Beginning Rails 6: From Novice to Professional

© Brady Somerville, Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr and Rida Al Barazi 2020

B. Somerville et al.Beginning Rails 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5716-6_12

12. Sending and Receiving Email

Brady Somerville¹ , Adam Gamble², Cloves Carneiro Jr.³ and Rida Al Barazi⁴

(1)

Bowling Green, KY, USA

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Gardendale, AL, USA

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Hollywood, FL, USA

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FONTHILL, ON, Canada

 

It’s a rare web application that doesn’t need to send email from time to time. For example, you may want to send messages to welcome users who sign up on your website, send “reset password” links, or confirm orders placed with an online store. Rails ships with a library called Action Mailer, which provides developers with an easy-to-use yet powerful tool to handle email.

This chapter explains how ...