# Smtp\_tls 1.0.2 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-tls-1-0-2-released/171072>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-tls-1-0-2-released/171072 "2009-06-26T00:21:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-tls-1-0-2-released/171072/1 "2009-06-26T00:21:46Z")

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smtp\_tls version 1.0.2 has been released!

- [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/smtp\_tls](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/smtp_tls)

Provides SMTP STARTTLS support for Ruby 1.8.6 (built-in for 1.8.7+).  
Simply  
require ‘smtp\_tls’ and use the Net::SMTP#enable\_starttls method to talk  
to  
servers that use STARTTLS.

require ‘net/smtp’  
begin  
require ‘smtp\_tls’  
rescue LoadError  
end

smtp = Net::SMTP.new address, port  
smtp.enable\_starttls  
smtp.start Socket.gethostname, user, password, authentication do  
|server|  
server.send\_message message, from, to  
end

Changes:

### 1.0.2 / 2009-06-25

- 1 major enhancement
  - Improved README.txt example for TLS newbies.