Passing a value fails [when sending emails]

Hi, I’m having trouble with my correspond method (in my
email_controller). When I try passing “recipient” to my message method
(in my UserMailer model) I loose the information placed in the
“recipient”, resulting in my Params_posted?(:message) to fail.

##############################################################
email_controller
##############################################################
def correspond

user = User.find(session[:user])

puts “\n\n\n correspond_dump1: user=#{session[:user].to_i}\n\n\n”

recipient = User.find_by_login(params[:login])

puts “\n\n\n correspond_dump2: recipient=#{recipient}\n\n\n”

@title = "Email #{recipient.login}"

if param_posted?(:message)

     @message = Message.new(params[:message])
  if @message.valid?
         UserMailer.deliver_message(
       :user => user,
      :recipient => recipient,
      :message => @message,
      :user_url => presentation_for(user),
      :reply_url => url_for(:action => "correspond",
                            :user => user.login)
    )

    flash[:notice] = "Email sent."
    redirect_to :controller => "home", :action => "index"
  end
end

end

##############################################################
UserMailer model
##############################################################

def message(mail)
subject     mail[:message].subject
from        'CSCP <[email protected]>'
puts "\n\n\n correspond_dump3:

UserMailer_recipient=#{mail[:recipient]}\n\n\n" ### inte user.login =
fel user , id=0, :recipient=0, :login=0
recipients mail[:recipient]
body mail

end

##############################################################
Application_Controller
##############################################################
def param_posted?(sym)
request.post? and params[sym]
end

##############################################################
output in console
##############################################################
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Apr/2008:10:36:26 Võsteuropa, normaltid] “GET /email/
correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com HTTP/1.1” 200 520
http://localhost:3000/presentation?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com → /
email/correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com

correspond_dump1: user=60

correspond_dump2: recipient=#User:0x460ba54

127.0.0.1 - - [24/Apr/2008:10:37:09 Võsteuropa, normaltid] “GET /email/
correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com HTTP/1.1” 200 520
http://localhost:3000/presentation?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com → /
email/correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com

correspond_dump1: user=60

correspond_dump2: recipient=

127.0.0.1 - - [24/Apr/2008:10:37:18 Võsteuropa, normaltid] “POST /
email/correspond HTTP/1.1” 500 8823
http://localhost:3000/email/correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com
→ /email/correspond

Now, what you’ve seen above is when I enter the form view and the
second part is when I hit the submit button to post it. It re-does the
first part of the code and tries to fetch the recipient but nothing is
found.

Sorry posted too much from the console, ignore the first
GET-information:

127.0.0.1 - - [24/Apr/2008:10:36:26 Võsteuropa, normaltid] “GET /email/
correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com HTTP/1.1” 200 520
http://localhost:3000/presentation?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com → /
email/correspond?login=dagstensson%40hotmail.com

but not what comes directly after

What happens if you replace your custom param_posted? method with its
logic in the controller; i.e., use:

if request.post? && params[:message]
…send message…
end

Are emails being sent with the GET? …the POST? Neither? Both?
It’s hard to see what’s going on. Is there an error that you can
post?

-Kyle

On Apr 24, 7:11 am, Dag S. [email protected]