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ar_mailer allows you to queue ActionMailer emails in the database that will be sent with a separate process. ar_mailer gives drastic speed-ups when you need to send many emails.

To install ar_mailer: sudo gem install ar_mailer. You can also download ar_mailer from Rubyforge.

For instructions on how to convert from the regular delivery methods to using ar_mailer see the ar_mailer documentation.

ar_mailer-1.1.0 follows quick on the heels of ar_mailer 1.0. I’ve got several important features and bug fixes:

Features

• Added—chdir to set rails directory
• Added—environment to set RAILS_ENV
• Exits cleanly on TERM or INT signals
• Added FreeBSD rc.d script
• Exceptions during SMTP sending are now logged
• No longer waits if sending email took too long

Bugs fixed

• Fixed last send attempt in—mailq
• Better SMTP error handling
  • Messages are removed from the queue on 5xx errors
  • Added Net::SMTP.reset to avoid needing to recreate the connection