Question

When using ActionMailer it uses a ‘view’ in the conventional path but how do you configure the ‘view’ that is being used (i.e. choose your own)?

It looks easy enough to change the ‘layout’ being used but where you do the same for the view?

Answer 1

Add a template command in your model. E.g.:

class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  def welcome_email(user)
    recipients user.email
    from "Me<[e-mail]>"
    subject "Welcome!"
    sent_on Time.now
    body {:user => user, :url => "http://example.com/login"}
    content_type "text/html"
    ## use some_other_template.text.(html|plain).erb instead
    template "some_other_template"
  end
end

Alternatively, you can also use the default views but specify a partial within the actual view, and thus use any partial you want just like any normal view.