I need to be able to send emails with my app and with devise. Instead of setting up a webserver I use Google apps for business. What are the setting that I need to put in my production.rb file so that I can send emails with google apps?
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Add the following block to: config / environments / production.rb
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => your_ip_address' }
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
address: "smtp.gmail.com",
port: 587,
authentication: "plain",
enable_starttls_auto: true,
user_name: ENV['GMAIL_USERNAME'],
password: ENV['GMAIL_PASSWORD']
}
Substitute the env variables for your credentials.
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