# phpman > info > Net::SMTP::SSL

[Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown)::[SSL(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SSL/3pm/markdown)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown)::[SSL(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SSL/3pm/markdown)

NAME
       [Net::SMTP::SSL](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP%3A%3ASSL/markdown) - SSL support for [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown)

SYNOPSIS
         use [Net::SMTP::SSL](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP%3A%3ASSL/markdown);

         my $smtps = [Net::SMTP::SSL](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP%3A%3ASSL/markdown)->new("example.com", Port => 465);

DEPRECATED
       Hey!  Read this!

       Since [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown) v1.28 (2014-10-08), [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown) itself has support for
       SMTP over SSL, and also for STARTTLS.  Use [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown), not
       [Net::SMTP::SSL](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP%3A%3ASSL/markdown).

DESCRIPTION
       Implements the same API as [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown), but uses [IO::Socket::SSL](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/IO%3A%3ASocket%3A%3ASSL/markdown) for its
       network operations. Due to the nature of "[Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown)"'s "new" method, it
       is not overridden to make use of a default port for the SMTPS service.
       Perhaps future versions will be smart like that. Port 465 is usually
       what you want, and it's not a pain to specify that.

       For interface documentation, please see [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown).

SEE ALSO
       [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown), [IO::Socket::SSL](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/IO%3A%3ASocket%3A%3ASSL/markdown), perl.

AUTHOR
       Casey West, <<casey@geeknest.com>>.

COPYRIGHT
         Copyright (c) 2004 Casey West.  All rights reserved.
         This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
         under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.24.1                      2016-10-30               [Net::SMTP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ASMTP/markdown)::[SSL(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SSL/3pm/markdown)