# ActionMailer with no auth

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 26, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047 "2007-04-26T22:58:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acras)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047/1 "2007-04-26T22:58:38Z")

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Hello,

How can I send mail via ActionMailer connecting to the SMTP server  
with no Authentication?  
I’ve tried to ommit the the authentication key on the configuration  
hash, I’ve tried to set it to nil and all I get is an error message  
saying that my server do not implement crum-MD5 authentication.  
I don’t want to use authentication, how do I do that?

Thanks

–  
Ricardo A.  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Acras Desenvolvimento de Sistemas  
+55+41-3232-6404  
[www.acras.net](http://www.acras.net)

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**Author:** ![acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acras)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047/2 "2007-04-30T15:56:46Z")

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anyone?

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**Author:** ![acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acras)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047/3 "2007-04-30T16:23:48Z")

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Have you tried setting it to :plain?

–Tim

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**Author:** ![acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acras)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047/4 "2007-05-02T14:42:28Z")

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Yes, Didn’t work.

On 4/30/07, Tim R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Subject: [Rails] Re: ActionMailer with no auth
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> > hash, I’ve tried to set it to nil and all I get is an error message
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> >

–  
Ricardo A.  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Acras Desenvolvimento de Sistemas  
+55+41-3232-6404  
[www.acras.net](http://www.acras.net)

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**Author:** ![acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acras](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acras)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-no-auth/93047/5 "2007-05-02T20:10:00Z")

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I looked this issue up in the rails cookbook and it says that  
authentication  
should be set to nil for no authentication. Have not actually done it  
but it  
sounds reasonable.

–Tim