Monkey-patch enabling Rails 2.3 to use SMTP over SSL

gistfile1.rb

# config/initializers/email.rb


# Monkey-patch to enable ActionMailer to send STMP email over SSL.
# Necessitated by Fastmail mandating SSL by 30 June 2012.
module ActionMailer
  class Base
    def perform_delivery_smtp(mail)
      destinations = mail.destinations
      mail.ready_to_send
      sender = (mail['return-path'] && mail['return-path'].spec) || Array(mail.from).first

      smtp = Net::SMTP.new(smtp_settings[:address], smtp_settings[:port])
      smtp.enable_tls if smtp_settings[:ssl] && smtp.respond_to?(:enable_tls)
      smtp.enable_starttls_auto if smtp_settings[:enable_starttls_auto] && smtp.respond_to?(:enable_starttls_auto)
      smtp.start(smtp_settings[:domain], smtp_settings[:user_name], smtp_settings[:password],
                 smtp_settings[:authentication]) do |smtp|
        smtp.sendmail(mail.encoded, sender, destinations)
      end
    end
  end
end



ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
  address:              'mail.messagingengine.com',
  port:                 465,
  domain:               'yourdomain.com',
  user_name:            'your_username',
  password:             'xxxxxxx',
  authentication:       :plain,
  enable_starttls_auto: false,
  ssl:                  true
}

Thank you very much! This monkey-patch saves my soul!