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Rails Console Actionmailer test
# Copy and paste this to the rails console to test your email settings
class MyMailer < ActionMailer::Base
def test_email
@recipients = "someone@somewhere.com"
@from = "must_be_same_as_smpt_account_login@gmail.com"
@subject = "test from the Rails Console"
@body = "This is a test email"
end
end
MyMailer::deliver_test_email
# 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
@fatihpense
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in rails3.1.1 console, i managed to send by MyMailer.test_email().deliver

@ByScripts
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In Rails 3.2, worked with this :

class TestMailer < ActionMailer::Base

  default :from => "me@mysite.com"

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

TestMailer.welcome_email.deliver

@jackson-sandland
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Works phantastic. Rails 4

@michon
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michon commented Dec 15, 2014

like a charm for me.
Va de pinga

@cbilgili
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Thank you @tansengming and @ByScripts

@peterept
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peterept commented Mar 2, 2015

thanks

@wellington1993
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Thanks

@chucai
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chucai commented Jan 26, 2016

Thanks! It's work for me in Rails 4.2 .

@neohunter
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what happen if credentials are invalid? some error is raiseD?

@jasonperrone
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Thanks dude, this helped me.

@blaskovicz
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In rails 5, I did SomeMailer::some_method(Thing.first, Otherthing.last).deliver via the console.

@racl101
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racl101 commented Nov 24, 2016

@ByScripts thanks for your example. Helped me out very much. Works on Rails 4.2.0

@jumph4x
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jumph4x commented Aug 2, 2017

Thanks!

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