# ActionMailer with sendmail any help **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 14, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080 "2008-02-14T01:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KTU)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080/1 "2008-02-14T01:07:37Z")
hi any good examples how to set up email (sendmail especially) with ruby on rails. I have tried several examples from the net but no success. I tried these instructions: [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToSendEmailsWithActionMailer](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToSendEmailsWithActionMailer) and what I have now in controller def generic\_email(options) @sent\_on = options[:sent\_on] || Time.now @recipients = options[:recipients] || “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” @from = options[:from] || “Me [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)” @cc = options[:cc] || “” @bcc = options[:bcc] || “” @subject = options[:subject] || “Test Email” @body = options[:body] || {} @headers = options[:headers] || {} @charset = options[:charset] || “utf-8” end def test options=Hash.new self.generic\_email(options) end when I run test [http://localhost:3000/test](http://localhost:3000/test) nothing happens … no email … cant see anything on the log etc on environment.rb file i have ActionMailer::Base.delivery\_method = :sendmail ActionMailer::Base.perform\_deliveries = true ---
**Author:** ![KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KTU)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080/2 "2008-02-14T02:51:21Z")
On 14 Feb 2008, at 00:06, KTU wrote: > hi > > any good examples how to set up email (sendmail especially) with ruby > on rails. Is your sendmail where rails expects it to be (usr/sbin/sendmail)? You can of course override this setting, but that is where it will look by default. Also, in order for an email to actually be send you need to call SomeMailer.deliver\_generic\_email (or create\_generic\_email and then send that). Lastly it sounds like you’ve defined generic\_email on your controller, which obviously can’t work. It needs to be defined on a subclass of ActionMailer::Base (script/generate mailer will generate you the right files) Fred ---
**Author:** ![KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KTU)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080/3 "2008-02-14T09:09:55Z")
what i have is this: # Controller def generic\_email(options) @sent\_on = options[:sent\_on] || Time.now @recipients = options[:recipients] || “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” @from = options[:from] || “Me [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)” @cc = options[:cc] || “” @bcc = options[:bcc] || “” @subject = options[:subject] || “Test Email” @body = options[:body] || {} @headers = options[:headers] || {} @charset = options[:charset] || “utf-8” UserMailer.deliver\_signup\_thanks() redirect\_to :action =\> ‘main’ end def test options=Hash.new self.generic\_email(options) end now I try to run URL this [http://localhost:3000/test](http://localhost:3000/test) ie. test should make that Hash and call self.generic\_emai which calls UserMailer.deliver\_signup\_thanks() and this file is on my models directory notifier.rb and it has this: def signup\_thanks() # Email header info MUST be added here recipients “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” from “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” subject “Test 123” # Email body substitutions go here # body :user=\> user body “test123” end So I just try to send pre-defined email to myself but it does not seem to work. Yes sendmail is in /usr/sbin directory. Strange is that I cant see any logs or anything… when I run [http://localhost:3000/test](http://localhost:3000/test) i see only this page but nothing goes to server logs and I dont see any email logs anywhere … NameError in ImitemsController#test uninitialized constant ImitemsController::UserMailer RAILS\_ROOT: /usr/local/webhome/mdm Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:478:in `const_missing' app/controllers/imitems_controller.rb:16:in `generic\_email’ app/controllers/imitems\_controller.rb:22:in `test’ On Feb 14, 3:50 am, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@KTU](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KTU)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-with-sendmail-any-help/129080/4 "2008-02-14T10:31:40Z")
i got it to work i needed to add these on config/environments/ development.rb ActionMailer::Base.delivery\_method = :sendmail ActionMailer::Base.sendmail\_settings = { :location =\> ‘/usr/sbin/sendmail’, :arguments =\> ‘-i -t’ } #ActionMailer::Base.template\_root = “mailer/templates” # mailer will look for rhtml templates in that path # example: “mailer/templates/my\_mailer/signup\_mail.rhtml” ActionMailer::Base.perform\_deliveries = true # the “deliver\_\*” methods are available ActionMailer::Base.raise\_delivery\_errors = true ActionMailer::Base.default\_charset = “utf-8” ActionMailer::Base.default\_content\_type = “text/html” # default: “text/ plain” ActionMailer::Base.default\_mime\_version = “1.0” ActionMailer::Base.default\_implicit\_parts\_order = [ “text/html”, “text/ plain”] and config/environment.rb these ActionMailer::Base.delivery\_method = :sendmail #ActionMailer::Base.perform\_deliveries = true ActionMailer::Base.raise\_delivery\_errors = true