# Action mailer noob

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/188986>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 21, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/188986 "2010-05-21T12:44:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![radu\_puspana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@radu\_puspana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/radu_puspana)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/188986/1 "2010-05-21T12:44:51Z")

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Hi guys, a noob in rails here

I did some searching on the net about how to send email to diffrent  
domain adresses like google, yahoo and stuff…and the guides that i  
found were a bit more confusing.

for example at this adress

> **[rails.info](http://guides.rails.info/action_mailer_basics.html)**
>
> Ruby on Rails,Rails Tutorial,Ruby Basics,Rails 4,Bar Rails,Rail

the last two examples Action Mailer Configuration, Action Mailer  
Configuration for GMail

The thing is that they are so diffrent…and if i wanna send mails to  
yahoo, or hotmail or whatever, what should i do?

but before al this, if i wanna send a small mail on my mac, just to  
see how this action mailer stuff works, is there something i should  
change in my app?

a million thx in advance,  
radu

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**Author:** ![radu\_puspana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@radu\_puspana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/radu_puspana)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/188986/2 "2010-05-21T15:31:41Z")

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HI ,

First you need to decide how you want to send emails from a rails app  
or what options are available.

1. Sendmail : Its a program or application which handles mail  
delivery.
2. SMPT Server: Either you can set up your own or use third party  
service like (gmail/yahoo etc)

Check this link : [http://railstutor.org/projects/1/wiki/Actionmailer](http://railstutor.org/projects/1/wiki/Actionmailer)

Answering to second part of your question, what i understood is you  
wan to test how an email looks when it is actually sent out in other  
words you wan to test the same.

Check on CREATE\_ and DELIVER\_ methods of actionmailer.

regards,  
Bharath