class Net::SMTP
What is This Library?¶ ↑
This library provides functionality to send internet mail via SMTP
, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. For details of SMTP
itself, see [RFC2821] (www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt).
What is This Library NOT?¶ ↑
This library does NOT provide functions to compose internet mails. You must create them by yourself. If you want better mail support, try RubyMail or TMail or search for alternatives in RubyGems.org or The Ruby Toolbox.
FYI: the official documentation on internet mail is: [RFC2822] (www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt).
Examples¶ ↑
Sending Messages¶ ↑
You must open a connection to an SMTP
server before sending messages. The first argument is the address of your SMTP
server, and the second argument is the port number. Using SMTP.start
with a block is the simplest way to do this. This way, the SMTP
connection is closed automatically after the block is executed.
require 'net/smtp' Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25) do |smtp| # Use the SMTP object smtp only in this block. end
Replace ‘your.smtp.server’ with your SMTP
server. Normally your system manager or internet provider supplies a server for you.
Then you can send messages.
msgstr = <<END_OF_MESSAGE From: Your Name <your@mail.address> To: Destination Address <someone@example.com> Subject: test message Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 16:26:43 +0900 Message-Id: <unique.message.id.string@example.com> This is a test message. END_OF_MESSAGE require 'net/smtp' Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25) do |smtp| smtp.send_message msgstr, 'your@mail.address', 'his_address@example.com' end
Closing the Session¶ ↑
You MUST close the SMTP
session after sending messages, by calling the finish
method:
# using SMTP#finish smtp = Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25) smtp.send_message msgstr, 'from@address', 'to@address' smtp.finish
You can also use the block form of SMTP.start
/SMTP#start. This closes the SMTP
session automatically:
# using block form of SMTP.start Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25) do |smtp| smtp.send_message msgstr, 'from@address', 'to@address' end
I strongly recommend this scheme. This form is simpler and more robust.
HELO domain¶ ↑
In almost all situations, you must provide a third argument to SMTP.start
/SMTP#start. This is the domain name which you are on (the host to send mail from). It is called the “HELO domain”. The SMTP
server will judge whether it should send or reject the SMTP
session by inspecting the HELO domain.
Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25, 'mail.from.domain') { |smtp| ... }
SMTP
Authentication¶ ↑
The Net::SMTP
class supports three authentication schemes; PLAIN, LOGIN and CRAM MD5. (SMTP
Authentication: [RFC2554]) To use SMTP
authentication, pass extra arguments to SMTP.start
/SMTP#start.
# PLAIN Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25, 'mail.from.domain', 'Your Account', 'Your Password', :plain) # LOGIN Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25, 'mail.from.domain', 'Your Account', 'Your Password', :login) # CRAM MD5 Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server', 25, 'mail.from.domain', 'Your Account', 'Your Password', :cram_md5)
Constants
- CRAM_BUFSIZE
- DEFAULT_AUTH_TYPE
Authentication
- IMASK
- OMASK
- Revision
- VERSION
Attributes
The address of the SMTP
server to connect to.
Set whether to use ESMTP or not. This should be done before calling start
. Note that if start
is called in ESMTP mode, and the connection fails due to a ProtocolError
, the SMTP
object will automatically switch to plain SMTP
mode and retry (but not vice versa).
Set whether to use ESMTP or not. This should be done before calling start
. Note that if start
is called in ESMTP mode, and the connection fails due to a ProtocolError
, the SMTP
object will automatically switch to plain SMTP
mode and retry (but not vice versa).
Seconds to wait while attempting to open a connection. If the connection cannot be opened within this time, a Net::OpenTimeout
is raised. The default value is 30 seconds.
The port number of the SMTP
server to connect to.
Seconds to wait while reading one block (by one read(2) call). If the read(2) call does not complete within this time, a Net::ReadTimeout
is raised. The default value is 60 seconds.
Public Class Methods
The default SMTP
port number, 25.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 175 def SMTP.default_port 25 end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 193 def SMTP.default_ssl_context OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new end
The default mail submission port number, 587.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 180 def SMTP.default_submission_port 587 end
The default SMTPS port number, 465.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 185 def SMTP.default_tls_port 465 end
Creates a new Net::SMTP
object.
address
is the hostname or ip address of your SMTP
server. port
is the port to connect to; it defaults to port 25.
