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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/net/smtp.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/net/smtp.rb | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/net/smtp.rb b/lib/net/smtp.rb index fe3dd9e1b2..35e9118df8 100644 --- a/lib/net/smtp.rb +++ b/lib/net/smtp.rb @@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ Net::Protocol def do_start( helodom = nil, user = nil, secret = nil, authtype = nil ) unless helodom then - helodom = ENV['HOSTNAME'] || ENV['HOST'] + helodom = ::Socket.gethostname unless helodom then - raise ArgumentError, "cannot get hostname" + raise ArgumentError, + "cannot get localhost name; try 'smtp.start(local_host_name)'" end end |