[pm-h] Problem Communicating with PayPal

[Fraser Baker]

Hi Y'all:

Wish I had brought up this issue at the last meeting.

I am accepting payment via PayPal. When payment is received, PayPal sends a response (IPN) to me which I use to initialize a new client's account. PayPal expects a successful result, otherwise PayPal keeps sending the IPN, which I can't have.

So, how do I execute the Perl code that initializes the account and then closes properly, sending a successful execution?

I have used a .pl without any response ... not good. Works but PayPal keeps sending the IPN.
I have used a .cgi that opens and closes an empty window. Somehow this screws up the initialization but PayPal is happy with that.

And there could be something else going on that I am totally unaware of.

Any comments?

Fraser
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