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author | George Claghorn <george.claghorn@gmail.com> | 2019-01-12 21:38:26 -0500 |
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Add Exim and Qmail support to Action Mailbox
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diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailbox_basics.md b/guides/source/action_mailbox_basics.md index c5ec921ad5..c90892d456 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_mailbox_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/action_mailbox_basics.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Introduction Action Mailbox routes incoming emails to controller-like mailboxes for processing in Rails. It ships with ingresses for Amazon SES, Mailgun, Mandrill, Postmark, and SendGrid. You can also handle inbound mails directly via the -built-in Postfix ingress. +built-in Exim, Postfix, and Qmail ingresses. The inbound emails are turned into `InboundEmail` records using Active Record and feature lifecycle tracking, storage of the original email on cloud storage @@ -65,6 +65,36 @@ to deliver emails to your application via POST requests to `https://example.com`, you would specify the fully-qualified URL `https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/amazon/inbound_emails`. +### Exim + +Tell Action Mailbox to accept emails from an SMTP relay: + +```ruby +# config/environments/production.rb +config.action_mailbox.ingress = :relay +``` + +Generate a strong password that Action Mailbox can use to authenticate requests to the relay ingress. + +Use `rails credentials:edit` to add the password to your application's encrypted credentials under +`action_mailbox.ingress_password`, where Action Mailbox will automatically find it: + +```yaml +action_mailbox: + ingress_password: ... +``` + +Alternatively, provide the password in the `RAILS_INBOUND_EMAIL_PASSWORD` environment variable. + +Configure Exim to pipe inbound emails to `bin/rails action_mailbox:ingress:exim`, +providing the `URL` of the relay ingress and the `INGRESS_PASSWORD` you +previously generated. If your application lived at `https://example.com`, the +full command would look like this: + +```shell +bin/rails action_mailbox:ingress:exim URL=https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/relay/inbound_emails INGRESS_PASSWORD=... +``` + ### Mailgun Give Action Mailbox your @@ -126,14 +156,14 @@ the fully-qualified URL `https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/mandrill/inbou ### Postfix -Tell Action Mailbox to accept emails from Postfix: +Tell Action Mailbox to accept emails from an SMTP relay: ```ruby # config/environments/production.rb -config.action_mailbox.ingress = :postfix +config.action_mailbox.ingress = :relay ``` -Generate a strong password that Action Mailbox can use to authenticate requests to the Postfix ingress. +Generate a strong password that Action Mailbox can use to authenticate requests to the relay ingress. Use `rails credentials:edit` to add the password to your application's encrypted credentials under `action_mailbox.ingress_password`, where Action Mailbox will automatically find it: @@ -151,8 +181,8 @@ the `URL` of the Postfix ingress and the `INGRESS_PASSWORD` you previously generated. If your application lived at `https://example.com`, the full command would look like this: -```bash -$ URL=https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/postfix/inbound_emails INGRESS_PASSWORD=... rails action_mailbox:ingress:postfix +```shell +$ bin/rails action_mailbox:ingress:postfix URL=https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/relay/inbound_emails INGRESS_PASSWORD=... ``` ### Postmark @@ -191,6 +221,36 @@ https://actionmailbox:PASSWORD@example.com/rails/action_mailbox/postmark/inbound NOTE: When configuring your Postmark inbound webhook, be sure to check the box labeled **"Include raw email content in JSON payload"**. Action Mailbox needs the raw email content to work. +### Qmail + +Tell Action Mailbox to accept emails from an SMTP relay: + +```ruby +# config/environments/production.rb +config.action_mailbox.ingress = :relay +``` + +Generate a strong password that Action Mailbox can use to authenticate requests to the relay ingress. + +Use `rails credentials:edit` to add the password to your application's encrypted credentials under +`action_mailbox.ingress_password`, where Action Mailbox will automatically find it: + +```yaml +action_mailbox: + ingress_password: ... +``` + +Alternatively, provide the password in the `RAILS_INBOUND_EMAIL_PASSWORD` environment variable. + +Configure Qmail to pipe inbound emails to `bin/rails action_mailbox:ingress:qmail`, +providing the `URL` of the relay ingress and the `INGRESS_PASSWORD` you +previously generated. If your application lived at `https://example.com`, the +full command would look like this: + +```shell +bin/rails action_mailbox:ingress:qmail URL=https://example.com/rails/action_mailbox/relay/inbound_emails INGRESS_PASSWORD=... +``` + ### SendGrid Tell Action Mailbox to accept emails from SendGrid: |