Lost connection to MySQL server during query

Hi -

I'm getting the below error when trying to connect to a MySQL 4.0.12
server on RedHat 9 using a Perl script:

DBI connect('mailers:192.168.50.201','admin',...)
failed: Lost connection to MySQL server during query at ./dialer line 24
Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at ./dialer line 28.

The client machines are RH9 also, using the 3.23.56 libraries and clients
shipped with RedHat.

Any ideas where to start?

Thanks,
Alec

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