search.cpan.org (MIME::Lite 3.01_03) as the CPAN shell makes downloading DEV releases a bit difficult. Also, I prefer and am glad that you do/did reply here. If you /msg it or if I email you then the record is lost from the monastery, which means I have to help more people individually instead of them being able to help themselves by searching here. Feel free to email me if you have something specific to discuss, like issues/bugreports with 3.01_03, but otherwise public communication which can be referenced after the fact is by far the better way to deal with issues like this. Cheers, --- demerphq _{First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi}	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Turning off carp(fatalsToBrowser) [briefly]? by jfrm (Monk) on Feb 08, 2004 at 18:33 UTC
Hi demerphq and other meditators, I've downloaded it and would like to install it. Instructions are as ever: perl makefile.pl make test make install Or instead of the last line, even better is make install TEST_VERBOSE=1 Regrettably, I don't have nmake on my machine. I've only ever installed the modules using user-friendly utilities that just download and install modules/packages from activestate repository or wherever. I don't know how they work but I assume they install pre-compiled windows binaries somehow. Is there some repository I can go to to get 3.01_03 in this way? I expect not. I don't entirely understand why PERL lib downloads need to be compiled - I thought that PERL was an interpreted language. I understand that one might wish to compile a script to make it faster but it seems odd that compilation is compulsory. Can't I just include the source into my script somehow? (no doubt, a naive question...). Perhaps some other shaven-heads have some thoughts on this to enlighten my foolish soul. Sorry if this is all rather pathetic... James.	[reply]


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