use Net::POP3::SSLWrapper; use strict; use warnings; pop3s { my $pop = Net::POP3->new('pop.gmail.com', Port => 995) or die "can't make pop3 connection: $!"; my $nm = $pop->login('foo@gmail.com', 'password'); my $msgs = $pop->list; while (my ($id, $data) = each %$msgs) { print "Message ID: $id\n"; $pop->delete($id); } }; __END__ Here is actual output: [root@XBASEBK1 popgrabber]# perl jxp.pl Messages: 4 Message ID: 4 Message ID: 1 Message ID: 3 Message ID: 2 [root@XBASEBK1 popgrabber]# perl jxp.pl Messages: 4 Message ID: 4 Message ID: 1 Message ID: 3 Message ID: 2 [root@XBASEBK1 popgrabber]# perl jxp.pl Messages: 4 Message ID: 4 Message ID: 1 Message ID: 3 Message ID: 2