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📫 Send Emails

As soon as you have to send emails please follow those suggestions. They will help you having a proper system to deliver emails and development environment.

Configuration

  • Add the following to your Gemfile and bundle install
group :development do
  gem 'letter_opener'
end
  • add the following to config/application.example.yml
APP_HOST: '[project-name].localhost'
APP_PORT: '3000'
MAIL_SENDER: 'yourname+<application>@example.com'
MAIL_HOST: ''
MAIL_USERNAME: ''
MAIL_PASSWORD: ''
  • update app/mailers/application_mailer.rb
class ApplicationMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  default from: ENV.fetch('MAIL_SENDER')  # <-- change this
  layout 'mailer'
end
  • add the following to config/application.rb
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: ENV.fetch('APP_HOST'), port: ENV.fetch('APP_PORT') }
  • add the following to config/environments/development.rb:
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :letter_opener
  • add the following config/environments/production.rb:
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
  address: ENV.fetch('MAIL_HOST'),
  port: 587,
  enable_starttls_auto: true,
  user_name: ENV.fetch('MAIL_USERNAME'),
  password: ENV.fetch('MAIL_PASSWORD'),
  authentication: 'login',
  domain: ENV.fetch('APP_HOST')
}

Sparkpost & Mailtrap

Follow the sparkpost section to configure Sparkpost and Mailtrap on your production environment