Ive tried several examples from numerous books trying to send mail with net smtp and i never really get the emails. require 'net/smtp' message = <<MESSAGE_END From: Nobody <nobody / power.net> To: Someone <someone / hotmail.com> Subject: Test SMTP i pray that itll work MESSAGE_END Net::SMTP.start('mx1.hotmail.com') do |smtp| smtp.send_message message, 'nobody / power.net', 'someone / hotmail.com' end ##### This was one example, i receive no errors indicating a problem but when checking my email IE: someone / hotmail.com i dont have it in any folders, not inbox or junkmail. Another version that i modified to fit my own needs was this ---- require 'net/smtp' puts "Sender: " sender = gets.chomp puts "Recipient: " rcpt = gets.chomp puts "Message: " msg = gets.chomp smtp = Net::SMTP.new('mx1.hotmail.com') smtp.start() smtp.ready(sender, rcpt) do |mail| mail.write msg end ######### once again no errors any ideas why i might not be getting the emails? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.