Scott Barron
2/5/2006 6:10:00 AM
On 2/4/06, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
>
> Mark Volkmann wrote:
> > Can someone point me to an example of reading email from a server
> > using POP and SSL?
>
> I *think* the ruby gmail library (see rubyforge, if it's up) does this.
>
> ---
> James Britt
>
> "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion
> of knowledge."
> - D. Boorstin
>
>
I believe that the gmail lib uses net/https for doing its work. I don't
think 1.8.x pop3 lib can do SSL (without you manually setting up the socket)
but the pop3 lib from CVS can. If you work at it, you can pull that into
1.8.4 and use it by renaming some things.
-Scott