From fd6b9f3ce17a0223ce09d0e0b8da3ed8e9c8b235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aditya Sanghi Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 02:02:33 +0530 Subject: Added information about dynamic delivery options to action mailer guides --- guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile index bca403ae72..9c4ce47945 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile +++ b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.textile @@ -410,6 +410,24 @@ end The above will send a multipart email with an attachment, properly nested with the top level being multipart/mixed and the first part being a multipart/alternative containing the plain text and HTML email messages. +h5. Sending Emails with Dynamic Delivery Options + +At times you may wish to override the default delivery options (e.g. smtp credentials) while delivering emails. This can be achieved using +delivey_method_options+ in the mailer action. + + +class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base + def welcome_email(user,company) + @user = user + @url = user_url(@user) + mail(:to => user.email, + :subject => "Please see the Terms and Conditions attached", + :delivery_method_options => {:user_name => company.smtp_user, + :password => company.smtp_password, + :address => company.smtp_host}) + end +end + + h3. Receiving Emails Receiving and parsing emails with Action Mailer can be a rather complex endeavor. Before your email reaches your Rails app, you would have had to configure your system to somehow forward emails to your app, which needs to be listening for that. So, to receive emails in your Rails app you'll need to: -- cgit v1.2.3