Re: Strings with @

[matze]

Shouldn't you quote your email-address?

my $recipient="some.g.guy\@bigcorporation.com";

Otherwise perl is expecting some code after the =.

Update: added escaping of '@'. Forgot about that.

[Fletch]

Actually he needs to use '' or q{}, otherwise the @bigcorporation will be interpreted as the name of an array and he'll get a different message.

Update: Not to mention changing || to or, or else adding some parens in that open statement.

[dracos]

Actualy that will try to find the aray @bigcorporation.
better yet:

my $recipient= q{[e-mail]};

this way no interpitation will take place.
Ron...