From: Conrad Schneiker <schneiker@...>
Date: 2001-12-28T05:34:11+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29482] Re: I think I found the problem with the gateway

"Dave Thomas" <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> wrote:
>
> If this message appears on the ML, then the problem was due to an
> incompatibility with the 1.6.6 net/smtp library. Code that worked fine
> previously seemed not to send mail under 1.6.6: I changed the code to
> use a different style of sending (#send_mail, rather than #ready) and
> it seemed to start sending correctly again.

Thanks much, Dave!

> The worrying thing is that it seems to have been failing
> silently.

And that other people who might have noticed something amiss were too
reluctant to ask about it earlier. Please folks, don't wait for someone else
to notice and stick their neck out. It's safe to ask. Really. :-)

> Anyone using the library to send e-mail might want to check
> it still works if you upgrade Ruby.

I sense yet another test case in Ruby's future......

Conrad