From: Kazuhiko Izawa <kai@...>
Date: 2003-05-22T19:15:06+09:00
Subject: Re: SMTP Authentication

From: Benjamin Sommerfeld <benjamin.sommerfeld@hno.atmel.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:34:41 +0900

> Net::SMTP.new('10.162.93.61',25).start('hno.atmel.com','proben1','proberserver',':login'){|smtp|

> Do you have any more hints?
 
authtype is not String, but Symbol. Not ':login', but :login.

Net::SMTP.start('localhost', 25, 'localhost', user, secret, :login) do |smtp|
	smtp.send_mail "test", "sender@example.com", "recipient@example.com"
end

good luck.