# Emailing

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emailing/163572>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 22, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emailing/163572 "2009-03-22T07:37:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Shelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shelly)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emailing/163572/1 "2009-03-22T07:37:24Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to send emails out using ActionMailer. Currently, the  
console shows that everything is sending out correctly, but I am not  
actually receiving any emails.

Thanks in advance,

Shelly

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**Author:** ![Shelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Shelly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shelly)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/emailing/163572/2 "2009-03-23T18:02:12Z")

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Try adding this to your mailer model:

ActionMailer::Base.delivery\_method = :sendmail

Gary.