Mark Henry wrote: > ...is the line beginning "ref ($sender ..." assignment of an anonymous > array to a reference?
ref($sender = new Mail::Sender { from => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', smtp => 'server.location.net', boundary => 'This-is-a-mail-boundary-435427' }) or die("Error($sender) : $Mail::Sender::Error\n"); ref()s return value is used to make sure a valid Mail::Sender object has been instantiated. Its returned value is not assigned to anything. see perldoc -f ref One way to get a reference to an anonymous array is to say: $arrayRef = [ qw(one two three four) ]; Todd W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]