What's the benefit of ar_mailer over run_later? -- Yehuda On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Michael D'Auria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > I would actually like to see what people are using as well. I was > thinking about porting ar_mailer over to dm, which spools mails in the > db. > > Michael > > On 11/9/08, Jon Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am looking for people to share their SMTP setup experiences. The > > assumption here is that I don't run my own mail server that does the > > real delivery, but rather its either gmail or something my hosting > > company maintains. > > > > There are several ways to go at it each with their issues: > > > > 1 - use merb-mailer to connect directly to your external SMTP > > server. > > pros: simple. > > cons: only as robust as your merb process, assumes merb's run_later is > > solid. Also assumes I can use a TLS connect. Does the latest merb- > > mailer support this (that is, gmail). > > > > 2 - use merb-mailer to dump the mail into the local sendmail spool > > (postfix, preferably). From here, the sendmail deamon connects to my > > external service. > > pros: robust > > cons: complex setup and we only want it used for local forwarding, we > > don't need a full-on mail server. Its a sledgehammer approach. > > > > 3 - user merb-mailer to dump to a local spool and have some very > > lightweight deamon do the delivery. pros: lightwieght and maybe > > robust > > cons: not sure which solution to try. > > > > what are your thoughts? Do you have any config instructions you can > > share? > > > > thanks, Jon > > > > > > > > > -- Yehuda Katz Developer | Engine Yard (ph) 718.877.1325 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
