From: Kevin Smith <kevins14@...>
Date: 2000-12-14T11:03:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7185] Re: Sending SMTP  (was: Re:  Hello and a question.)


>Kevin Smith <kevins14@pacbell.net> writes:
>
>> Here's my SMTP code (that works):
>> 
>> smtp = Net::SMTP.start('mail.server.whatever')
>> smtp.ready(from, to) do
>>   | a |
>>   message.each do
>>     | line |
>>     a.write(x + "\r\n")
>>     $stdout.write(x + "\r\n")  #debugging
>>   end
>> end
>
>In fact, that can be even simpler (but without the debugging) using
>
>    Net::SMTP.start(server) do |smtp|
>      smtp.sendmail(message, from, [ to ])
>    end
>
>Down in the guts of protocol.rb the code will add \r\n to lines that
>are missing them. All 'message' has to do is respond to 'each'.

Thanks for the tip. My original implementation assumed that message was an array, not a string. I rewrote it using your approach, and using a string with "\n" terminated lines, and it seems to work fine.

Kevin