require 'net/smtp' message = < To: Receiver Subject: SMTP e-mail test This is a test e-mail message. MESSAGE_END Net::SMTP.start('mail.smtp.com', 25, 'mail.smtp.com', 'username', 'password', :login) do |smtp| smtp.send_message message, 'name@sender_domain.com', 'name@sender_domain.com' end