Getting Net::SMTP::SSL debug information

[sirsir]

I wrote this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use MIME::Base64;
use Net::SMTP::SSL;

my($User,$Password) = ('[e-mail]', 'password');
$EncodedLogin = encode_base64("\00".$User."\0".$Password);
my $smtp = Net::SMTP::SSL->new('smtp.gmail.com',Port=>465,Debug=>1,Hel
+lo=>'mx.google.com');

$smtp->datasend("AUTH PLAIN " . $EncodedLogin);
$smtp->dataend();

With Debug set to 1, here is the output I get:

Net::SMTP::SSL>>> Net::SMTP::SSL(1.01)
Net::SMTP::SSL>>>   IO::Socket::SSL(1.22)
Net::SMTP::SSL>>>     IO::Socket::INET(1.29)
Net::SMTP::SSL>>>       IO::Socket(1.29)
Net::SMTP::SSL>>>         IO::Handle(1.25)
Net::SMTP::SSL>>>           Exporter(5.58)
Net::SMTP::SSL>>>   Net::Cmd(2.26)
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 220 mx.google.com ESMTP 32sm13404522
+wfc.50
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)>>> EHLO mx.google.com
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 250-mx.google.com at your service, [
+xxx.xx.xx.x]
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 250-SIZE 35651584
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 250-8BITMIME
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)>>> AUTH PLAIN base_64_encoded_string_of
+_my_username_and_password==
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)>>> .
Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x8413678)<<< 235 2.7.0 Accepted

How can I actually use this output to check response codes etc? Example:

if($smtp->response_code==235){
print("Accepted!\n");
}
else{
printf("Auth failed\n");
}

I already tried the auth() method, and it always returns 0 no matter what username/password combo I use.

[weismat]

I use the auth method also via Net::SMTP::SSL against yahoo mail instead of google mail and it returns 1 if the authentication has worked.
The odd part is that your SMTP status Code 235 indicates that the authentication has worked.
I guess you need to step in the debugger to see where the problem starts...
Update: Maybe you mixed the Net and the MIME module:

my $smtp = Net::SMTP::SSL->new("", Debug=>1, Timeout=>20, Port=>465);
    $smtp->auth('', "") or die "Error message: $smtp->message";

is what I do...

[sirsir]

How did you know the 'message()' method existed? It's not on the Net:SMTP documentation. I think I might just parse that and check if it sends Accepted or not.

[Anonymous Monk]

Net::SMTP says The Net::SMTP class is a subclass of Net::Cmd and IO::Socket::INET. Net::Cmd lists message