Fakemail

Fakemail is a simple sendmail replacement made for debugging/inpection purposes.

Features

• Works in any Ruby app (Rails/Mer/Sinatra)

• Stores each email as 2 files: headers and content.

• Both text and html formats are supported.

Installation

Install as a gem:

gem install fakemail

Usage

To see where the actual script is:

which fakemail

Usage: Rails

# RAILS_ROOT/config/environments/development.rb
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :sendmail 
config.action_mailer.sendmail_settings = {:location => "PATH_TO_FAKEMAIL"}

Restart the app, and its ready to go.

Usage: Pony

Pony.mail(
  :via => :sendmail,
  :via_options => {
    :location  => 'PATH_TO_FAKEMAIL',
  }
)