3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index c9e7f7d0d3..cbd7cec70f 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ module ActionMailer
 
     helper ActionMailer::MailHelper
 
-    private_class_method :new #:nodoc:
-
     class_attribute :default_params
     self.default_params = {
       mime_version: "1.0",
@@ -580,11 +578,10 @@ module ActionMailer
     # will be initialized according to the named method. If not, the mailer will
     # remain uninitialized (useful when you only need to invoke the "receive"
     # method, for instance).
-    def initialize(method_name=nil, *args)
+    def initialize
       super()
       @_mail_was_called = false
       @_message = Mail.new
-      process(method_name, *args) if method_name
     end
 
     def process(method_name, *args) #:nodoc:
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/message_delivery.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/message_delivery.rb
index 622d481113..5fcb5a0c88 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/message_delivery.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/message_delivery.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ module ActionMailer
     end
 
     def __getobj__ #:nodoc:
-      @obj ||= @mailer.send(:new, @mail_method, *@args).message
+      @obj ||= begin
+                 mailer = @mailer.new
+                 mailer.process @mail_method, *@args
+                 mailer.message
+               end
     end
 
     def __setobj__(obj) #:nodoc:
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/test_helper.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/test_helper.rb
index 45cfe16899..e423aac389 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/test_helper.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/test_helper.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module ActionMailer
       end
     end
 
-    # Assert that no emails have been sent.
+    # Asserts that no emails have been sent.
     #
     #   def test_emails
     #     assert_no_emails