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| -rwxr-xr-x | actionmailer/README | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb | 46 |
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/README b/actionmailer/README index 67e8266e92..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 @@ -78,21 +77,26 @@ Example: end end -This Mailman can be the target for Postfix. In Rails, you would use the runner 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: ./script/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. + == Configuration 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 aafa26e79e..7ed133d099 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 # @@ -209,12 +215,12 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * <tt>:domain</tt> - If you need to specify a HELO domain, you can do it here. # * <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> + # * <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>. # - # * <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. # @@ -226,17 +232,17 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * <tt>deliveries</tt> - Keeps an array of all the emails sent out through the Action Mailer with <tt>delivery_method :test</tt>. Most useful # 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>. + # * <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 +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) |