E-mail from rails 2.3.10 and ruby 1.8.7

addis_a · July 29, 2013, 4:46pm

Hi people, im trying to send e-mails using rails 2.3.10 and ruby 1.8.7

I have googled a lot but the best result i got was a code that not sent
the
e-mail and not dropped any error. Some one knows or has an example of a
working e-malier for this version of rails and ruby?

Thanks in advance.
Edu

Edu_M · July 29, 2013, 4:57pm

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Edu M. [email protected]
wrote:

Hi people, im trying to send e-mails using rails 2.3.10 and ruby 1.8.7

I hurd the best way to send emails on 2.3 was to upgrade to 3.2 or 4.0
and use Ruby 1.9.3+. To help you would be passively accept and reward
using outdated, dead and possibly insecure technologies. I cannot do
that.

Edu_M · July 29, 2013, 5:02pm

At RailsConf this year, there was a vendor selling support for Rails
2.3. For a fairly steep bit of change, they will continue to patch Rails
and Ruby for security, and provide support to developers who use their
patched versions of same. Didn’t write it down, since I’ve moved on, but
there are major developers still using 2.3, on huge mission-critical
applications that rely on it. You’re not alone.

Walter

Edu_M · July 29, 2013, 6:12pm

On Monday, July 29, 2013 9:44:56 AM UTC-5, Edu M. wrote:

Hi people, im trying to send e-mails using rails 2.3.10 and ruby 1.8.7

I have googled a lot but the best result i got was a code that not sent
the e-mail and not dropped any error. Some one knows or has an example of a
working e-malier for this version of rails and ruby?

Thanks in advance.
Edu

Hi Edu,

The way ActionMailer worked in 2.3 is quite different from the way it
works
now in 3.2 and 4.*. There are some older apps that you can look at
pre-2.3
that had modles that used ActionMailer built in. ActionMailer did not
change much between 2.1 and 2.3. The links that I will be providing in
this
example is from an app that is 2.1 but, when upgraded, will run under
2.3
with no changes to the model code for ActionMailer. The application is
coded for ruby 1.8.7.

First you would want to setup your Model like by inheriting from
ActionMailer. Then specify as methods each of the mail actions you
wanted
to take.

Model:

github.com

insoshi/insoshi/blob/master/app/models/person_mailer.rb

class PersonMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  extend PreferencesHelper
  
  def domain
    @domain ||= PersonMailer.global_prefs.domain
  end
  
  def server
    @server_name ||= PersonMailer.global_prefs.server_name
  end
  
  def password_reminder(person)
    from         "Password reminder <password-reminder@#{domain}>"
    recipients   person.email
    subject      formatted_subject("Password reminder")
    body         "person" => person
  end
  
  def message_notification(message)
    from         "Message notification <message@#{domain}>"

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Views:

github.com

insoshi/insoshi/blob/master/app/views/person_mailer/blog_comment_notification.html.erb

You have a new comment on your blog from <%= @comment.commenter.name %>:

http://<%= @server %><%= @url %>

<%= @preferences_note %>

github.com

insoshi/insoshi/blob/master/app/views/person_mailer/connection_request.html.erb

You received a new connection request from <%= @connection.contact.name %>:

http://<%= @server %><%= @url %>

<%= @preferences_note %>

Note: this is an automated message; please do not reply, as there's no human at the other end of it.

github.com

insoshi/insoshi/blob/master/app/views/person_mailer/email_verification.html.erb

Click here to complete your email verification:

http://<%= @server_name %>/people/verify/<%= @code %>

Thanks!

You’ll also need to make sure you ActionMailer preferences are setup.
This
app did it by specifying them in an initializer because it pulled
information from a database as to what should be specified for smtp.

Initializer:

github.com

insoshi/insoshi/blob/master/config/initializers/email_settings.rb

begin
  unless test?
    global_prefs = Preference.find(:first)
    if global_prefs.email_notifications?
      ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp
      ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
        :address    => global_prefs.smtp_server,
        :port       => 25,
        :domain     => global_prefs.domain
      }
    end
  end
rescue
  # Rescue from the error raised upon first migrating
  # (needed to bootstrap the preferences).
  nil
end

Let us know how it goes. If you have any questions I will do my best to
help answer them. Rails 2.3 was awhile ago so I’m a little rusty.

Thanks,
Bryan