MIME::Lite returns "SMTP Failed to connect to mail server: Bad file descriptor"

vit has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am getting
SMTP Failed to connect to mail server: Bad file descriptor
when running the following code on Windows

use MIME::Lite;
my $msg=MIME::Lite->new(From=>"xx",
                          To=>'xxx@xxx.com',
                          Subject=>'Test MIME',
                          Data=>"This is the test message");
$msg->send;
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What am I missing?

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