Simple "Send Email from Ruby" Method

author: Peter (Ian Purton)
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def send_email(from, from_alias, to, to_alias, subject, message)
msg = <<END_OF_MESSAGE
From: #{from_alias} <#{from}>
To: #{to_alias} <#{to}>
Subject: #{subject}

#{message}
END_OF_MESSAGE

Net::SMTP.start('localhost') do smtp
smtp.send_message msg, from, to
end
end