Email Configuration SMTP
Important: These docs are for the outdated Jets 5 versions and below. For the latest Jets docs: docs.rubyonjets.com
You can configure email with initializers. Example:
config/environments/production.rb:
Jets.application.configure do
config.action_mailer.show_previews = false # default: false
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
address: ENV['SMTP_ADDRESS'],
port: 587,
domain: ENV['SMTP_DOMAIN'],
authentication: :login,
user_name: ENV['SMTP_USERNAME'],
password: ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD'],
enable_starttls_auto: true
}
end
We can configure the variables with env files. Example:
.env.production:
SMTP_ADDRESS=email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
SMTP_DOMAIN=mydomain.com
SMTP_USERNAME=ABCASD5MXAIYXEXAMPLE
SMTP_PASSWORD=ABCunGBKLUdbPdAH/FSxAi8eId99EyAOJz+mxEXAMPLE
Testing SMTP
One way to test SMTP server connection is with telnet. Example:
$ telnet email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com 587
Connected to email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
telnet> quit
$
Note, to escape out of the telnet session you have to use the escape sequence ^]. That’s the control key plus close square bracket key. Then you can type quit.