Dynamic configuration of ActionMailer

pepe1 · December 9, 2009, 11:06pm

Hello,

I have the task of making ActionMailer configurable by a user and be able to use the new configuration without the need to restart the web server.

Forgive me if I am mistaken but I believe having ActionMailer configured in environment.rb will force me to restart the web service. Is there a way of making the configuration dynamic?

Thanks in advance

Pepe

pepe1 · December 10, 2009, 2:19pm

I'm sorry, I meant 'restart the web server' instead of 'restart the web service'.

My apologies.

Kristian_Hellquist · December 10, 2009, 2:37pm

You could read the desired data from a file or database and update your ActionMailer::Base.configuration before you send a mail.

pepe1 · December 11, 2009, 12:35am

Thanks Kristian.

I've thought about this and what I would probably do is store the information for ActionMailer in a YAML file. Getting the data is not a problem, the problem is how to make ActionMailer use the changed configuration without restarting the web server.

If I am not mistaken if the configuration is in environment.rb, when the web server starts it runs environment.rb and the configuration is set, in memory and will not change unless the web server (btw, I am using Mongrel only, for a very tiny in-house site) is restarted.

What I would like to know is how to change the configuration so when I change the values after a user makes a change the next e-mail sent uses the new configuration without the need to restart the web server.

Kristian_Hellquist · December 11, 2009, 7:53am

The class-methods `delivery_method', `smtp_settings' and `sendmail_settings' on ActionMailer::Base can maybe help you.

pepe1 · December 11, 2009, 9:32pm

Will play with it. Thanks a lot.

11159 · December 11, 2009, 10:09pm

Hello,

I have the task of making ActionMailer configurable by a user and be

able to use the new configuration without the need to restart the web

server.

Forgive me if I am mistaken but I believe having ActionMailer

configured in environment.rb will force me to restart the web service.

Is there a way of making the configuration dynamic?

Thanks in advance

Pepe

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