I just saw how the welcome app is.
The fact is (at least I think, there are a bit of turnarounds in the core
code)...
mail = Mail()
is good if you later do
mail.send()
but Auth **needs** a mailer to send messages.
Auth(db) in reality "stands" for
Auth( db=None,
mailer=True,
hmac_key=......
)
the mailer parameter is treated as follows
mailer=(mailer == True) and Mail() or mailer
So............by default if you don't pass a mailer to Auth(), the default
value (True) creates a Mail() object for you.
Current welcome is "smart" in exploiting such shortcuts
auth = Auth(db)
.....
mail = auth.settings.mailer
mail.settings.server = 'logging' or 'smtp.gmail.com:587'
mail.settings.sender = '[email protected]'
mail.settings.login = 'username:password'
This "assigns" to the mail variable the Mail() created by Auth (so that
Auth can use it), and configures it accordingly
The "other" method would be to
mail=Mail()
mail.settings.server='smtp.gmail.com:587'
mail.settings.sender='[email protected]'
mail.settings.login='username:password'
auth=Auth(db)
auth.settings.mailer=mail
# auth.settings....=...
auth.define_tables()
In this way, Mail() created by Auth() is "overwritten" by your Mail() with
the settings.
Same thing goes with
mail=Mail()
mail.settings.server='smtp.gmail.com:587'
mail.settings.sender='[email protected]'
mail.settings.login='username:password'
auth=Auth(db, mailer=mail)
but in this case, Auth doesn't create it, so it's just an assignment and
not an override ^__^
On Monday, March 24, 2014 10:54:43 PM UTC+1, Jim S wrote:
>
> No, I hadn't tried that. I just did and it fixed it. Is that the
> recommended way to setup your mail server now? I must have done it wrong a
> long time ago and just kept replicating it. It works on some of my
> deployed apps, but not all of them.
>
> -Jim
>
>
>
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