# Problem with SMTP mail program

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-smtp-mail-program/108907>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 9, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-smtp-mail-program/108907 "2007-07-09T11:13:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgirdhar)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-smtp-mail-program/108907/1 "2007-07-09T11:13:48Z")

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Hi,

I took following very simple mail program from one of Ruby site, it is  
working fine on my system, but not on other system. The only difference  
which i Observed is that on other machine Microsoft Outlook is not  
installed.

Please tell me the reason?

msgstr = \<\<END\_OF\_MESSAGE  
From: Dhiraj G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
To: Dhiraj G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Subject: test message  
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2007 16:26:43 +0900  
Message-Id: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

```
This is a test message.

```

END\_OF\_MESSAGE

```
require 'net/smtp'
Net::SMTP.start('samplemailexchangeserver.arcot.com', 25) do |smtp|
  smtp.send_message msgstr,
                    'removed_email_address@domain.invalid',
                    'removed_email_address@domain.invalid'
end

```

Regards:  
Dhiraj

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**Author:** ![dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgirdhar)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-smtp-mail-program/108907/2 "2007-07-09T11:25:08Z")

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How about some error description?

by  
TheR

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**Author:** ![dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgirdhar)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-smtp-mail-program/108907/3 "2007-07-09T12:27:24Z")

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Damjan R. wrote:

> How about some error description?
> 
> by  
> TheR

I am getting following error message…

d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `initialize': getaddrinfo: no address associated with hostname. (S ocketError) from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in`new’  
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open' from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in`timeout’  
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout' from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in`old\_open’  
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:393:in `do_start' from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:378:in`start’  
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start’

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**Author:** ![dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dgirdhar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgirdhar)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-smtp-mail-program/108907/4 "2007-07-09T13:31:54Z")

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Sounds like a DNS error.

Do you get DNS to that address? I don’t.

Aur