Strange email syntax issue with ActionMailer

Rails
#1

I am getting a peculiar syntax error with when setting the from email
address in an ActionMailer class, like this:

from ‘Email [email protected]’

This is a valid email address as shown on
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html#M001561 (see
bbc email).

But I am receiving this error:

Net::SMTPSyntaxError (501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
):
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:680:in check_response' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:653:ingetok’
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:631:in mailfrom' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:544:insend0’
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:472:in sendmail' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:379:instart’

The email sends file when it is:
from ‘[email protected]’

But the mail server I’m using requires the text before it.

I have no idea what is going on. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Zac

#2

I’m showing my retardedness again!

From email can’t not have description before the email address. To, cc
and bcc can. ActionMailer rdoc where description(description
[email protected]) was used, was in bcc.

RTC 821 is my friend:
http://james.apache.org/server/rfclist/smtp/rfc0821.txt

#3

Known issue with rails 2.3.3 & 2.3.4.

https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2340-action-mailer-cant-deliver-mail-via-smtp-on-ruby-191#ticket-2340-19

There is a workaround listed in the thread.

On Oct 8, 11:11 am, Zac Z. [email protected]

#4

lardawge wrote:

Known issue with rails 2.3.3 & 2.3.4.

https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2340-action-mailer-cant-deliver-mail-via-smtp-on-ruby-191#ticket-2340-19

There is a workaround listed in the thread.

Thanks!