# ActionMailer or alternatives in Rails 2.X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-or-alternatives-in-rails-2-x/189957>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 10, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-or-alternatives-in-rails-2-x/189957 "2010-06-10T15:59:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![slindsey3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@slindsey3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slindsey3000)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-or-alternatives-in-rails-2-x/189957/1 "2010-06-10T15:59:45Z")

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I am developing in Rails 2.X (I forget the latest release!)

Anyway. I need to incorporate email capability to my app. Is  
actionmailer the way to go or is there a plugin that is better. It  
seems quite easy and straightforward. I have already created some  
simple functionality with actionmailer.

Another question…

Everything seems to work fine but no emails are actually sent from  
development mode… How can I get it to actually send the emails? I  
just want to see that it is working right. Do I need to install a  
smpt server? Using Webrick.

I would hate to have to wait for deployment to get it actually  
running… check that it works…

Thanks!

Shawn

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**Author:** ![slindsey3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@slindsey3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slindsey3000)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-or-alternatives-in-rails-2-x/189957/2 "2010-06-10T17:09:25Z")

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On Jun 10, 2:58 pm, slindsey3000 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Everything seems to work fine but no emails are actually sent from  
> development mode… How can I get it to actually send the emails? I  
> just want to see that it is working right. Do I need to install a  
> smpt server? Using Webrick.

You’ll need to point it at an smtp server for emails to actually get  
sent, or install sendmail and configure your app to use that

Fred

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**Author:** ![slindsey3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@slindsey3000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slindsey3000)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-or-alternatives-in-rails-2-x/189957/3 "2010-06-10T17:31:40Z")

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Is that done just in environment.rb?

On Jun 10, 8:08 am, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)