Method: Net::SMTP#send_message

Defined in:

lib/net/smtp.rb

#send_message(msgstr, from_addr, *to_addrs) ⇒ Object Also known as: send_mail, sendmail

Sends msgstr as a message. Single CR (“r”) and LF (“n”) found in the msgstr, are converted into the CR LF pair. You cannot send a binary message with this method. msgstr should include both the message headers and body.

from_addr is a String or Net::SMTP::Address representing the source mail address.

to_addr is a String or Net::SMTP::Address or Array of them, representing the destination mail address or addresses.

Example

Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.com') do |smtp|
  smtp.send_message msgstr,
                    'from@example.com',
                    ['dest@example.com', 'dest2@example.com']
end

Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.com') do |smtp|
  smtp.send_message msgstr,
                    Net::SMTP::Address.new('from@example.com', size: 12345),
                    Net::SMTP::Address.new('dest@example.com', notify: :success)
end

Errors

This method may raise:

• Net::SMTPServerBusy

• Net::SMTPSyntaxError

• Net::SMTPFatalError

• Net::SMTPUnknownError

• Net::ReadTimeout

• IOError

Raises:

• (IOError)

# File 'lib/net/smtp.rb', line 794

def send_message(msgstr, from_addr, *to_addrs)
  to_addrs.flatten!
  raise IOError, 'closed session' unless @socket
  from_addr = Address.new(from_addr, 'SMTPUTF8') if any_require_smtputf8(to_addrs) && capable?('SMTPUTF8')
  mailfrom from_addr
  rcptto_list(to_addrs) {data msgstr}
end