ok i had another look at this example, which doesn't look bad at all. for i'm not able to find an error i've to ask: are you sure that cgi['email'] actually holds the emailaddress desired? Does the emailaddress appear in the generated content of the message? g phil On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:28:16AM +0900, Brantley Shields wrote: > Greetings, > > This is my first time posting but this problem I am having is really > annoying. > > Here is a section of my code: > > > fname = cgi['fname'] > lname = cgi['lname'] > pw = cgi['password'] > em = cgi['email'] > buf = "<body bgcolor=gray><br>" > > myMessage = <<END_OF_MESSAGE > From: Highpoint Alumni <hpualumni / highpoint.edu> > To: #{fname} #{lname} <#{em}> > Subject: HPU Alumni Verification > > Thank you for registering with Highpoint Alumni. Please click the > following link in order to activate your account. > > Your password is: #{pw} > END_OF_MESSAGE > > Net::SMTP.start('linus.xxxxxx.edu') do |smtp| > smtp.send_message myMessage, > 'hpualumni / xxxx.edu', em > end > > end > > I've x'd out some of the information. But the problem I am having I > think is that it will not allow me to use "em" as an email address to > send. I can physically change em to 'whateveriwant / whatever.com' and it > will work perfectly fine. I'm taking this email address out of a > POST-REQUEST form so I need the flexibility to store it as a variable > and send whatever that variable the email is. Any suggestions would be > awesome, and if you need more information please let me know. > > Brantley