class Net::SMTP::Response

This class represents a response received by the SMTP server. Instances of this class are created by the SMTP class; they should not be directly created by the user. For more information on SMTP responses, view Section 4.2 of RFC 5321

Attributes

status[R]

The three digit reply code of the SMTP response

string[R]

The human readable reply text of the SMTP response

Public Class Methods

new(status, string) click to toggle source

Creates a new instance of the Response class and sets the status and string attributes

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 998
def initialize(status, string)
  @status = status
  @string = string
end

parse(str) click to toggle source

Parses the received response and separates the reply code and the human readable reply text

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 992
def self.parse(str)
  new(str[0,3], str)
end

Public Instance Methods

capabilities() click to toggle source

Returns a hash of the human readable reply text in the response if it is multiple lines. It does not return the first line. The key of the hash is the first word the value of the hash is an array with each word thereafter being a value in the array

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1041
def capabilities
  return {} unless @string[3, 1] == '-'
  h = {}
  @string.lines.drop(1).each do |line|
    k, *v = line[4..-1].chomp.split
    h[k] = v
  end
  h
end

continue?() click to toggle source

Determines whether the response received was a Positive Intermediate reply (3xx reply code)

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1022
def continue?
  status_type_char() == '3'
end

cram_md5_challenge() click to toggle source

Creates a CRAM-MD5 challenge. You can view more information on CRAM-MD5 on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRAM-MD5

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1033
def cram_md5_challenge
  @string.split(/ /)[1].unpack1('m')
end

exception_class() click to toggle source

Determines whether there was an error and raises the appropriate error based on the reply code of the response

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1053
def exception_class
  case @status
  when /\A4/  then SMTPServerBusy
  when /\A50/ then SMTPSyntaxError
  when /\A53/ then SMTPAuthenticationError
  when /\A5/  then SMTPFatalError
  else             SMTPUnknownError
  end
end

message() click to toggle source

The first line of the human readable reply text

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1027
def message
  @string.lines.first
end

status_type_char() click to toggle source

Takes the first digit of the reply code to determine the status type

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1010
def status_type_char
  @status[0, 1]
end

success?() click to toggle source

Determines whether the response received was a Positive Completion reply (2xx reply code)

# File lib/net/smtp.rb, line 1016
def success?
  status_type_char() == '2'
end