Re: execute commands within SMTP email code: send content in variables and not actual variables

Just want to point out something quick:

On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:38 AM, dJD col <[e-mail]> wrote:
>   File.open("/home/path/Document.txt","r") do |file|
>   ms=3Dfile

This does not read the contents of Document.txt. All it does is assign =
the file handle to the local variable ms. What you probably want at this =
point is:

  ms =3D file.read

However, as was previously pointed out, just doing

  ms =3D FIle.read("/home/path/Document.txt")

Is a lot simpler at this stage.

Further:

> msgstr =3D <<EOF
> ...
> ms
>=20
> EOF

When you get to the ms in your message body, it's just a string at that =
point. As was pointed out. you need to interpolate it:

msgstr =3D <<EOF
=85
#{ms}

EOF


The Pony gem was mentioned, I'm partial to the mail gem. Either is fine, =
but also learning to use the lower level std lib module is good too, for =
understanding. Pony and mail make things easier, but underneath they're =
using Net::SMTP as well.