rails send test email

To send a test email using Ruby on Rails, you can follow these steps:

First, make sure you have the necessary dependencies installed. You will need to have the mail gem installed in your Rails application. You can add it to your Gemfile by including the following line:

ruby gem 'mail'

Then run the bundle install command to install the gem.

Next, you need to configure the email settings in your Rails application. Open the config/environments/development.rb file and add the following configuration:

ruby config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { address: 'smtp.example.com', port: 587, user_name: 'your_username', password: 'your_password', authentication: 'plain', enable_starttls_auto: true }

Replace 'smtp.example.com' with the SMTP server address you want to use. Set the user_name and password to your email credentials.

Once the email settings are configured, you can create a mailer class to handle the email sending. In the app/mailers directory, create a new file for your mailer, for example test_mailer.rb. Open the file and define your mailer class like this:

```ruby class TestMailer < ActionMailer::Base default from: '[email protected]'

 def test_email
   mail(to: '[email protected]', subject: 'This is a test email')
 end

end ```

Replace '[email protected]' with your email address, and '[email protected]' with the recipient's email address.

Now, you can create a view template for your email. In the app/views/test_mailer directory, create a new file called test_email.html.erb. This will be the HTML content of your email. You can add any desired content to this file.
Finally, you can send the test email by calling the mailer method from a controller or a background job. For example, in a controller action, you can add the following code:

ruby TestMailer.test_email.deliver_now

This will deliver the test email immediately. If you want to deliver it later, you can use deliver_later instead of deliver_now.

That's it! You have successfully sent a test email using Ruby on Rails. Make sure to check your email inbox or spam folder to see if the email was received.