Mail gem
The mail
gem!
The mail
gem is a popular Ruby library for creating and sending emails. It provides a simple and flexible way to compose and send emails using Ruby. Here are some of its key features:
Key Features:
- Email Composition: The
mail
gem allows you to create and compose emails using a simple and intuitive API. - Email Sending: You can send emails using various transport mechanisms, such as SMTP, Sendmail, and Mailgun.
- Email Rendering: The gem provides built-in support for rendering email templates using ERb, Haml, or Slim.
- Email Parsing: You can parse incoming emails and extract relevant information, such as sender, recipient, subject, and body.
- Email Validation: The gem provides built-in support for validating email addresses and detecting common email validation issues.
How to use the mail
gem:
- Add the
mail
gem to your Gemfile:gem 'mail', '~> 2.7.1'
- Require the gem in your Ruby file:
require 'mail'
- Create a new
Mail
object:mail = Mail.new
- Set the email's
from
,to
,subject
, andbody
attributes:mail.from = '[email protected]'
,mail.to = '[email protected]'
,mail.subject = 'Hello World'
,mail.body = 'This is the email body.'
- Send the email using your preferred transport mechanism:
mail.deliver
Example Code:
require 'mail'
mail = Mail.new
mail.from = '[email protected]'
mail.to = '[email protected]'
mail.subject = 'Hello World'
mail.body = 'This is the email body.'
mail.deliver
Common Use Cases:
- Sending automated emails (e.g., password reset emails, welcome emails)
- Creating email newsletters or promotional emails
- Integrating with other services (e.g., CRM, marketing automation tools)
- Parsing and processing incoming emails (e.g., email parsing, email filtering)
Overall, the mail
gem is a powerful and flexible tool for working with emails in Ruby.