The code to send a basic contact form in Rails 3

gistfile1.rb

class ContactUsMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  default from: "website@auxoapp.com"
  default to: "tj@auxoapp.com"
  
  def new_message(message)
      @message = message
      mail(:subject => "Contact Submission from Auxoapp")
  end
end


class Message

  include ActiveModel::Validations
  include ActiveModel::Conversion
  extend ActiveModel::Naming

  attr_accessor :name, :email, :body

  validates :name, :email,  :body, :presence => true
  validates :email, :format => { :with => %r{.+@.+\..+} }
  
  def initialize(attributes = {})
    attributes.each do |name, value|
      send("#{name}=", value)
    end
  end

  def persisted?
    false
  end

end


#Controller
def home
    @message = Message.new
    @tweets = Twitter.user_timeline('auxoapp', {:count => "3"})    
  end 
  
  def terms
    #This method handles the Terms and Conditions page
  end 
  
  def create_message
    #This method handles Homepage contact form delivery
    @message = Message.new(params[:message])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @message.valid?
        format.js  
        ContactUsMailer.new_message(@message).deliver        
      else
        format.js
      end
    end
  end
  
  
#contact_us_mailer.html.erb
Name: <%= @message.name %>
Email: <%= @message.email %>
Body: <%= @message.body %>