class Mail::SMTPConnection

Sending Email with `SMTP`

Mail allows you to send emails using an open SMTP connection. This is done by passing a created Net::SMTP object. This way we can get better performance to our local mail server by reducing the number of connections at any one time.

Sending via `SMTP` server on Localhost

To send mail open a connection with Net::Smtp using any options you like

Delivering the email

Once you have the settings right, sending the email is done by:

smtp_conn = Net::SMTP.start(settings[:address], settings[:port])
Mail.defaults do
  delivery_method :smtp_connection, { :connection => smtp_conn }
end

Mail.deliver do
  to 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net'
  from 'ada@test.lindsaar.net'
  subject 'testing sendmail'
  body 'testing sendmail'
end

Or by calling deliver on a Mail message

mail = Mail.new do
  to 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net'
  from 'ada@test.lindsaar.net'
  subject 'testing sendmail'
  body 'testing sendmail'
end

mail.deliver!

Attributes

settings [RW]

smtp [RW]

Public Class Methods

new (values)

Source

# File lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/smtp_connection.rb, line 43
def initialize(values)
  raise ArgumentError.new('A Net::SMTP object is required for this delivery method') if values[:connection].nil?
  self.smtp = values[:connection]
  self.settings = values
end

Public Instance Methods

deliver! (mail)

Source

# File lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/smtp_connection.rb, line 51
def deliver!(mail)
  envelope = Mail::SmtpEnvelope.new(mail)
  response = smtp.sendmail(envelope.message, envelope.from, envelope.to)
  settings[:return_response] ? response : self
end

Send the message via SMTP. The from and to attributes are optional. If not set, they are retrieve from the Message.

class Mail::SMTPConnection

Sending Email with SMTP

Sending via SMTP server on Localhost

Delivering the email

Sending Email with `SMTP`

Sending via `SMTP` server on Localhost