Fastforward,

I did the SQL and PHP updates, edited vars in newnews.pl but get the following errors:

I installed the 2.1 for beta3

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Global symbol "$db" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 46.
Global symbol "$db_host" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 47.
Global symbol "$db_username" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 48.

Bareword found where operator expected at ./newnews.pl line 53, near "$smtp_server="localhost"
(Missing operator before localhost?)
String found where operator expected at ./newnews.pl line 65, near "$useragent=""
(Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 53)
(Missing semicolon on previous line?)
.......

Global symbol "$batch_limit" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$expire_days" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$italic_quotes" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$indent_quotes" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$colorize_quotes" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$hyperlinked_uri" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$allowsmilies" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$email_notify" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$article_wrap" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$max_msg_length" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$output_to_console" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Global symbol "$useragent" requires explicit package name at ./newnews.pl line 53.
Bareword found where operator expected at ./newnews.pl line 65, near "$useragent="LowCarber"
./newnews.pl has too many errors.