gistfile1.rb

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