# ActionMailer without rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-without-rails/60337>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 12, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-without-rails/60337 "2006-05-12T09:00:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Matias\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Matias\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias_S)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-without-rails/60337/1 "2006-05-12T09:00:24Z")

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Hi.

Could someone post here a simple example of sending a mail throught a  
smtp server from ActionMailer but _outside_ rails??

I mean, a simple script starting with:

require ‘rubygems’  
require\_gem ‘actionmailer’

#stuff that sends some text by smtp

I’ve been trying but I can’t get it to work.

Thanks everybody.

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**Author:** ![Matias\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Matias\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias_S)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-without-rails/60337/2 "2006-05-12T09:46:30Z")

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Why not just use the Rails environment with script/runner?

Just curious, and wondering whether it’s really worth the time?

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– Tom M.