From: Derril Lucci Date: 2010-12-19T11:06:29+09:00 Subject: variable problem so i am writing a program that sends email via an smtp server on gmail. the problem is that my email has a "." in it. the issue arises at the end of the following code block: Net::SMTP.start('smtp.gmail.com', 25, 'em.ail@gmail.com', 'em.ail', 'password', :em.ail) on the :em.ail part, it throws an error saying that ail is an undefined method for em. just curious if there is a way to represent 'em.ail' in a way that will work. thanks in advance. cheers, dlucci -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.