Help to send email required

[Tommy Pollák]

From a Rails application containing email addresses I want to send emails. Therefore I am testing sending emails.

It does not work though I have read a lot about how to do it. I guess my .../config/initializers/mail.rb is wrong.

I have based the settings on the answers here but I do not understand them fully.

File content:

ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
  address:        "smtp.x.y",
  port:               465,
  domain:         "x.y"
  user_name:  "me",
  password:     "my",
  authentication: :login,
  enable_starttls_auto: true
}

This is based on my settings in Thunderbird for outgoing server:

Server Name  smtp.x.y
Port                  465
User name      me
Authentication method  Normal password
Connection Security      SSL/TLS

The error is reported as

Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 60254ms

Timeout::Error (Timeout::Error):
  app/controllers/mail_messages_controller.rb:56:in `block in create'
  app/controllers/mail_messages_controller.rb:54:in `create'


OS Ubuntu 12.04
Ruby 1.9.3
Rails 3.2.9

[jle...@socit.co.uk]

mailers/user_mailer.rb
    class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
      default from: "youremailaddress"

      # Subject can be set in your I18n file at config/locales/en.yml
      # with the following lookup:
      #
      # en.user_mailer.password_reset.subject
      #
      def password_reset(user)
        @user = user
        mail :to => user.email, :subject => "Password Reset"
      end
    end

config/environment/development.rb
  # Expands the lines which load the assets
  config.assets.debug = true
  config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
  config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => "localhost:3001" }
  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
  config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
      :tls                  => true,
      :openssl_verify_mode  => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, #FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT,
      :address              => "youremailserver.com",
      :domain               => "yourwebsite",
      :port                 => 465,
      :name            => 'youremailaddress',
      :password             => 'accountpassword',
      :authentication       => :login,
      :enable_starttls_auto => false  }

Lubuntu 12.0.4
Ruby 1.9.3
Rails 3.2.11
Thunderbird

Works for me.

[Tommy Pollák]

Hmmm, You really repeat one of the points that make confused - :domain               => "yourwebsite",

I am running on my client, localhost, and do not have any own web address, so what should domain be set to?

[jle...@socit.co.uk]

Hi, Sorry I do not know.  This also confused me. Try using a name associated with your email service provider.  It should not have anything to do with where your app server is running from.

John

On Sunday, 24 March 2013 09:11:15 UTC, Tommy Pollák wrote:

[Tommy Pollák]

I tried to set up a different mail account I have. The response was different "Connection refused - connect(2)". This is OK, I believe, because my ISP does not allow mail relay.

So obviously I get in touch with my ISP but am unable to login. Any hints?

[Tommy Pollák]

Problem solved!

Careful inspection of the Thunderbird outgoing server settings revealed that my mailer smtp.x.y
required the following settings in .../config/initializers/mail.rb:

ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
...
  :enable_starttls_auto => false,
  :ssl            => true
}

Once this was corrected I got the report that the from field in the mail had to contain an existing domain.

domain in the smtp_settings is set to x.y where x.y is taken from address => smtp.x.y but I do not know if this of any importance.

Thanks for all hints.