# Action mailer noob

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/197042>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 21, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/197042 "2010-05-21T12:45:27Z")\
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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, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-mailer-noob/197042/1 "2010-05-21T12:45:27Z")

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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  
[http://guides.rails.info/action\_mailer\_basics.html](http://guides.rails.info/action_mailer_basics.html)  
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