# Automatic emails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automatic-emails/105379>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 29, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automatic-emails/105379 "2007-05-29T13:47:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![muralimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@muralimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/muralimaran)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automatic-emails/105379/1 "2007-05-29T13:47:25Z")

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Hi folks,

My application needs to send scheduled emails to customers.

is this possible with ruby on rails, if yes can anybody advice me to  
start from correct source please. How to use “cron” plug-in for this and  
how to download it.

e.g., mail should be sent on June 1st 2007 10:00:00.

/Maran

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**Author:** ![muralimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@muralimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/muralimaran)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automatic-emails/105379/2 "2007-05-29T15:49:13Z")

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google is your friend:  
[http://www.google.com/search?q=rails+schedule+task](http://www.google.com/search?q=rails+schedule+task)

several options in the first search result:  
[http://www.igvita.com/blog/2007/03/29/scheduling-tasks-in-ruby-rails/](http://www.igvita.com/blog/2007/03/29/scheduling-tasks-in-ruby-rails/)

On May 29, 7:47 am, Muralimaran K. \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-