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diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md index 6c5f03ab38..041a427f7c 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md @@ -422,6 +422,21 @@ use the rendered text for the text part. The render command is the same one used inside of Action Controller, so you can use all the same options, such as `:text`, `:inline` etc. +If you would like to render a template located outside of the default `app/views/mailer_name/` directory, you can apply the `prepend_view_path`, like so: + +```ruby +class UserMailer < ApplicationMailer + prepend_view_path "custom/path/to/mailer/view" + + # This will try to load "custom/path/to/mailer/view/welcome_email" template + def welcome_email + # ... + end +end +``` + +You can also consider using the [append_view_path](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_view_overview.html#view-paths) method. + #### Caching mailer view You can perform fragment caching in mailer views like in application views using the `cache` method. @@ -772,7 +787,7 @@ files (environment.rb, production.rb, etc...) |`sendmail_settings`|Allows you to override options for the `:sendmail` delivery method.<ul><li>`:location` - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to `/usr/sbin/sendmail`.</li><li>`:arguments` - The command line arguments to be passed to sendmail. Defaults to `-i`.</li></ul>| |`raise_delivery_errors`|Whether or not errors should be raised if the email fails to be delivered. This only works if the external email server is configured for immediate delivery.| |`delivery_method`|Defines a delivery method. Possible values are:<ul><li>`:smtp` (default), can be configured by using `config.action_mailer.smtp_settings`.</li><li>`:sendmail`, can be configured by using `config.action_mailer.sendmail_settings`.</li><li>`:file`: save emails to files; can be configured by using `config.action_mailer.file_settings`.</li><li>`:test`: save emails to `ActionMailer::Base.deliveries` array.</li></ul>See [API docs](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html) for more info.| -|`perform_deliveries`|Determines whether deliveries are actually carried out when the `deliver` method is invoked on the Mail message. By default they are, but this can be turned off to help functional testing.| +|`perform_deliveries`|Determines whether deliveries are actually carried out when the `deliver` method is invoked on the Mail message. By default they are, but this can be turned off to help functional testing. If this value is `false`, `deliveries` array will not be populated even if `delivery_method` is `:test`.| |`deliveries`|Keeps an array of all the emails sent out through the Action Mailer with delivery_method :test. Most useful for unit and functional testing.| |`default_options`|Allows you to set default values for the `mail` method options (`:from`, `:reply_to`, etc.).| |