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@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ key. The list of emails can be an array of email addresses or a single string
with the addresses separated by commas.
```ruby
-class AdminMailer < ActionMailer::Base
+class AdminMailer < ApplicationMailer
default to: Proc.new { Admin.pluck(:email) },
from: 'notification@example.com'
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ The same format can be used to set carbon copy (Cc:) and blind carbon copy
Sometimes you wish to show the name of the person instead of just their email
address when they receive the email. The trick to doing that is to format the
-email address in the format `"Full Name <email>"`.
+email address in the format `"Full Name" <email>`.
```ruby
def welcome_email(user)
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ You will need to use:
By using the full URL, your links will now work in your emails.
-#### generating URLs with `url_for`
+#### Generating URLs with `url_for`
`url_for` generate full URL by default in templates.
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ If you did not configure the `:host` option globally make sure to pass it to
action: 'greeting') %>
```
-#### generating URLs with named routes
+#### Generating URLs with Named Routes
Email clients have no web context and so paths have no base URL to form complete
web addresses. Thus, you should always use the "_url" variant of named route
@@ -530,6 +530,27 @@ url helper.
<%= user_url(@user, host: 'example.com') %>
```
+NOTE: non-`GET` links require [jQuery UJS](https://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs)
+and won't work in mailer templates. They will result in normal `GET` requests.
+
+### Adding images in Action Mailer Views
+
+Unlike controllers, the mailer instance doesn't have any context about the
+incoming request so you'll need to provide the `:asset_host` parameter yourself.
+
+As the `:asset_host` usually is consistent across the application you can
+configure it globally in config/application.rb:
+
+```ruby
+config.action_mailer.asset_host = 'http://example.com'
+```
+
+Now you can display an image inside your email.
+
+```ruby
+<%= image_tag 'image.jpg' %>
+```
+
### Sending Multipart Emails
Action Mailer will automatically send multipart emails if you have different
@@ -693,7 +714,7 @@ files (environment.rb, production.rb, etc...)
| Configuration | Description |
|---------------|-------------|
|`logger`|Generates information on the mailing run if available. Can be set to `nil` for no logging. Compatible with both Ruby's own `Logger` and `Log4r` loggers.|
-|`smtp_settings`|Allows detailed configuration for `:smtp` delivery method:<ul><li>`:address` - Allows you to use a remote mail server. Just change it from its default `"localhost"` setting.</li><li>`:port` - On the off chance that your mail server doesn't run on port 25, you can change it.</li><li>`:domain` - If you need to specify a HELO domain, you can do it here.</li><li>`:user_name` - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting.</li><li>`:password` - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting.</li><li>`:authentication` - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. This is a symbol and one of `:plain`, `:login`, `:cram_md5`.</li><li>`:enable_starttls_auto` - Set this to `false` if there is a problem with your server certificate that you cannot resolve.</li></ul>|
+|`smtp_settings`|Allows detailed configuration for `:smtp` delivery method:<ul><li>`:address` - Allows you to use a remote mail server. Just change it from its default `"localhost"` setting.</li><li>`:port` - On the off chance that your mail server doesn't run on port 25, you can change it.</li><li>`:domain` - If you need to specify a HELO domain, you can do it here.</li><li>`:user_name` - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting.</li><li>`:password` - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting.</li><li>`:authentication` - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here. This is a symbol and one of `:plain` (will send the password in the clear), `:login` (will send password Base64 encoded) or `:cram_md5` (combines a Challenge/Response mechanism to exchange information and a cryptographic Message Digest 5 algorithm to hash important information)</li><li>`:enable_starttls_auto` - Detects if STARTTLS is enabled in your SMTP server and starts to use it. Defaults to `true`.</li><li>`:openssl_verify_mode` - When using TLS, you can set how OpenSSL checks the certificate. This is really useful if you need to validate a self-signed and/or a wildcard certificate. You can use the name of an OpenSSL verify constant ('none', 'peer', 'client_once', 'fail_if_no_peer_cert') or directly the constant (`OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE`, `OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER`, ...).</li></ul>|
|`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 -t`.</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.|
@@ -738,6 +759,9 @@ config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
authentication: 'plain',
enable_starttls_auto: true }
```
+Note: As of July 15, 2014, Google increased [its security measures](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255) and now blocks attempts from apps it deems less secure.
+You can change your gmail settings [here](https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps) to allow the attempts or
+use another ESP to send email by replacing 'smpt.gmail.com' above with the address of your provider.
Mailer Testing
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