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Simple "Send Email From Ruby" Method

08.03.2006

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        By Ian Purton and found at <a href="http://jiploo.com/blog/simple-email-send-function-in-ruby/">http://jiploo.com/blog/simple-email-send-function-in-ruby/</a>

def send_email(from, from_alias, to, to_alias, subject, message)
	msg = <<END_OF_MESSAGE
From: #{from_alias} <#{from}>
To: #{to_alias} <#{to}>
Subject: #{subject}
	
#{message}
END_OF_MESSAGE
	
	Net::SMTP.start('localhost') do |smtp|
		smtp.send_message msg, from, to
	end
end

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Snippets Manager replied on Fri, 2010/01/29 - 4:13am

If you're looking for something a little more robust, and don't mind installing a ruby gem, I'd recommend pony (http://github.com/benprew/pony). It supposed smtp, tls and can even send email using the local sendmail binary!