From: Ruby Newbee <rubynewbee@...>
Date: 2010-01-01T15:06:04+09:00
Subject: Re: send emails

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Derek Smith
<derekbellnersmith@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ruby Newbee wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need a module for sending emails.
>> Could you show me where I can find it and what's the syntax?
>> Thanks.
>
> Have fun!
>
>
> require 'net/smtp'
>  Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.com', 25) do |smtp|
>    smtp.open_message_stream('from_addr', [to_addr]) do |f|
>      f.puts 'From: shabbir@g4ef.com'
>      f.puts 'To: pradeep@g4ef.com'
>      f.puts 'Subject: test message'
>      f.puts 'This is a test message.'
>    end
>  end
>

Thanks, that works.

But from syntax point to see, what's Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.com', 25)?
why it can accept a block as argument?
what's the content of "smtp"?
why "smtp" (it seems being taken from God) has the method of
"open_message_stream"?
and what other methods it does also have?

Sorry for my newbie questions.

Regards,
Jenn.