From: Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@...>
Date: 2008-02-17T17:00:39+09:00
Subject: Re: smtp -  from field shows up blank in client

Dan Zwell wrote:
> Max Payne wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'm using the following code which is working fine except the from
>> address comes up blank.
>>
>> smtp = Net::SMTP.start('smtp.mydomain.com', 587, 'mydomain.com',
>> 'username@mydomain.com', 'password', :login) { |smtp|
>>   smtp.send_message( msg,  'from@mydomain.com',
>> ['towhoever@gmail.com'] )
>> }
>> The email goes out but it doesn't tell me who it's from.
>> In gmail the from is (Unknown Sender), In yahoo or others it's blank.
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>
> Hello Max,
>
> I think the from/to/subject needs to be part of your message, like this:
> msg = <<EOF
> From: Me <my@address>
> To: You <your@address>
> Subject: This email is a test.
>
> This is the start of the message body...
> EOF
>
> Good luck,
> Dan
>

Also, if you're missing the date, you'll need to add that in.  Check out 
the example on my page here:
http://notepad.onghu.com/2007/3/26/sending-email-with-ruby

Cheers,
Mohit.
2/17/2008 | 4:00 PM.