This method does not open the TCP connection. You can use SMTP.start
instead of SMTP.new
if you want to do everything at once. Otherwise, follow SMTP.new
with SMTP#start
.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 208 def initialize(address, port = nil) @address = address @port = (port || SMTP.default_port) @esmtp = true @capabilities = nil @socket = nil @started = false @open_timeout = 30 @read_timeout = 60 @error_occurred = false @debug_output = nil @tls = false @starttls = false @ssl_context = nil end
Creates a new Net::SMTP
object and connects to the server.
This method is equivalent to:
Net::SMTP.new(address, port).start(helo_domain, account, password, authtype)
Example¶ ↑
Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server') do |smtp| smtp.send_message msgstr, 'from@example.com', ['dest@example.com'] end
Block Usage¶ ↑
If called with a block, the newly-opened Net::SMTP
object is yielded to the block, and automatically closed when the block finishes. If called without a block, the newly-opened Net::SMTP
object is returned to the caller, and it is the caller’s responsibility to close it when finished.
Parameters¶ ↑
address
is the hostname or ip address of your smtp server.
port
is the port to connect to; it defaults to port 25.
helo
is the HELO domain provided by the client to the server (see overview comments); it defaults to ‘localhost’.
The remaining arguments are used for SMTP
authentication, if required or desired. user
is the account name; secret
is your password or other authentication token; and authtype
is the authentication type, one of :plain, :login, or :cram_md5. See the discussion of SMTP
Authentication in the overview notes.
Errors¶ ↑
This method may raise:
-
IOError
# File net/smtp.rb, line 452 def SMTP.start(address, port = nil, helo = 'localhost', user = nil, secret = nil, authtype = nil, &block) # :yield: smtp new(address, port).start(helo, user, secret, authtype, &block) end
Public Instance Methods
# File net/smtp.rb, line 751 def auth_cram_md5(user, secret) check_auth_args user, secret res = critical { res0 = get_response('AUTH CRAM-MD5') check_auth_continue res0 crammed = cram_md5_response(secret, res0.cram_md5_challenge) get_response(base64_encode("#{user} #{crammed}")) } check_auth_response res res end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 740 def auth_login(user, secret) check_auth_args user, secret res = critical { check_auth_continue get_response('AUTH LOGIN') check_auth_continue get_response(base64_encode(user)) get_response(base64_encode(secret)) } check_auth_response res res end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 731 def auth_plain(user, secret) check_auth_args user, secret res = critical { get_response('AUTH PLAIN ' + base64_encode("\0#{user}\0#{secret}")) } check_auth_response res res end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 725 def authenticate(user, secret, authtype = DEFAULT_AUTH_TYPE) check_auth_method authtype check_auth_args user, secret send auth_method(authtype), user, secret end
Returns supported authentication methods on this server. You cannot get valid value before opening SMTP
session.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 280 def capable_auth_types return [] unless @capabilities return [] unless @capabilities['AUTH'] @capabilities['AUTH'] end
true if server advertises AUTH CRAM-MD5. You cannot get valid value before opening SMTP
session.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 267 def capable_cram_md5_auth? auth_capable?('CRAM-MD5') end
true if server advertises AUTH LOGIN. You cannot get valid value before opening SMTP
session.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 261 def capable_login_auth? auth_capable?('LOGIN') end
true if server advertises AUTH PLAIN. You cannot get valid value before opening SMTP
session.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 255 def capable_plain_auth? auth_capable?('PLAIN') end
true if server advertises STARTTLS. You cannot get valid value before opening SMTP
session.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 243 def capable_starttls? capable?('STARTTLS') end
This method sends a message. If msgstr
is given, sends it as a message. If block is given, yield a message writer stream. You must write message before the block is closed.
# Example 1 (by string) smtp.data(<<EndMessage) From: john@example.com To: betty@example.com Subject: I found a bug Check vm.c:58879. EndMessage # Example 2 (by block) smtp.data {|f| f.puts "From: john@example.com" f.puts "To: betty@example.com" f.puts "Subject: I found a bug" f.puts "" f.puts "Check vm.c:58879." }
# File net/smtp.rb, line 885 def data(msgstr = nil, &block) #:yield: stream if msgstr and block raise ArgumentError, "message and block are exclusive" end unless msgstr or block raise ArgumentError, "message or block is required" end res = critical { check_continue get_response('DATA') socket_sync_bak = @socket.io.sync begin @socket.io.sync = false if msgstr @socket.write_message msgstr else @socket.write_message_by_block(&block) end ensure @socket.io.flush @socket.io.sync = socket_sync_bak end recv_response() } check_response res res end
WARNING: This method causes serious security holes. Use this method for only debugging.
Set an output stream for debug logging. You must call this before start
.
# example smtp = Net::SMTP.new(addr, port) smtp.set_debug_output $stderr smtp.start do |smtp| .... end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 393 def debug_output=(arg) @debug_output = arg end
Disables SMTP/TLS (STARTTLS) for this object. Must be called before the connection is established to have any effect.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 351 def disable_starttls @starttls = false @ssl_context = nil end
Disables SMTP/TLS for this object. Must be called before the connection is established to have any effect.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 307 def disable_tls @tls = false @ssl_context = nil end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 829 def ehlo(domain) getok("EHLO #{domain}") end
Enables SMTP/TLS (STARTTLS) for this object. context
is a OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext object.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 333 def enable_starttls(context = SMTP.default_ssl_context) raise 'openssl library not installed' unless defined?(OpenSSL) raise ArgumentError, "SMTPS and STARTTLS is exclusive" if @tls @starttls = :always @ssl_context = context end
Enables SMTP/TLS (STARTTLS) for this object if server accepts. context
is a OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext object.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 342 def enable_starttls_auto(context = SMTP.default_ssl_context) raise 'openssl library not installed' unless defined?(OpenSSL) raise ArgumentError, "SMTPS and STARTTLS is exclusive" if @tls @starttls = :auto @ssl_context = context end
Enables SMTP/TLS (SMTPS: SMTP
over direct TLS connection) for this object. Must be called before the connection is established to have any effect. context
is a OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext object.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 296 def enable_tls(context = SMTP.default_ssl_context) raise 'openssl library not installed' unless defined?(OpenSSL) raise ArgumentError, "SMTPS and STARTTLS is exclusive" if @starttls @tls = true @ssl_context = context end
Finishes the SMTP
session and closes TCP connection. Raises IOError if not started.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 531 def finish raise IOError, 'not yet started' unless started? do_finish end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 825 def helo(domain) getok("HELO #{domain}") end
Provide human-readable stringification of class state.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 225 def inspect "#<#{self.class} #{@address}:#{@port} started=#{@started}>" end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 833 def mailfrom(from_addr) getok("MAIL FROM:<#{from_addr}>") end
Opens a message writer stream and gives it to the block. The stream is valid only in the block, and has these methods:
- puts(str = ”)
-
outputs STR and CR LF.
- print(str)
-
outputs STR.
- printf(fmt, *args)
-
outputs sprintf(fmt,*args).
- write(str)
-
outputs STR and returns the length of written bytes.
- <<(str)
-
outputs STR and returns self.
If a single CR (“r”) or LF (“n”) is found in the message, it is converted to the CR LF pair. You cannot send a binary message with this method.
Parameters¶ ↑
from_addr
is a String representing the source mail address.
to_addr
is a String or Strings or Array of Strings, representing the destination mail address or addresses.
