%cfg = (To => 'to', From => 'from', Subject => 'subject', Message => "message\nmsg2\n", Page_Title => 'MailTo'); %cfg; #### use strict; . . my $file = 'cfg.cfg'; my %cfg; my $return = do $file; unless ($return) { die "couldn't parse $file: $@" if $@; die "couldn't do $file: $!" unless defined $return; die "couldn't run $file" unless $return; } %cfg = %{$return}; #### Subject: