Rails Console Actionmailer test

Rails Console Actionmailer test.rb

# 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

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

Thanks dude, this helped me.

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

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

Thanks!