#61 Sending Email

This is a brief guide to sending email in Rails. See how to configure the environment, generate a mailer, create a template, and deliver the mail.

# config/environments/development.rb
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true

# set delivery method to :smtp, :sendmail or :test
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp

# these options are only needed if you choose smtp delivery
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
  :address        => 'smtp.example.com',
  :port           => 25,
  :domain         => 'www.example.com',
  :authentication => :login,
  :user_name      => 'www',
  :password       => 'secret'
}

# users_controller.rb
UserMailer.deliver_registration_confirmation(@user)

# user_mailer.rb
def registration_confirmation(user)
  recipients  user.email
  from        "webmaster@example.com"
  subject     "Thank you for Registering"
  body        :user => user
end

<!-- registration_confirmation.rhtml -->
Hi <%= @user.name %>, ...