has a great post to get you started with for Ruby on Rails.
I wanted to preview my HTML emails without having to fill up my online email inboxes with tons of email (and then I’d have to make filters too). I also didn’t want to manage actually sending real email. So, I set up my machine for local delivery. Read on for instructions.
Read the rest of this entry »
An issue I have to tackle on almost every project I encounter is developing, QA’ing, and troubleshooting email generated from my app. Rails provides a couple of options to help during the development and test phases (setting action_mailer.delivery_method = :test), but there aren’t any great mechanisms for performing QA with a client or troubleshooting production email issues (formatting, content, etc).
Not long ago I stumbled upon . I’ve since forked it, turned it into a gem, and continued to apply maintenance commits to it as rails has marched forward through versions 2.2 and 2.3.
The primary value provides is that it allows you to reroute all email without having to alter any application code. It’s environment-specific and doesn’t introduce any production/deployment dependencies.
You are currently browsing the archives for the ActionMailer category.