From: Hd Pwnz0r <human.dictionary@...>
Date: 2010-08-18T02:03:11+09:00
Subject: Re: SMTP SMS Reminder Script

Brian Candler wrote:
> Hd Pwnz0r wrote:
>> Brian Candler wrote:
>>> Hd Pwnz0r wrote:
>>>> username = gets
>>> ...
>>>> password=gets
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Probably it's the newline on the end of the username and password. Try
>>> 
>>> username = gets.chomp
>>> password = gets.chomp
>> 
>> I've tried that previously, the script just sits there until I interrupt 
>> it.
> 
> Sure. So you have another bug. To be sure, try typing a wrong password 
> and see if it's rejected.
> 
> Try adding some STDERR.puts "..." lines to see how far you're getting.
> 
> I note some strange things in your script:
> 
> Net::SMTP.start('smtp.gmail.com', 587, 'gmail.com',
>                       username, password, :plain) do |smtp|
>   smtp.send_message message
>  '@gmail.com'      #<< this line does nothing
>  '@txt.att.net'    #<< this line does nothing
> end
> 
> and:
> 
> while Times_Sent < x
> Times_Sent = Times_Sent + 1   # This just loops until Times_sent == x
> end
> 
> I suggest you start with the simplest possible script - which sends one 
> E-mail - before making it more complex. Google for "ruby Net::SMTP 
> gmail" to find some working examples.

stderr:

/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `initialize': getaddrinfo: Servname 
not supported for ai_socktype (SocketError)
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `open'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `do_start'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:62:in `timeout'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:93:in `timeout'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `do_start'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:525:in `start'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:463:in `start'
  from prog.rb:15

There's the stderr, and I'll check into that thanks. It still gets the 
output but there's a socketerror.
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