Ruby mailer is coming up with an EOFError

Question

I am getting an EOFError (End Of File Error) on this code in my controller. The block where the error appears is at the end of the line that says UserMailer.deliver_message( I am unaware as to how to fix this, I have been stuck for about 2 months and this site was suggested. Please help.

  def contact
      @title= "Contact Us"
      if request.post?
       @message= Message.new(params[:contact])
        if @message.valid?
           UserMailer.deliver_message(
            :message => @message
            )
          flash[:notice] = "Thank you for contacting us"
          redirect_to contact_url
         end
        end
      end

Here is the message file:

<%= @message.name %> has sent feedback or a question:

  Message: <%= @message.body %>

  From: <%= @message.email %>

And here is the UserMailer

class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base

  def message(mail)
    subject    'Feedback/Questions'
    recipients 'Email@email'
    from       'webmaster'
    body        mail
  end
end

Alright here is the error I get

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EOFError in PedalsController#contact

end of file reached

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and here is the application trace

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/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `sysread'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `rbuf_fill'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:62:in `timeout'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:93:in `timeout'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:134:in `rbuf_fill'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:911:in `recv_response'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:897:in `getok'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:921:in `critical'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:895:in `getok'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:828:in `mailfrom'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:653:in `sendmail'
$HOME/blueflower/vendor/rails/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:684:in `perform_delivery_smtp'
/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:526:in `start'
$HOME/blueflower/vendor/rails/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:682:in `perform_delivery_smtp'
$HOME/blueflower/vendor/rails/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:523:in `__send__'
$HOME/blueflower/vendor/rails/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:523:in `deliver!'
$HOME/blueflower/vendor/rails/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:395:in `method_missing'
$HOME/blueflower/app/controllers/pedals_controller.rb:36:in `contact'

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Maybe I am missing something really stupid, but if someone can answer this, that would be amazing. Also, what is my fix?

Answer 1

This can also happen if the SMTP server is down. (I use a 3rd party mailer called Sendgrid and this happened once when it goes down entirely)

Answer 2

If you are using "ZOHO" to send email,

one of the reason I had a problem with this was.

1. You should use a valid from value. In my case, I used a non existing email account default from: "[email protected]" hence zoho server is not allowing the email to be sent which causes EOF Error.
2. You should allow IMAP settings on ZOHO