ruby on rails - Difference between ActiveMailer and Mail gem? -
in ruby on rails 3 can use activemailer sending emails.
also can install mail gem.
i wonder difference is?
does mail gem provide things activemailer doesnt?
should install gem?
thanks
the relationship between 2 mail
gem how rails 3 implements mail ( replacing previous tmail
approach in earlier versions). in other words, actionmailer
rails wrapper around mail
gem's usage within framework.
from post gem's author:
the prior versions of actionmailer used tmail email delivery needs, , because functionality missing in tmail (such auto quoting , encoding of fields, handling multipart emails smoothly, etc.), actionmailer had grown set of complex , fragile methods shoehorn in missing functionality.
that post here. , screencast might helpful if haven't seen already.
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