Send email from rails console

Quicker version:

ActionMailer::Base.mail(
  from: "[email protected]",
  to: "[email protected]",
  subject: "Test",
  body: "Test"
).deliver_now

I ran into a similar problem this morning on a Rails 3 app where I called:

UserMailer.activation_instructions(@user)

This gave me the data but did not send the e-mail out. To send, I called:

UserMailer.activation_instructions(@user).deliver

This did the trick. Hopefully this might work for you too!

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