Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
> Rails Learner wrote:
> > I have a controller action that can render the response in pdf format as
> > well as html format.
> > 
> > Now, I need to attach a pdf file rendered by the above action to an
> > email on the fly.
> > How can I do this?
> > What is the the best practice?
> 
> Not everything has an official "best practice".  But if I were you, I 
> wouldn't do this.  I don't like getting large attachments.  What I 
> recommend instead is to send an e-mail message with the URL for the 
> generated PDF file.

+1 for that idea from me too.  Not everyone reads mail in a "webmail"
environment.  If you pull your email on a small phone this is
especially painful.  The URL scheme let's the user choose.

Bob

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