Rails Console Actionmailer test.rb

# First, copy your settings over

ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
  :address  => "smtp.mandrillapp.com",
  :port  => 587,
  :domain  => "ices-experiments.org",
  :user_name  => Settings.mandrill_user,
  :password  => Settings.mandrill_password,
  :authentication  => "login"
}

# Copy and paste this to the rails console to test your email settings

class TestMailer < ActionMailer::Base

  default :from => "noreply@ices-experiments.org"

  def welcome_email
    mail(:to => "jrhorn424@gmail.com", :subject => "Test mail", :body => "Test mail body")
  end
end

TestMailer.welcome_email.deliver

# if all goes well you should see a lot text scrolling by
# Copied with love from http://lists.radiantcms.org/pipermail/radiant/2007-February/003394.html
# btw for info on how to get rails working with Gmail SMTP go to http://robertbousquet.com/articles/using-gmail-smtp-with-actionmailer