# How To Retrieve Server Address

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-retrieve-server-address/138120>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-retrieve-server-address/138120 "2008-05-20T11:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jagdishSRubin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jagdishSRubin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jagdishSRubin)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-retrieve-server-address/138120/1 "2008-05-20T11:43:59Z")

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How to retrieve server address in rails so that in the mail option I  
get [http://serverIP:300/controller/action](http://serverIP:300/controller/action) rather than  
[http://localhost:3000/controller/action](http://localhost:3000/controller/action)

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**Author:** ![jagdishSRubin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jagdishSRubin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jagdishSRubin)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-retrieve-server-address/138120/2 "2008-05-20T16:31:41Z")

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In /config/environments/{development|test|production}.rb

config.action\_mailer.default\_url\_options =  
{:host=\>“serverIP”, :port=\>300}

On May 20, 5:43 am, jagdish-------Rubindasss [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)