# Using GMail to send e-mail causing email

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-to-send-e-mail-causing-email/189428>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 31, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-to-send-e-mail-causing-email/189428 "2010-05-31T20:47:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-to-send-e-mail-causing-email/189428/1 "2010-05-31T20:47:19Z")

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Hi,

I am attempting to setup my development environment to use gmail to send  
e-mails.

I have the following in development.rb

config.action\_mailer.raise\_delivery\_errors = true  
config.action\_mailer.perform\_deliveries = true  
config.action\_mailer.delivery\_method = :smtp  
config.action\_mailer.default\_content\_type = ‘text/plain’  
config.action\_mailer.smtp\_settings = {  
:enable\_starttls\_auto =\> true,  
:address =\> ‘[smpt.gmail.com](http://smpt.gmail.com)’,  
:port =\> 587,  
:authentication =\> :plain,  
:domain =\> ‘[myapp.com](http://myapp.com)’,  
:user\_name =\> ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’,  
:password =\> ‘xxxxxx’  
}

The Logs are displaying:

Sent mail to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 13:37:49 -0500  
From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Subject: Test  
Mime-Version: 1.0  
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;  
boundary=mimepart\_4c0401fdd548\_c912d0e7101c8

–mimepart\_4c0401fdd548\_c912d0e7101c8  
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8  
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable  
Content-Disposition: inline

Hello,

You are receiving this e-mail via Gmail.=

–mimepart\_4c0401fdd548\_c912d0e7101c8–

SocketError (getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known):  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `initialize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `open’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `do_start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:62:in `timeout’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:93:in `timeout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:551:in `do\_start’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:525:in `start' app/controllers/listings_controller.rb:204:in `contact\_client’

Rendered rescues/\_trace (133.2ms)  
Rendered rescues/\_request\_and\_response (3.1ms)  
Rendering rescues/layout (internal\_server\_error)

I am on a Mac with Leopard  
I am using Rails version: 2.3.5  
I am using Ruby version: 1.8.7

Does anybody know why I cannot send e-mails?

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**Author:** ![circlefusion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@circlefusion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/circlefusion)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-to-send-e-mail-causing-email/189428/2 "2010-05-31T20:59:54Z")

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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Brian R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I am attempting to setup my development environment to use gmail…

> I have the following in development.rb

> config.action\_mailer.smtp\_settings = {  
> :address =\> ‘[smpt.gmail.com](http://smpt.gmail.com)’,  
> }

> The Logs are displaying:

> SocketError (getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known):

> Does anybody know why I cannot send e-mails?

Because as the error message (somewhat obliquely) says, there is  
no such host as ‘[smpt.gmail.com](http://smpt.gmail.com)’.

There is, however, a ‘[smtp.gmail.com](http://smtp.gmail.com)’ . 🙂

HTH,