This is what I used.. 100% working..
@full_message = <<MESSAGE_END To: t...@gmail.com Subject: its working! This is a sample message MESSAGE_END @sent=0 smtp = Net::SMTP.new('smtp.gmail.com', 25) smtp.enable_starttls smtp.start('mail.google.com',username, password, :login) do |smtp| if @sent==0 smtp.send_message @full_message, 'from-addr...@example.com', ['t...@email.com'] @sent=1 end end hope this helped you.. No gem require -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.