Configuration to send email through our Ruby On Rails application
1) My UserNotify.rb model with signup method as follows,
class UserNotify < ActionMailer::Base
def signup(user, password, url=nil)
setup_email(user)# Email header info
@subject += “Welcome to #{UserSystem::CONFIG[:app_name]}!”# Email body
substitutions
@body["name"] = “#{user.firstname} #{user.lastname}”
@body["login"] = user.login
@body["password"] = password
@body["url"] = url || UserSystem::CONFIG[:app_url].to_s
@body["app_name"] = UserSystem::CONFIG[:app_name].to_s
end
2) Call to signup method of model from controller UserController.rb is,
UserNotify.deliver_signup(@user, @params['user']['password'], url)
3) Create template to send with email as /user_notify/welcome.rhtml
Welcome to <%= @app_name%>, <%= @name%>.
Your login credentials are:
login: <%= @login %>password: <%= @password %>
Please click on the following link to confirm your registration:
<a href=”<%= @url%>”>Click me!</a>
<%= @url %>
4) You also need to add the following at the end of your config/environment.rb file,
require ‘environments/user_environment’
5) Also, you must properly configure ActionMailer for your mail settings. For example, I have the following in config/environment.rb
ActionMailer::Base.server_settings = {
:address => “IP address”, # Enter your public IP address here
:port => 25 # Specify your SMTP port
}
6) Create ‘environments/user_environment.rb’ file as,
module UserSystem
CONFIG = {
# Source address for user emails
:email_from => ‘craig@gmail.com’,
# Destination email for system errors
:admin_email => ‘craig@gmail.com’
}
end
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This is all to send email through Ruby On Rails application. Check the email you have entered at the time of signup.
Fortunately, you won’t experience issues. I may forget some parts or putting some steps that are not exactly in accordance with your system configuration. Please forgive me if I made some mistakes, I’m no “RubyOnRails guru”
I’m ready to hear comments, suggestions or troubles !
