you can also use the gmailer library. This is often the best thing to use, as you now dont need to know about the exchange settings, and frequently the IT group will prevent desktop PCs from relaying off excahnage, as its a bad security hole
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] Using Ruby for email notification? > Seems pretty typical, all I have to do is ask for help and then all of a > sudden something I've been digging for for a month falls into my lap. > For anyone wondering: > > from_addr = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > to_addr = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > email_text = <<"END_EMAIL" > To: "Me" <#{to_addr}> > From: #{from_addr} > Subject: That thar logfile turned up somethin' > > Hi, #{to_addr}, > > Here's the email about the logfile thing. > END_EMAIL > > # now the sendmail part... > > IO.popen("/usr/sbin/sendmail #{to_addr}", "w") do |sendmail| > sendmail.print email_text > end > > # That's it... Or, using SMTP directly: > > require 'net/smtp' > > Net::SMTP.start("your-isp-smtp-server.com") do |smtp| > smtp.sendmail(email_text, from_addr, to_addr) > end > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Reed > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wtr-general] Using Ruby for email notification? > > I have quite a few regression tests built in Ruby/Watir now, and I'd > like to schedule them to run overnight. I have also built a logging > function which is great, but I'd like to try to have the automated tests > e-mail me as well as write to the text logs. That leads me to ask you > guys -- has anyone used Ruby for e-mail? > > Our company has an exchange server with smtp enabled so I can easily > connect to it via telnet, but I'm not sure how to achieve this in Ruby. > I've read the about.com article > (http://ruby.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/ruby_email.htm), but there is not > a whole lot of explanation for a few of the parameters, nor a lot of > online discussion about it (or at least Google can't find it). > > The code they list is: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > require net/smtp > > myMessage = <<END_OF_MESSAGE > From: Mickey Mouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Donald Duck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Contract Negotiations > > Don't let the big guy bully you. > END_OF_MESSAGE > > Net::SMTP.start('localhost', 25, 'localhost.localdomain', 'mickey', > 'cheese', :login) do |smtp| > smtp.send_message myMessage, 'bigcheese.disney.com' > end > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > When I try this with my company server information (which has been > verified), I get the following error: > > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:536:in `send0': mail destination not > given (ArgumentError) > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:472:in `send_message' > from emailtest.rb:12 > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:379:in `start' > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start' > from emailtest.rb:11 > > Thanks, > Adam > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
