# Sending email from rails, without an email server installed?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-email-from-rails-without-an-email-server-installed/109856>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 19, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-email-from-rails-without-an-email-server-installed/109856 "2007-07-19T17:57:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nathan\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathan_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-email-from-rails-without-an-email-server-installed/109856/1 "2007-07-19T17:57:11Z")

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Is there why to send email from a rails app which does not requires  
the installation of an email server such as postfix or sendmail?

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nathan\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathan_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-email-from-rails-without-an-email-server-installed/109856/2 "2007-07-19T18:11:12Z")

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Yes.  
you can use smtp. See the api docs for ActionMailer on how this is done.

I wrote a tutorial on this a while ago that might be useful to you:

[http://www.bphogan.com/learn/pdf/tableless\_contact\_form.pdf](http://www.bphogan.com/learn/pdf/tableless_contact_form.pdf)

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nathan\_Clark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathan_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-email-from-rails-without-an-email-server-installed/109856/3 "2007-07-19T18:24:16Z")

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Thanks a ton!