It is so easy now that mandrill by MailChimp is part of the deal.
1) Add the Mandrill Add On to your site.
2) Include the ‘mail’ gem in your gemset.
3) Example of how to send stuff:
require ‘mail’
Mail.defaults do
delivery_method :smtp, {
:port => 587,
:address => “smtp.mandrillapp.com”,
:user_name => “your mandrill username here”,
:password => “your mandrill API key”
}
end
mail = Mail.deliver do
to ‘somebody@gmail.com’
from ‘JohnYo DoeMero <johnmero@somewhere.com>’
subject ‘Test email via Mandrill!’
text_part do
body ‘This is the email body message’
end
html_part do
content_type ‘text/html; charset=UTF-8’
body ‘<em>And, the HTML counterpart <strong>is working!</strong></em>’
end
end