How do I create a email confirmation? - ruby

Question

I'm trying to make a simple email notification when a user signs up.
My user sign up works fine, and I followed the "Sending Email" tutorial exactly but can't get it to work. What am I doing wrong?
user_controller.rb
class Admin::UsersController < InheritedResources::Base
before_filter :admin_only
actions :index, :show, :new, :edit, :create, :update, :destroy
respond_to :html
# def new
# #user = User.new(:invitation_token => params[:invitation_token])
# #user.email = #user.invitation.recipient_email
# end
def create
#user = User.new(params[:user])
UserMailer.deliver_registration_confirmation(#user) < -- where I added the mailer
#user.save(false)
respond_to do |format|
format.html{ redirect_to admin_users_path}
end
end
private
def collection
paginate_options ||= {}
paginate_options[:page] ||= (params[:page] || 1)
paginate_options[:per_page] ||= (params[:per_page] || 20)
#search = User.search(params[:search])
#users ||= #search.all.paginate(paginate_options)
end
end
environments/production.rb
# Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/environment.rb
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => 'alpine.totaline.com' }
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
# set delivery method to :smtp, :sendmail or :test
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
# these options are only needed if you choose smtp delivery
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
:address => 'smtp.gmail.com',
:port => 25,
:domain => 'alpine.totaline.com',
:authentication => :login,
:user_name => 'emailname#gmail.com',
:password => 'thepassword'
}
models/user_mailer.rb
class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
def registration_confirmation(user)
recipients user.email
from "webmaster#alpinechallenge.com"
subject "Thank you for Registering"
body "You are now registered on the Alpine Challenge!"
end
end

Answer 1

Looks like for Gmail you need to use port 587:
# these options are only needed if you choose smtp delivery
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
:address => 'smtp.gmail.com',
:port => '587',
:domain => 'alpine.totaline.com',
:authentication => :login,
:user_name => 'emailname#gmail.com',
:password => 'thepassword'
}
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