Hi there, Setting that has always worked for me without fail is:
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { :address => "mail.yourdomain.com", :port => 25, :domain => "yourdomain.com" } HTH, Schalk tashfeen.ekram wrote: > sorry message got truncated. > > i have looked around but find no solutions... > > On Apr 5, 3:58 pm, "tashfeen.ekram" <tashfeen.ek...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am on ubuntu machine. i want to just do simple testing of sending >> emails. >> >> i first tried postfix, then mailtrap (http://rubypond.com/articles/ >> 2007/11/16/trap-rails-from-sending-mail-via-smtp/) to no avail. i keep >> getting timed out error. >> >> for postfix my settings were: >> >> config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { >> >> :address => 'localhost', >> >> :port => 25, >> >> :domain => 'www.example.com' >> >> } >> >> i tried changing to port 2525 to use mailtrap and got the same error. >> is there something essential i am missing? >> >> i just want to be able to send emails to test funcinality. not receive >> and nothing else. i searched around but i can not > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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