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What is my path to perl?

#!/usr/bin/perl

What is my path to sendmail?

/usr/sbin/sendmail

May I run custom cgi scripts?

Yes, you may.

Can I use perl to talk to my MySQL database?

Yes, DBI and DBD::MySQL is installed.

What directory must my perl files reside in?

You can upload the Perl Scripts to cgi-bin directory.

How do I reach them from a browser?

http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/

I keep getting internal server error from my perl scripts.

Make sure your perl scripts were uploaded in ASCII.

Make sure the permissions on the files are 755.

Make sure the top line of your scripts (the shebang line) reads #!/usr/bin/perl