C:\src\perl\pstconv>perl -w use strict; use Win32::OLE; my $MAPI = Win32::OLE->new('MAPI.Session') or die "Could not instantiate MAPI Session: " . Win32::OLE::LastError(); __END__ Win32::OLE(0.1707) error 0x80004005: "Unspecified error" at - line 3 eval {...} called at - line 3 Could not instantiate MAPI Session: Win32::OLE(0.1707) error 0x80004005: "Unspec ified error" at - line 3.