Ruby IMAP login error exception

Question

With my Ruby script:

imap = Net::IMAP.new('imap.gmail.com')
imap.login("[e-mail]", password)

I get the following exception:

A connection attempt failed because
the connected party did not properly
respond after a period of time, or
established connection failed because
connected hos has failed to respond. -
connect(2)

What's wrong?

Answer 1

You need to connect using SSL on port 993.

Therefore your code should be this:

imap = Net::IMAP.new('imap.gmail.com', 993, true)
imap.login("[e-mail]", "password")