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-rwxr-xr-xactionmailer/README17
-rw-r--r--actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb42
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/README b/actionmailer/README
index d9012704ad..0e16ea6ec6 100755
--- a/actionmailer/README
+++ b/actionmailer/README
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ are all set up this way. An example of such a method:
recipients recipient
subject "[Signed up] Welcome #{recipient}"
from "system@loudthinking.com"
-
- body(:recipient => recipient)
+ body :recipient => recipient
end
The body of the email is created by using an Action View template (regular
@@ -91,13 +90,13 @@ a limited number of email.
The Base class has the full list of configuration options. Here's an example:
-ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
- :address=>'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost
- :port=>'25', # default: 25
- :user_name=>'user',
- :password=>'pass',
- :authentication=>:plain # :plain, :login or :cram_md5
-}
+ ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
+ :address => 'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost
+ :port => '25', # default: 25
+ :user_name => 'user',
+ :password => 'pass',
+ :authentication => :plain # :plain, :login or :cram_md5
+ }
== Dependencies
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index a3762bf81b..908bd1c5f2 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# * <tt>subject</tt> - The subject of your email. Sets the <tt>Subject:</tt> header.
# * <tt>from</tt> - Who the email you are sending is from. Sets the <tt>From:</tt> header.
# * <tt>cc</tt> - Takes one or more email addresses. These addresses will receive a carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Cc:</tt> header.
- # * <tt>bcc</tt> - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Bcc</tt> header.
+ # * <tt>bcc</tt> - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Bcc:</tt> header.
# * <tt>sent_on</tt> - The date on which the message was sent. If not set, the header wil be set by the delivery agent.
# * <tt>content_type</tt> - Specify the content type of the message. Defaults to <tt>text/plain</tt>.
# * <tt>headers</tt> - Specify additional headers to be set for the message, e.g. <tt>headers 'X-Mail-Count' => 107370</tt>.
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
#
# class MyMailer < ActionMailer::Base
# def signup_notification(recipient)
- # recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
- # subject "New account information"
- # body "account" => recipient
- # from "system@example.com"
- # content_type "text/html" # Here's where the magic happens
+ # recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
+ # subject "New account information"
+ # from "system@example.com"
+ # body :account => recipient
+ # content_type "text/html"
# end
# end
#
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
# subject "New account information"
# from "system@example.com"
+ # content_type "multipart/alternative"
#
# part :content_type => "text/html",
# :body => render_message("signup-as-html", :account => recipient)
@@ -167,9 +168,14 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# * signup_notification.text.x-yaml.erb
#
# Each would be rendered and added as a separate part to the message,
- # with the corresponding content type. The same body hash is passed to
- # each template.
+ # with the corresponding content type. The content type for the entire
+ # message is automatically set to <tt>multipart/alternative</tt>, which indicates
+ # that the email contains multiple different representations of the same email
+ # body. The same body hash is passed to each template.
#
+ # Implicit template rendering is not performed if any attachments or parts have been added to the email.
+ # This means that you'll have to manually add each part to the email and set the content type of the email
+ # to <tt>multipart/alternative</tt>.
#
# = Attachments
#
@@ -210,11 +216,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# * <tt>:user_name</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting.
# * <tt>:password</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting.
# * <tt>:authentication</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here.
- # This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>
+ # This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>.
#
- # * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method
- # * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable, defaults to "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
- # * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments
+ # * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method.
+ # * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to <tt>/usr/sbin/sendmail</tt>.
+ # * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments. Defaults to <tt>-i -t</tt>.
#
# * <tt>raise_delivery_errors</tt> - Whether or not errors should be raised if the email fails to be delivered.
#
@@ -227,16 +233,16 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# for unit and functional testing.
#
# * <tt>default_charset</tt> - The default charset used for the body and to encode the subject. Defaults to UTF-8. You can also
- # pick a different charset from inside a method with <tt>@charset</tt>.
+ # pick a different charset from inside a method with +charset+.
# * <tt>default_content_type</tt> - The default content type used for the main part of the message. Defaults to "text/plain". You
- # can also pick a different content type from inside a method with <tt>@content_type</tt>.
- # * <tt>default_mime_version</tt> - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to "1.0". You
- # can also pick a different value from inside a method with <tt>@mime_version</tt>.
+ # can also pick a different content type from inside a method with +content_type+.
+ # * <tt>default_mime_version</tt> - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to <tt>1.0</tt>. You
+ # can also pick a different value from inside a method with +mime_version+.
# * <tt>default_implicit_parts_order</tt> - When a message is built implicitly (i.e. multiple parts are assembled from templates
# which specify the content type in their filenames) this variable controls how the parts are ordered. Defaults to
- # ["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client
+ # <tt>["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]</tt>. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client
# and appear last in the mime encoded message. You can also pick a different order from inside a method with
- # <tt>@implicit_parts_order</tt>.
+ # +implicit_parts_order+.
class Base
include AdvAttrAccessor, PartContainer
include ActionController::UrlWriter if Object.const_defined?(:ActionController)