--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: smtp
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Creates a new Net::SMTP object and connects to the server.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: "This method is equivalent to:"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "  Net::SMTP.new(address, port).start(helo_domain, account, password, authtype)\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::H 
  level: 3
  text: Example
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "    Net::SMTP.start('your.smtp.server') do |smtp|\n      smtp.send_message msgstr, 'from@example.com', ['dest@example.com']\n    end\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::H 
  level: 3
  text: Block Usage
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: 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.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::H 
  level: 3
  text: Parameters
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: <tt>address</tt> is the hostname or ip address of your smtp server.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: <tt>port</tt> is the port to connect to; it defaults to port 25.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: <tt>helo</tt> is the <em>HELO</em> <em>domain</em> provided by the client to the server (see overview comments); it defaults to 'localhost.localdomain'.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: The remaining arguments are used for SMTP authentication, if required or desired. <tt>user</tt> is the account name; <tt>secret</tt> is your password or other authentication token; and <tt>authtype</tt> is the authentication type, one of :plain, :login, or :cram_md5. See the discussion of SMTP Authentication in the overview notes.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::H 
  level: 3
  text: Errors
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: "This method may raise:"
- !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST 
  contents: 
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: Net::SMTPAuthenticationError
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: Net::SMTPServerBusy
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: Net::SMTPSyntaxError
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: Net::SMTPFatalError
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: Net::SMTPUnknownError
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: IOError
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: TimeoutError
  type: :BULLET
full_name: Net::SMTP::start
is_singleton: true
name: start
params: (address, port = nil, helo = 'localhost.localdomain', user = nil, secret = nil, authtype = nil) {|smtp| ...}
visibility: public