Email queue created before emails are sent

email_que.rb

# == Schema Information
#
# Table name: email_ques
#
#  id            :integer          not null, primary key
#  job_que_id    :integer
#  to_field      :string(255)
#  subject_field :string(255)
#  body_field    :text
#  send_status   :text
#  created_at    :datetime         not null
#  updated_at    :datetime         not null
#

class EmailQue < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :body_field, :job_que_id, :send_status, :subject_field, :to_field


  # Generate Que is used with an argument of the Job ID
  def self.generate_que(job_que_id)
  	#  Loads the details of the email job
  	job_info = JobQue.find(job_que_id)
  	template_info = EmailTemplate.find(job_info.email_template_id)

    # To include our items within the loop I had to make them instance variables
      @template_subject = template_info.template_subject
      @template_body = template_info.template_body
      @email_count = 0

      # Now we begin to process and create the emails we will be sending
  		contacts = Contact.with_mailinglist.where("INF_MAILINGS_EVENTSID = '#{job_info.mailing_list_id}'")

        contacts.each do |contact|

  			EmailQue.create(
  				to_field: contact.email,
  				subject_field: ShortCode.process(@template_subject, contact.id),
  				body_field: ShortCode.process(@template_body, contact.id),
  				send_status: 'NOT SENT',
  				job_que_id: job_info.id
  				)
          @email_count += 1
  			end

      # Now we update our Job Que with the following status "EMAILS READY"
      job_info.update_attributes(
        :job_status => 'EMAILS READY'
        )
      # Return the number of emails created
      @email_count
  	end



end