If you don’t have a mail server in your development machine, you can use Gmail. Put the following code in RAILS_ROOT/lib/smtp_tls.rb
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require "openssl" require "net/smtp" Net::SMTP.class_eval do private def do_start(helodomain, user, secret, authtype) raise IOError, 'SMTP session already started' if @started check_auth_args user, secret, authtype if user or secret sock = timeout(@open_timeout) { TCPSocket.open(@address, @port) } @socket = Net::InternetMessageIO.new(sock) @socket.read_timeout = 60 #@read_timeout #@socket.debug_output = STDERR #@debug_output check_response(critical { recv_response() }) do_helo(helodomain) if starttls raise 'openssl library not installed' unless defined?(OpenSSL) ssl = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(sock) ssl.sync_close = true ssl.connect @socket = Net::InternetMessageIO.new(ssl) @socket.read_timeout = 60 #@read_timeout #@socket.debug_output = STDERR #@debug_output do_helo(helodomain) end authenticate user, secret, authtype if user @started = true ensure unless @started # authentication failed, cancel connection. @socket.close if not @started and @socket and not @socket.closed? @socket = nil end end def do_helo(helodomain) begin if @esmtp ehlo helodomain else helo helodomain end rescue Net::ProtocolError if @esmtp @esmtp = false @error_occured = false retry end raise end end def starttls getok('STARTTLS') rescue return false return true end def quit begin getok('QUIT') rescue EOFError, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError end end end |
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ActionMailer::Base.server_settings = { :address => "smtp.gmail.com", :port => 587, :domain => "mycompany.com", :authentication => :plain, :user_name => "username", :password => "password" } |
Add your username and password, restart the server and you’re good to go. Note that the emails your app sends might end up in the bulk folder.
Link How to use GMail SMTP server to send emails in Rails ActionMailer
