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Sending Mail
CodeExpectedActual
require 'rubygems'
require 'action_mailer'
class SimpleMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  def simple_message(recipient)
     from 'leonardr@example.org'
     recipients recipient
     subject 'A single-part message for you'
     body 'This message has a plain text body.'
  end
end
puts SimpleMailer.create_simple_message('lucas@example.com')
 
From: leonardr@example.org
To: lucas@example.com
Subject: A single-part message for you
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

This message has a plain text body.
 
From: leonardr@example.org
To: lucas@example.com
Subject: A single-part message for you
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

This message has a plain text body.
 
ActionMailer::Base.server_settings = { :address  => 'localhost',
                                       :port  => 25, # 25 is the default
                                       :domain  => 'example.org' } 
SimpleMailer.deliver_simple_message('lucas@example.com')
ActionMailer::Base.server_settings = { :address  => 'smtp.example.org',
                                       :port  => 25, 
                                       :domain  => 'example.org',
                                       :user_name => 'leonardr@example.org',
	                               :password => 'my_password',
                                       :authentication => :login } 
SimpleMailer.deliver_simple_message('lucas@example.com')
class SimpleMailer
  def headerful_message
     @headers['A custom header'] = 'Its value'
     body 'Body'
  end
end
puts SimpleMailer.create_headerful_message
 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
A custom header: Its value

Body
 
Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2)
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `initialize'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:393:in `do_start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:378:in `start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:447:in `perform_delivery_smtp'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:333:in `deliver!'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:227:in `method_missing'
	from (irb):15
SocketError: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `initialize'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:393:in `do_start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:378:in `start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:447:in `perform_delivery_smtp'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:333:in `deliver!'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:227:in `method_missing'
	from (irb):22
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
A custom header: Its value

Body
 
require 'mime/types'
class SimpleMailer
  def directory_dump_message(recipient, directory)
    from 'directory-dump@example.org'
    recipients recipient
    subject "Dump of #{directory}"
    body %{Here are the files currently in "#{directory}":}
    Dir.new(directory).each do |f|
      path = File.join(directory, f)
      if File.file? path
        mime_type = MIME::Types.of(f).first
        content_type = (mime_type ? mime_type.content_type :
                        'application/binary')
        attachment(content_type) do |a| 
          a.body = File.read(path)
          a.filename = f
          a.transfer_encoding = 'quoted-printable' if content_type =~ /^text\//
        end
      end
    end
  end
end
SimpleMailer.create_directory_dump_message('lucas@example.com',
                                                'email_test')
Dir.mkdir('email_test')
open('email_test/image.jpg', 'wb') { |f| f << "\377\330\377\340\000\020JFIF" }
open('email_test/text.txt', 'w') { |f| f << "Here's some text." }
puts SimpleMailer.create_directory_dump_message('lucas@example.com',
                                                'email_test')
 
From: directory-dump@example.org
To: lucas@example.com
Subject: Dump of email_test
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=mimepart_443d73ecc651_3ae1..fdbeb1ba4328


--mimepart_443d73ecc651_3ae1..fdbeb1ba4328
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline

Here are the files currently in "email_test":
--mimepart_443d73ecc651_3ae1..fdbeb1ba4328
Content-Type: image/jpeg; name=image.jpg
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=image.jpg

/9j/4AAQSkZJRg==

--mimepart_443d73ecc651_3ae1..fdbeb1ba4328
Content-Type: text/plain; name=text.txt
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=text.txt

Here's some text.=

--mimepart_443d73ecc651_3ae1..fdbeb1ba4328--
 
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - email_test
	from (irb):37:in `initialize'
	from (irb):37:in `directory_dump_message'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:274:in `create!'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:267:in `initialize'
	from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `new'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.2.1/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:226:in `method_missing'
	from (irb):52
From: directory-dump@example.org
To: lucas@example.com
Subject: Dump of email_test
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=mimepart_443d7825cec9a_3f43..fdbeb1ba4328


--mimepart_443d7825cec9a_3f43..fdbeb1ba4328
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline

Here are the files currently in "email_test":
--mimepart_443d7825cec9a_3f43..fdbeb1ba4328
Content-Type: image/jpeg; name=image.jpg
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=image.jpg

/9j/4AAQSkZJRg==

--mimepart_443d7825cec9a_3f43..fdbeb1ba4328
Content-Type: text/plain; name=text.txt
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=text.txt

Here's some text.=

--mimepart_443d7825cec9a_3f43..fdbeb1ba4328--
 
require 'net/smtp'
Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.org', 25, 'example.org',
         	'leonardr@example.org', 'my_password', :login) do |smtp|
  smtp.send_message(message_string, from_address, to_address)
end
 
...
 
SocketError: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `initialize'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:393:in `do_start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:378:in `start'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start'
	from (irb):60