--yeah, i just remembered that i didn't put it in the example i sent you.
--i took it out when i mailed you what i had tested. however, i did put it back in and i got the same error message. --should i be using some escape sequence (control something)? just putting the '\' isn't working for me at all. -X -----Original Message----- From: Brett W. McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:37 AM To: Johnson, Shaunn Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: documentation about perl / email On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Johnson, Shaunn wrote: > --i know. i *know* i must be doing something goofy. > #$addr=`cat /tmp/email_users.txt`; > $addr='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; ^ > $addr_frm='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; ^ You need to escape the @ with \ here -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.