email from ruby and php when your ISP blocks you.

My ISP is verizon.com and I could not get a program solution to email from ruby or php on my macBook.

I found a simple solution:

Since mac os x uses postfix as the unix software to actually send the email. I found the following link to be able to set up to output by going to gmail.com.

You just need to create a gmail.com email account and then follow the excellent instructions by Trent Mick:

http://trentmick.blogspot.com/2009/11/using-gmail-for-outbound-email-on-mac.html#comment-form

I can now use the ruby mail module to send emails from my ruby scripts.