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## ActionMailer standalone example require 'rubygems' require 'actionmailer' ## this whole huge hack is for GMail TLS require "openssl" require "net/smtp" # stolen from https://openrain.com/opensource/public/rails/plugins/action_mailer_tls # by Marc Chung (marc [dot] chung [at] openrain [dot] com) and others Net::SMTP.class_eval do private def do_start(helodomain, user, secret, authtype) raise IOError, 'SMTP session already started' if @started check_auth_args user, secret, authtype if user or secret sock = timeout(@open_timeout) { TCPSocket.open(@address, @port) } @socket = Net::InternetMessageIO.new(sock) @socket.read_timeout = 60 #@read_timeout check_response(critical { recv_response() }) do_helo(helodomain) if starttls raise 'openssl library not installed' unless defined?(OpenSSL) ssl = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(sock) ssl.sync_close = true ssl.connect @socket = Net::InternetMessageIO.new(ssl) @socket.read_timeout = 60 #@read_timeout do_helo(helodomain) end authenticate user, secret, authtype if user @started = true ensure unless @started # authentication failed, cancel connection. @socket.close if not @started and @socket and not @socket.closed? @socket = nil end end def do_helo(helodomain) begin if @esmtp ehlo helodomain else helo helodomain end rescue Net::ProtocolError if @esmtp @esmtp = false @error_occured = false retry end raise end end def starttls getok('STARTTLS') rescue return false return true end def quit begin getok('QUIT') rescue EOFError end end end ## configure, then send ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = { :address => "smtp.gmail.com", :port => 587, :user_name => "someone", :password => "PASSWORD", :authentication => :login } class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base def deploy_notification(recipient) recipients recipient # you can only use addresses you registered in GMail here: from 'someone@gmail.com' subject "Deployment happened!" body <<-MSG Hello. This is to inform you that a deployment has happened. MSG end end Notifier.deliver_deploy_notification('someone@example.com')

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