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Improve and cleanup ActionMailer documentation

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Cody Fauser 2008-05-14 09:10:02 -04:00
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@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ are all set up this way. An example of such a method:
recipients recipient
subject "[Signed up] Welcome #{recipient}"
from "system@loudthinking.com"
body(:recipient => recipient)
body :recipient => recipient
end
The body of the email is created by using an Action View template (regular
@ -91,13 +90,13 @@ a limited number of email.
The Base class has the full list of configuration options. Here's an example:
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address=>'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost
:port=>'25', # default: 25
:user_name=>'user',
:password=>'pass',
:authentication=>:plain # :plain, :login or :cram_md5
}
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address => 'smtp.yourserver.com', # default: localhost
:port => '25', # default: 25
:user_name => 'user',
:password => 'pass',
:authentication => :plain # :plain, :login or :cram_md5
}
== Dependencies

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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# * <tt>subject</tt> - The subject of your email. Sets the <tt>Subject:</tt> header.
# * <tt>from</tt> - Who the email you are sending is from. Sets the <tt>From:</tt> header.
# * <tt>cc</tt> - Takes one or more email addresses. These addresses will receive a carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Cc:</tt> header.
# * <tt>bcc</tt> - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Bcc</tt> header.
# * <tt>bcc</tt> - Takes one or more email address. These addresses will receive a blind carbon copy of your email. Sets the <tt>Bcc:</tt> header.
# * <tt>sent_on</tt> - The date on which the message was sent. If not set, the header wil be set by the delivery agent.
# * <tt>content_type</tt> - Specify the content type of the message. Defaults to <tt>text/plain</tt>.
# * <tt>headers</tt> - Specify additional headers to be set for the message, e.g. <tt>headers 'X-Mail-Count' => 107370</tt>.
@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
#
# class MyMailer < ActionMailer::Base
# def signup_notification(recipient)
# recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
# subject "New account information"
# body "account" => recipient
# from "system@example.com"
# content_type "text/html" # Here's where the magic happens
# recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
# subject "New account information"
# from "system@example.com"
# body :account => recipient
# content_type "text/html"
# end
# end
#
@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# recipients recipient.email_address_with_name
# subject "New account information"
# from "system@example.com"
# content_type "multipart/alternative"
#
# part :content_type => "text/html",
# :body => render_message("signup-as-html", :account => recipient)
@ -167,9 +168,14 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# * signup_notification.text.x-yaml.erb
#
# Each would be rendered and added as a separate part to the message,
# with the corresponding content type. The same body hash is passed to
# each template.
# with the corresponding content type. The content type for the entire
# message is automatically set to <tt>multipart/alternative</tt>, which indicates
# that the email contains multiple different representations of the same email
# body. The same body hash is passed to each template.
#
# Implicit template rendering is not performed if any attachments or parts have been added to the email.
# This means that you'll have to manually add each part to the email and set the content type of the email
# to <tt>multipart/alternative</tt>.
#
# = Attachments
#
@ -210,11 +216,11 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# * <tt>:user_name</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the username in this setting.
# * <tt>:password</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting.
# * <tt>:authentication</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the authentication type here.
# This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>
# This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>.
#
# * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method
# * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable, defaults to "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
# * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments
# * <tt>sendmail_settings</tt> - Allows you to override options for the <tt>:sendmail</tt> delivery method.
# * <tt>:location</tt> - The location of the sendmail executable. Defaults to <tt>/usr/sbin/sendmail</tt>.
# * <tt>:arguments</tt> - The command line arguments. Defaults to <tt>-i -t</tt>.
#
# * <tt>raise_delivery_errors</tt> - Whether or not errors should be raised if the email fails to be delivered.
#
@ -227,16 +233,16 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
# for unit and functional testing.
#
# * <tt>default_charset</tt> - The default charset used for the body and to encode the subject. Defaults to UTF-8. You can also
# pick a different charset from inside a method with <tt>@charset</tt>.
# pick a different charset from inside a method with +charset+.
# * <tt>default_content_type</tt> - The default content type used for the main part of the message. Defaults to "text/plain". You
# can also pick a different content type from inside a method with <tt>@content_type</tt>.
# * <tt>default_mime_version</tt> - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to "1.0". You
# can also pick a different value from inside a method with <tt>@mime_version</tt>.
# can also pick a different content type from inside a method with +content_type+.
# * <tt>default_mime_version</tt> - The default mime version used for the message. Defaults to <tt>1.0</tt>. You
# can also pick a different value from inside a method with +mime_version+.
# * <tt>default_implicit_parts_order</tt> - When a message is built implicitly (i.e. multiple parts are assembled from templates
# which specify the content type in their filenames) this variable controls how the parts are ordered. Defaults to
# ["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client
# <tt>["text/html", "text/enriched", "text/plain"]</tt>. Items that appear first in the array have higher priority in the mail client
# and appear last in the mime encoded message. You can also pick a different order from inside a method with
# <tt>@implicit_parts_order</tt>.
# +implicit_parts_order+.
class Base
include AdvAttrAccessor, PartContainer
include ActionController::UrlWriter if Object.const_defined?(:ActionController)