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Leahcim
Leahcim

Reputation: 41919

Can't get Mandrill to send emails from Rails App

I'm trying to send emails in a Rails app. It works if I use Gmail, but it's not working if I use Mandrill. I'm getting this timeout error with Mandrill. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. With both Gmail and Mandrill I am setting the username and password/api_key using environment variables. The only difference between the two setups is what you see below. Any ideas? 

Timeout::Error in RegistrationsController#create

execution expired
Rails.root: /Users/michaeljohnmitchell/Sites/pre

Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
app/models/user.rb:38:in `send_welcome_email'

Mandrill Doesn't work

config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
  :address   => "smtp.mandrillapp.com",
  :port      => 25,
  :user_name => ENV["MANDRILL_USERNAME"],
  :password  => ENV["MANDRILL_API_KEY"]
}

Gmail Works

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"]
}

Upvotes: 20

Views: 8162

Answers (2)

django-d
django-d

Reputation: 2280

Here are a few things you can try based on the information you provided:

  1. make sure the correct information is in each of your environment files (production.rb and development.rb)

  2. try hardcoding the username and password for mandrill as opposed to using environmental variables (for testing only)

Upvotes: 0

Hassek
Hassek

Reputation: 8995

use port 587 for mandrill, happend the same to me :)

this is because port 25 is sending plain text and port 587 sends SSL encoded emails (which I think is the whole mandrill idea).

I have no idea why they set it to port 25 in their examples.

Upvotes: 36

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