From: Dan Zwell <dzwell@...>
Date: 2007-09-14T19:08:16+09:00
Subject: Re: net/smtp question

Michael Linfield wrote:
> Ive tried several examples from numerous books trying to send mail with
> net smtp and i never really get the emails.
> 
> require 'net/smtp'
> 
> message = <<MESSAGE_END
> From: Nobody <nobody@power.net>
> To: Someone <someone@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Test SMTP
> 
> i pray that itll work
> MESSAGE_END
> 
> Net::SMTP.start('mx1.hotmail.com') do |smtp|
>   smtp.send_message message, 'nobody@power.net', 'someone@hotmail.com'
> end
> 
> #####
> This was one example, i receive no errors indicating a problem but when
> checking my email IE: someone@hotmail.com  i dont have it in any
> folders, not inbox or junkmail.
> 
> Another version that i modified to fit my own needs was this ----
> 
> require 'net/smtp'
> 
> puts "Sender: "
> sender = gets.chomp
> puts "Recipient: "
> rcpt = gets.chomp
> puts "Message: "
> msg = gets.chomp
> 
> smtp = Net::SMTP.new('mx1.hotmail.com')
> 
> smtp.start()
> 
> smtp.ready(sender, rcpt) do |mail|
> 
>  mail.write msg
> 
> end
> 
> #########
> once again no errors
> 
> any ideas why i might not be getting the emails?

Does hotmail even allow SMTP usage? I noticed you were trying to connect 
to the server mx1.hotmail.com. Try this with a GMail account or other 
account, it should work. The following is part of a script that worked 
for me, though I haven't tested it in 6 months. Ruby 1.8 doesn't support 
TLS, so I had to require a file "smtp_tls.rb" that you can find on the 
web. You won't need it if your server doesn't require TLS.


#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'net/smtp'
require 'smtp_tls'

myMessage = <<END_OF_MESSAGE
From: XXXXXXX <your_address@gmail.com>
To: XXXXXX <someone@example.com>
Subject: XXXXX XXXXXX

This e-mail is a test.
END_OF_MESSAGE

Net::SMTP.start('smtp.gmail.com', 587, 'localhost.localdomain',
                 username, password, :login) do |smtp|
     smtp.send_message(myMessage, 'your_address@gmail.com',
                       ['someone@example.com']);

end

__END__

Good luck,
Dan