Question

The problem is how can I catch exception in delivering mail by ActionMailer. For me it sounds impossible, because in this case ActionMailer should sent mail to mailserver, and if mailserver returns error, ActionMailer should show me this error. I am interested only in counting undelivered mails.

Do you have any ideas how to implement this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

I’m using something like this in the controller:

 if @user.save
      begin
      UserMailer.welcome_email(@user).deliver
      flash[:success] = "#{@user.name} created"
      rescue Net::SMTPAuthenticationError, Net::SMTPServerBusy, Net::SMTPSyntaxError, Net::SMTPFatalError, Net::SMTPUnknownError => e
        flash[:success] = "Utente #{@user.name} creato. Problems sending mail"
      end
      redirect_to "/"