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diff --git a/actionmailer/README.rdoc b/actionmailer/README.rdoc index 9feb2add5b..a14a6ba18f 100644 --- a/actionmailer/README.rdoc +++ b/actionmailer/README.rdoc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ = Action Mailer -- Easy email delivery and testing -Action Mailer is a framework for designing email-service layers. These layers +Action Mailer is a framework for designing email service layers. These layers are used to consolidate code for sending out forgotten passwords, welcome wishes on signup, invoices for billing, and any other use case that requires a written notification to either a person or another system. @@ -67,18 +67,18 @@ simply call the method and optionally call +deliver+ on the return value. Calling the method returns a Mail Message object: - message = Notifier.welcome # => Returns a Mail::Message object - message.deliver # => delivers the email + message = Notifier.welcome("david@loudthinking.com") # => Returns a Mail::Message object + message.deliver # => delivers the email Or you can just chain the methods together like: - Notifier.welcome.deliver # Creates the email and sends it immediately + Notifier.welcome("david@loudthinking.com").deliver # Creates the email and sends it immediately == Setting defaults It is possible to set default values that will be used in every method in your Action Mailer class. To implement this functionality, you just call the public class method <tt>default</tt> which you get for free from ActionMailer::Base. This method accepts a Hash as the parameter. You can use any of the headers e-mail messages has, like <tt>:from</tt> as the key. You can also pass in a string as the key, like "Content-Type", but Action Mailer does this out of the box for you, so you won't need to worry about that. Finally, it is also possible to pass in a Proc that will get evaluated when it is needed. -Note that every value you set with this method will get over written if you use the same key in your mailer method. +Note that every value you set with this method will get overwritten if you use the same key in your mailer method. Example: @@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ trivial case like this: rails runner 'Mailman.receive(STDIN.read)' However, invoking Rails in the runner for each mail to be received is very resource intensive. A single -instance of Rails should be run within a daemon, if it is going to be utilized to process more than just -a limited number of email. +instance of Rails should be run within a daemon, if it is going to process more than just a limited amount of email. == Configuration |