I am trying to connect to SMTPS using Net::SMTP::SSL; library. while tryin to connect I am getting an error which says.. IO::Socket::INET configuration failederror:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0) I am able to connect to SMTP. I have tried the same with telnet and telnets which was successfull. Can anyone please give me some ideas about this error? Thanks in Advance Ravi Gowda