Example¶ ↑
Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.com', 25) do |smtp| smtp.open_message_stream('from@example.com', ['dest@example.com']) do |f| f.puts 'From: from@example.com' f.puts 'To: dest@example.com' f.puts 'Subject: test message' f.puts f.puts 'This is a test message.' end end
Errors¶ ↑
This method may raise:
-
IOError
# File net/smtp.rb, line 709 def open_message_stream(from_addr, *to_addrs, &block) # :yield: stream raise IOError, 'closed session' unless @socket mailfrom from_addr rcptto_list(to_addrs) {data(&block)} end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 912 def quit getok('QUIT') end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 858 def rcptto(to_addr) getok("RCPT TO:<#{to_addr}>") end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 837 def rcptto_list(to_addrs) raise ArgumentError, 'mail destination not given' if to_addrs.empty? ok_users = [] unknown_users = [] to_addrs.flatten.each do |addr| begin rcptto addr rescue SMTPAuthenticationError unknown_users << addr.dump else ok_users << addr end end raise ArgumentError, 'mail destination not given' if ok_users.empty? ret = yield unless unknown_users.empty? raise SMTPAuthenticationError, "failed to deliver for #{unknown_users.join(', ')}" end ret end
Set the number of seconds to wait until timing-out a read(2) call.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 374 def read_timeout=(sec) @socket.read_timeout = sec if @socket @read_timeout = sec end
Aborts the current mail transaction
# File net/smtp.rb, line 817 def rset getok('RSET') end
Sends msgstr
as a message. Single CR (“r”) and LF (“n”) found in the msgstr
, are converted into the CR LF pair. You cannot send a binary message with this method. msgstr
should include both the message headers and body.
from_addr
is a String representing the source mail address.
to_addr
is a String or Strings or Array of Strings, representing the destination mail address or addresses.
Example¶ ↑
Net::SMTP.start('smtp.example.com') do |smtp| smtp.send_message msgstr, 'from@example.com', ['dest@example.com', 'dest2@example.com'] end
Errors¶ ↑
This method may raise:
-
IOError
# File net/smtp.rb, line 656 def send_message(msgstr, from_addr, *to_addrs) raise IOError, 'closed session' unless @socket mailfrom from_addr rcptto_list(to_addrs) {data msgstr} end
Opens a TCP connection and starts the SMTP
session.
Parameters¶ ↑
helo
is the HELO domain that you’ll dispatch mails from; see the discussion in the overview notes.
If both of user
and secret
are given, SMTP
authentication will be attempted using the AUTH command. authtype
specifies the type of authentication to attempt; it must be one of :login, :plain, and :cram_md5. See the notes on SMTP
Authentication in the overview.
Block Usage¶ ↑
When this methods is called with a block, the newly-started SMTP
object is yielded to the block, and automatically closed after the block call finishes. Otherwise, it is the caller’s responsibility to close the session when finished.
Example¶ ↑
This is very similar to the class method SMTP.start
.
require 'net/smtp' smtp = Net::SMTP.new('smtp.mail.server', 25) smtp.start(helo_domain, account, password, authtype) do |smtp| smtp.send_message msgstr, 'from@example.com', ['dest@example.com'] end
The primary use of this method (as opposed to SMTP.start
) is probably to set debugging (set_debug_output
) or ESMTP (esmtp=
), which must be done before the session is started.
Errors¶ ↑
If session has already been started, an IOError will be raised.
This method may raise:
-
IOError
# File net/smtp.rb, line 514 def start(helo = 'localhost', user = nil, secret = nil, authtype = nil) # :yield: smtp if block_given? begin do_start helo, user, secret, authtype return yield(self) ensure do_finish end else do_start helo, user, secret, authtype return self end end
true
if the SMTP
session has been started.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 459 def started? @started end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 821 def starttls getok('STARTTLS') end
Returns truth value if this object uses STARTTLS. If this object always uses STARTTLS, returns :always. If this object uses STARTTLS when the server support TLS, returns :auto.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 317 def starttls? @starttls end
true if this object uses STARTTLS.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 322 def starttls_always? @starttls == :always end
true if this object uses STARTTLS when server advertises STARTTLS.
# File net/smtp.rb, line 327 def starttls_auto? @starttls == :auto end
true if this object uses SMTP/TLS (SMTPS).
