From: Jan 'jast' Krueger <usenet@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T10:15:27+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby smtp and gmail

Hi,

ruby talk wrote:
> 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)

That means that the server requires an encrypted connection via TLS, and the
SMTP module doesn't appear to support that (many less powerful clients don't).

Many other mail servers will accept your mails; only a select few actually
*require* TLS/SSL (mine is among them ;)).

You might want to try setting up an SSL tunnel that locally encrypts things
and sends them to the server's SMTPS port (465). This is probably easier to
do outside Ruby, though.

-- 
Best regards,
Jan 'jast' Krueger <usenet@zoidberg.org>, Aachen, Germany
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