MailScanner seems broken on FreeBSD using perl > 5.8.8

[mog]

Greetings everyone,

I've just recently upgraded to MailScanner version MailScanner-4.75.11 
using perl-5.8.9_2 on a FreeBSD 7.1 system, and sadly the server is 
unable to process mail. When MailScanner tries to run it reports the 
following type of error:


MailScanner[42585]: Could not use Custom Function code 
/usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/CustomFunctions/MyExample.pm, it 
could not be "require"d. Make sure the last line is "1;" and the module 
is correct with perl -wc (Error: Insecure dependency in require while 
running with -T switch at 
/usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 623.)


The same error is reported for all of the following functions: 
ZMRouterDirHash.pm, SpamWhitelist.pm, MyExample.pm, DavidHooton.pm, 
LastSpam.pm, GenericSpamScanner.pm, CustomAction.pm, 
Ruleset-from-Function.pm.

A helpful fellow suggested I check with some perl people to see what the 
-T switch of perl means, and then ask on the mailing list for some more 
information. Some perl people said the -T is a 'taint mode' designed to 
perform additional safety/sanity checks on the code, and apparently the 
Function modules are using, or "require"-ing, some user provided data; 
which is all in turn causing MailScanner to break on FreeBSD systems 
running perl versions higher than 5.8.8. This has the effect of 
preventing any FreeBSD servers running MailScanner from being able to be 
updated - kind of crippling them :(

Unfortunately I don't know enough about perl or what MailScanner is 
doing with these functions in order to solve the problem and make 
MailScanner work on FreeBSD again. If anyone could please help with this 
it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Regards,
Moggie.