# File net/smtp.rb, line 287 def tls? @tls end
Private Instance Methods
# File net/smtp.rb, line 271 def auth_capable?(type) return nil unless @capabilities return false unless @capabilities['AUTH'] @capabilities['AUTH'].include?(type) end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 771 def auth_method(type) "auth_#{type.to_s.downcase}".intern end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 784 def base64_encode(str) # expects "str" may not become too long [str].pack('m0') end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 247 def capable?(key) return nil unless @capabilities @capabilities[key] ? true : false end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 775 def check_auth_args(user, secret, authtype = DEFAULT_AUTH_TYPE) unless user raise ArgumentError, 'SMTP-AUTH requested but missing user name' end unless secret raise ArgumentError, 'SMTP-AUTH requested but missing secret phrase' end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 979 def check_auth_continue(res) unless res.continue? raise res.exception_class, res.message end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 765 def check_auth_method(type) unless respond_to?(auth_method(type), true) raise ArgumentError, "wrong authentication type #{type}" end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 973 def check_auth_response(res) unless res.success? raise SMTPAuthenticationError, res.message end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 967 def check_continue(res) unless res.continue? raise SMTPUnknownError, "could not get 3xx (#{res.status}: #{res.string})" end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 961 def check_response(res) unless res.success? raise res.exception_class, res.message end end
CRAM-MD5: [RFC2195]
# File net/smtp.rb, line 793 def cram_md5_response(secret, challenge) tmp = Digest::MD5.digest(cram_secret(secret, IMASK) + challenge) Digest::MD5.hexdigest(cram_secret(secret, OMASK) + tmp) end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 800 def cram_secret(secret, mask) secret = Digest::MD5.digest(secret) if secret.size > CRAM_BUFSIZE buf = secret.ljust(CRAM_BUFSIZE, "\0") 0.upto(buf.size - 1) do |i| buf[i] = (buf[i].ord ^ mask).chr end buf end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 951 def critical return Response.parse('200 dummy reply code') if @error_occurred begin return yield() rescue Exception @error_occurred = true raise end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 611 def do_finish quit if @socket and not @socket.closed? and not @error_occurred ensure @started = false @error_occurred = false @socket.close if @socket @socket = nil end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 599 def do_helo(helo_domain) res = @esmtp ? ehlo(helo_domain) : helo(helo_domain) @capabilities = res.capabilities rescue SMTPError if @esmtp @esmtp = false @error_occurred = false retry end raise end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 542 def do_start(helo_domain, user, secret, authtype) raise IOError, 'SMTP session already started' if @started if user or secret check_auth_method(authtype || DEFAULT_AUTH_TYPE) check_auth_args user, secret end s = Timeout.timeout(@open_timeout, Net::OpenTimeout) do tcp_socket(@address, @port) end logging "Connection opened: #{@address}:#{@port}" @socket = new_internet_message_io(tls? ? tlsconnect(s) : s) check_response critical { recv_response() } do_helo helo_domain if starttls_always? or (capable_starttls? and starttls_auto?) unless capable_starttls? raise SMTPUnsupportedCommand, "STARTTLS is not supported on this server" end starttls @socket = new_internet_message_io(tlsconnect(s)) # helo response may be different after STARTTLS do_helo helo_domain end authenticate user, secret, (authtype || DEFAULT_AUTH_TYPE) if user @started = true ensure unless @started # authentication failed, cancel connection. s.close if s @socket = nil end end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 935 def get_response(reqline) validate_line reqline @socket.writeline reqline recv_response() end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 925 def getok(reqline) validate_line reqline res = critical { @socket.writeline reqline recv_response() } check_response res res end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 1064 def logging(msg) @debug_output << msg + "\n" if @debug_output end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 594 def new_internet_message_io(s) InternetMessageIO.new(s, read_timeout: @read_timeout, debug_output: @debug_output) end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 941 def recv_response buf = ''.dup while true line = @socket.readline buf << line << "\n" break unless line[3,1] == '-' # "210-PIPELINING" end Response.parse(buf) end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 575 def ssl_socket(socket, context) OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new socket, context end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 538 def tcp_socket(address, port) TCPSocket.open address, port end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 579 def tlsconnect(s) verified = false s = ssl_socket(s, @ssl_context) logging "TLS connection started" s.sync_close = true ssl_socket_connect(s, @open_timeout) if @ssl_context.verify_mode != OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE s.post_connection_check(@address) end verified = true s ensure s.close unless verified end
# File net/smtp.rb, line 918 def validate_line(line) # A bare CR or LF is not allowed in RFC5321. if /[\r\n]/ =~ line raise ArgumentError, "A line must not contain CR or LF" end end