perl script for web form => POP mail w/ authentication?

[IronWing]

My web host changed the rules on their mail server to require authentication for outgoing mail. I have a perl script that reads user entered form data from a webpage and emails it to my mailbox. However, it has no provision for user authentication. Anyone know of any simple perl scripts to accomplish this? I'm willing to look at scripts in other languages but perl is my strong suit.

With the current script the user enters their name, email address, a subject line, and a message. The script scrubs the input to remove any potential scripts or other unpleasantness and puts it in a formatted email message to my mailbox.

 

[bobross419]

The Net::SMTP module contains a method for authentication.

 

[IronWing]

Thanks. I figured out that the default version of perl on my webhost, 5.6, doesn't support authentication but that 5.8 is also available so I was able to redirect my script to that version of perl. I figured out that the script hangs before it even gets to the auth step. The connection to the mail server never gets made. I'm using the same settings for the smtp server as I use in Thunderbird so I'm still scratching my head as to why the server is rejecting the connection.

my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('smtp.myhost.net',
    Hello => 'smtp.myhost.net',
    Port => 25, 
    Debug => 1) || die "Can't open the gosh dern mail connection: $!";

I tried setting the Hello argument to both the webhost domain and my domain name with similar results. The port number is what Thunderbird uses so that shouldn't be an issue.