I need a Perl script that can access an SMTP/POP3 account using SSL.
GMail would be a perfect example. This code snippet will be included
into a larger program that I am working on.

The user's information will be located in a MySQL database. The
information would be his or her's login name and password. The port
number to use to logon would also be saved in the MySQL file.

The writing of the code needed to save the information in the file, or
access it, etc. is not a problem. I have that covered. I just do no
know how to write the code to actually access the account. Actually, I
would be sending rather than receiving most of the time, but being
able to POP the account would also be useful. If possible, I would not
like to be forced to use OpenSSL, although I suppose I might have to.

This program will eventually run on a FreeBSD 6.1 system as well as
possibly other *nix systems.

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Clarification of Question by pigskinreferee-ga on 11 Jun 2006 03:43 PDT

I guess I really was not very clear on what I needed.

This code will be used in a mailing list program. You have perhaps
heard of DADA Mail? Well this code would be used in a program similar
to that. At present, users can only use regular SMTP servers to send
mail though. They cannot connect to an SSL enabled server. I need the
code that would allow users to connect to an SSL server. I will supply
the code I am presently using later today if that would be of use to
you.

Are you needing the actuall code, or information on how to go about
writing the code?

-Thanks,
Grant

I guess I really was not very clear on what I needed.

This code will be used in a mailing list program. You have perhaps
heard of DADA Mail? Well this code would be used in a program similar
to that. At present, users can only use regular SMTP servers to send
mail though. They cannot connect to an SSL enabled server. I need the
code that would allow users to connect to an SSL server. I will supply
the code I am presently using later today if that would be of use to
you.