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    This document describes how to build a simple mailing application using Ruby on Rails that allows a user to submit their name and email and sends a confirmation email using ActionMailer. It involves generating a users scaffold, adding the mail gem, generating a UserMailer, creating email views, and configuring delivery in the UsersController. Key steps include setting up an initializer for mail configuration, adding headers and delivery methods, and customizing views and routes.

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    This document describes how to build a simple mailing application using Ruby on Rails that allows a user to submit their name and email and sends a confirmation email using ActionMailer. It involves generating a users scaffold, adding the mail gem, generating a UserMailer, creating email views, and configuring delivery in the UsersController. Key steps include setting up an initializer for mail configuration, adding headers and delivery methods, and customizing views and routes.

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    This document describes how to build a simple mailing application using Ruby on Rails that allows a user to submit their name and email and sends a confirmation email using ActionMailer. It involves generating a users scaffold, adding the mail gem, generating a UserMailer, creating email views, and configuring delivery in the UsersController. Key steps include setting up an initializer for mail configuration, adding headers and delivery methods, and customizing views and routes.

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    Project Name - mailing

    Thisisasimpleapplicationsimilartoourpreviousproject
    SimpleApplication_BlogbuthereweaddaextrafeatureAnewuserputs
    his/hernameandemailaddressandsubmitsit.Thenaconfirmationmailgetssent
    totheusersemailid.ActionMailerallowsyoutosendemailsfromyour
    applicationusingamailermodelandviews.
    FirstcreateanewrailsappcalledMailing,likewedidbefore,andthenswitchto
    therootdirectoryofthatapp.
    Then,likeSimpleApplication_Blogprojectwegeneratescaffold.
    $railsgscaffoldusersname:stringemail:string
    andthenrunthecommand
    $rakedb:migrate
    Now,Wejustdosomeextrasteps

    1.Intheconfig/initializersfolderwecreateafilesetup_mail.rbandaddsome
    code.(Seethefilefordetails).

    2.AddmailgemtoourGemfile
    gemmail

    3.Runthecommand
    $bundleinstall

    4.Noweverythingisconfiguredproperly,wegenerateanewmailer

    $railsgmaileruser_mailer
    Itcreatedanewuser_mailerclassatapp/mailersdirectory.
    5.app/mailers/user_mailer.rbcontainsanemptymailer.Letsaddamethodcalled
    registration_confirmation,thatwillsendanemailtotheusersregisteredemail
    address(Seethefilefordetails).
    6.Wecancreateanewviewforemailundertheapp/views/user_mailerdirectory.
    Wecallitregistration_confirmation.text.erb.Wecansayanythingthatwewant
    anditappearasthebodyoftheemail.
    7.Forsendingthemail,weaddalineinusers_controller.rbfile(Seetheproject
    filefordetails.)
    UserMailer.registration_confirmation(@user).deliver

    8.Wecanspecifyrootofoursitebymodifyingroutes.rbfile.

    9.NowIfyourunthecommand
    $railsserver
    andinyourbrowseraddressbartypetheurlhttp://localhost:3000.youcansee
    ourapp.

    Someimportantthings
    >>delivermethodsendstheemail
    >>mail(headers={},&block)public

    Themainmethodthatcreatesthemessageandrenderstheemailtemplates.There
    aretwowaystocallthismethod,withablock,orwithoutablock.
    Bothmethodsacceptaheadershash.Thishashallowsyoutospecifythemostused
    headersinanemailmessage,theseare:
    :subjectThesubjectofthemessage,ifthisisomitted,ActionMailerwillask
    theRailsI18nclassforatranslated:subjectinthescopeof[mailer_scope,
    action_name]orifthisismissing,willtranslatethehumanizedversionofthe
    action_name
    :toWhothemessageisdestinedfor,canbeastringofaddresses,oranarrayof
    addresses.
    :fromWhothemessageisfrom
    :ccWhoyouwouldliketoCarbonCopyonthisemail,canbeastringof
    addresses,oranarrayofaddresses.
    :bccWhoyouwouldliketoBlindCarbonCopyonthisemail,canbeastring
    ofaddresses,oranarrayofaddresses.
    :reply_toWhotosettheReplyToheaderoftheemailto.
    :dateThedatetosaytheemailwassenton.
    Youcansetdefaultvaluesforanyoftheaboveheaders(except:date)byusingthe
    defaultclassmethod
    >>ThegeneratedmodelinheritsfromActionMailer::Base
    >>smtp_settings
    Allowsdetailedconfigurationfor:smtpdeliverymethod:
    :addressAllowsyoutousearemotemailserver.Justchangeitfromitsdefault
    "localhost"setting.
    :portOntheoffchancethatyourmailserverdoesn'trunonport25,youcan

    changeit.
    :domainIfyouneedtospecifyaHELOdomain,youcandoithere.
    :user_nameIfyourmailserverrequiresauthentication,settheusernameinthis
    setting.
    :passwordIfyourmailserverrequiresauthentication,setthepasswordinthis
    setting.
    :authenticationIfyourmailserverrequiresauthentication,youneedtospecify
    theauthenticationtypehere.Thisisasymbolandoneof:plain,:login,
    :cram_md5.
    :enable_starttls_autoSetthistofalseifthereisaproblemwithyourserver
    certificatethatyoucannotresolve.

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