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diff --git a/actionmailer/README.rdoc b/actionmailer/README.rdoc index 96dd0b1a2e..397ebe4201 100644 --- a/actionmailer/README.rdoc +++ b/actionmailer/README.rdoc @@ -61,22 +61,30 @@ generated would look like this: Thank you for signing up! -In order to send mails, you simply call the method and then call +deliver+ on the return value. +In order to send mails, you simply call the method and then call +deliver_now+ on the return value. Calling the method returns a Mail Message object: - message = Notifier.welcome("david@loudthinking.com") # => Returns a Mail::Message object - message.deliver # => delivers the email + message = Notifier.welcome("david@loudthinking.com") # => Returns a Mail::Message object + message.deliver_now # => delivers the email Or you can just chain the methods together like: - Notifier.welcome("david@loudthinking.com").deliver # Creates the email and sends it immediately + Notifier.welcome("david@loudthinking.com").deliver_now # 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. +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 +default+ which you get for free from <tt>ActionMailer::Base</tt>. +This method accepts a Hash as the parameter. You can use any of the headers, +email messages have, like +:from+ 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 overwritten 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: @@ -87,10 +95,11 @@ Example: == Receiving emails -To receive emails, you need to implement a public instance method called <tt>receive</tt> that takes an -email object as its single parameter. The Action Mailer framework has a corresponding class method, -which is also called <tt>receive</tt>, that accepts a raw, unprocessed email as a string, which it then turns -into the email object and calls the receive instance method. +To receive emails, you need to implement a public instance method called ++receive+ that takes an email object as its single parameter. The Action Mailer +framework has a corresponding class method, which is also called +receive+, that +accepts a raw, unprocessed email as a string, which it then turns into the email +object and calls the receive instance method. Example: @@ -102,7 +111,7 @@ Example: ) if email.has_attachments? - email.attachments.each do |attachment| + email.attachments.each do |attachment| page.attachments.create({ file: attachment, description: email.subject }) @@ -111,13 +120,14 @@ Example: end end -This Mailman can be the target for Postfix or other MTAs. In Rails, you would use the runner in the -trivial case like this: +This Mailman can be the target for Postfix or other MTAs. In Rails, you would use +the runner in the 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 process more than just a limited amount of email. +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 process more than just a limited amount of email. == Configuration @@ -136,7 +146,7 @@ The Base class has the full list of configuration options. Here's an example: The latest version of Action Mailer can be installed with RubyGems: - % [sudo] gem install actionmailer + $ gem install actionmailer Source code can be downloaded as part of the Rails project on GitHub @@ -156,7 +166,10 @@ API documentation is at * http://api.rubyonrails.org -Bug reports and feature requests can be filed with the rest for the Ruby on Rails project here: +Bug reports can be filed for the Ruby on Rails project here: * https://github.com/rails/rails/issues +Feature requests should be discussed on the rails-core mailing list here: + +* https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rubyonrails-core |