# Commonly used email library **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537 "2006-03-31T23:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/1 "2006-03-31T23:22:38Z")
Hi all, I search RAA for email library and found many email libraries out there. I don’t know that which one that i should start with. My need is just to send email to a group which their email address kept in a flat file. Please give me some libraries that commonly used and stable. Thank you in advance, Sinchai ---
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/2 "2006-04-01T00:48:23Z")
sin kanti wrote: > Hi all, > > I search RAA for email library and found many email libraries out there. > I don’t know that which one that i should start with. > > My need is just to send email to a group which their email address > kept in a flat file. > Please give me some libraries that commonly used and stable. I use the SMTP lib bundled with Ruby for basic E-mail tasks. It’s very simple to use. – James B. [http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation [Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - The Journal By & For Rubyists [http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff [http://refreshingcities.org](http://refreshingcities.org) - Design, technology, usability ---
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/3 "2006-04-01T01:09:54Z")
> I use the SMTP lib bundled with Ruby for basic E-mail tasks. It’s very > simple to use. But lacks TLS so you can’t send via gmail ☹ T. ---
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/4 "2006-04-01T01:43:10Z")
Hi, ----- Original Message ----- From: “Austin Z.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: “ruby-talk ML” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 8:23 AM Subject: Re: commonly used email library > On 3/31/06, Trans [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > I use the SMTP lib bundled with Ruby for basic E-mail tasks. It’s very > > > simple to use. > > > > But lacks TLS so you can’t send via gmail ☹ > > GMailer is supposed to work for this, but google appears to have > changed the protocol and it now no longer works (and fails silently). > > -austin > Google didn’t changed the protocol. > It was due to ruby 1.8.3,1.8.4 http post bug. > Try GMailer 0.1.1 > [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=869](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=869) Regards, Park H. ---
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/5 "2006-04-03T15:37:05Z")
Hi Sinchai, On 3/31/06, sin kanti [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > My need is just to send email to a group which their email address > kept in a flat file. > Please give me some libraries that commonly used and stable. SimpleMail ([http://simplemail.rubyforge.org/](http://simplemail.rubyforge.org/)) makes it easy to send mails in both text and html format. It can also handle attachments. - Dimitri ---
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/6 "2006-04-03T17:59:05Z")
On 3/31/06, Park H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > GMailer is supposed to work for this, but google appears to have > > changed the protocol and it now no longer works (and fails silently). > > Google didn’t changed the protocol. > > It was due to ruby 1.8.3,1.8.4 http post bug. > > Try GMailer 0.1.1 > > [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=869](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=869) Hmmm. I haven’t upgrade to 1.8.3 or 1.8.4 and it failed. I will try upgrading, though, in the event that 0.1.1 fixes the problem in any case. -austin ---
**Author:** ![sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sin\_kanti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sin_kanti)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/commonly-used-email-library/56537/7 "2006-04-01T01:24:59Z")
On 3/31/06, Trans [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > I use the SMTP lib bundled with Ruby for basic E-mail tasks. It’s very > > simple to use. > > But lacks TLS so you can’t send via gmail ☹ GMailer is supposed to work for this, but google appears to have changed the protocol and it now no longer works (and fails silently). -austin