From: ruby talk <rubytalk@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T10:00:32+09:00
Subject: ruby smtp and gmail

[code]
     require 'net/smtp'
    Net::SMTP.start('smtp.gmail.com', 25,'rubytalk@gmail.com' ,
'password' , :login ) do |smtp|
      smtp.open_message_stream('rubytalk@gmail.com',
['rubytalk@gmail.com']) do |f|
        f.puts 'From:rubytalk@gmail.com'
        f.puts 'To:rubytalk@gmail.com'
        f.puts 'Subject: test message'
        f.puts
        f.puts 'This is a test message.'
      end
    end
[/code]

The error i get is
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:680:in `check_response': 530 5.7.0
Must issue a STARTTLS command first (Net::SMTPUnknownError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:593:in `auth_cram_md5'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:592:in `critical'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:592:in `auth_cram_md5'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:571:in `__send__'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:571:in `authenticate'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:411:in `do_start'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:378:in `start'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start'
        from email.rb:2

any one find a fix for this or a work around? Am i doing it wrong?
will it work with other smtp servers? I only have gmail to work with.
BEcker