I would actually like to see what people are using as well. I was thinking about porting ar_mailer over to dm, which spools mails in the db.
Michael On 11/9/08, Jon Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am looking for people to share their SMTP setup experiences. The > assumption here is that I don't run my own mail server that does the > real delivery, but rather its either gmail or something my hosting > company maintains. > > There are several ways to go at it each with their issues: > > 1 - use merb-mailer to connect directly to your external SMTP > server. > pros: simple. > cons: only as robust as your merb process, assumes merb's run_later is > solid. Also assumes I can use a TLS connect. Does the latest merb- > mailer support this (that is, gmail). > > 2 - use merb-mailer to dump the mail into the local sendmail spool > (postfix, preferably). From here, the sendmail deamon connects to my > external service. > pros: robust > cons: complex setup and we only want it used for local forwarding, we > don't need a full-on mail server. Its a sledgehammer approach. > > 3 - user merb-mailer to dump to a local spool and have some very > lightweight deamon do the delivery. pros: lightwieght and maybe > robust > cons: not sure which solution to try. > > what are your thoughts? Do you have any config instructions you can > share? > > thanks, Jon > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
