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Asked: 2026-06-10T09:40:00+00:00

I bought a Rails store (i am slowly learning), and when someone places an

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I bought a Rails store (i am slowly learning), and when someone places an order, I know they get an email because of the following code in the order_mailer.rb file:

class OrderMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  default from: 'xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.com'

  def receipt(order)
    @order = order
    mail(to: order.user.email, subject: 'Your Order with Flagstuff.com')
  end
end

Is there an easy way to add myself as a CC to this email so I know when an order comes through?

From what I can gather, given my very limited knowledge of Rails, the orders_controllers.rb calls the order_mailer.rb when someone places an order. If I could locate that code and insert another .rb file (admin_email.rb) that looks almost identical, but with my email address instead of order.user.email, I think that might work.

I am looking for an easy answer and a learning experience =)

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  1. Editorial Team

    As an addition the answer from David, you can also add yourself as bcc if you change the defaults line to this:

    default from: 'xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.com', 
        bcc: 'receiving_address@xxxxxxxx.com'

    check out the docs for more examples: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html

    Also, this railscast might be interesting: http://railscasts.com/episodes/206-action-mailer-in-rails-3

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