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Why can't the block see my variable?

post "/email/send" do

 

  @recipient = params[:email]

 

  Mail.deliver do

    to @recipient # throws error as this is undefined

    from 'server@domain.com'

    subject 'testing sendmail'

    body 'testing sendmail'

  end

 

  erb :email_sent

 

end

   

post "/email/send" do

 

  Mail.deliver do

    to 'me@domain.com'

    from 'server@domain.com'

    subject 'testing sendmail'

    body 'testing sendmail'

  end

 

  erb :email_sent

 

end

   

recipient = params[:email]

Mail.deliver do

    to recipient # 'recipient' is a local variable, not a method, not an instance variable

...

end

   

Mail.deliver do

  to @recipient # throws error as this is undefined

  from 'server@domain.com'

  subject 'testing sendmail'

  body 'testing sendmail'

end

   

Mail.new(

  to:      @recipient,

  from:    'server@domain.com',

  subject: 'testing sendmail',

  body:    'testing sendmail'

).deliver!

   

Mail.new(

  :to      => @recipient,

  :from    => 'server@domain.com',

  :subject => 'testing sendmail',

  :body    => 'testing sendmail'

).deliver!

   

pry(main)> Mail.new(

pry(main)* to: 'me@domain.com',

pry(main)* from: 'me@' << `hostname`.strip,

pry(main)* subject: 'test mail gem',

pry(main)* body: 'this is only a test'

pry(main)* ).deliver!

=> #<Mail::Message:59273220, Multipart: false, Headers: <Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:01:14 -0700>, <From: me@myhost.domain.com>, <To: me@domain.com>, <Message-ID: <4eaad1cab65ce_579b2e8e6c42976d@myhost.domain.com>>, <Subject: test mail gem>, <Mime-Version: 1.0>, <Content-Type: text/plain>, <Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit>>

   

mail = Mail.new

 mail.to = 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net'

 mail[:from] = 'bob@test.lindsaar.net'

 mail['subject'] = 'This is an email'

 mail.body = 'This is the body'