Setup SES for production email sending

.env.example

@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@ SECRET_KEY_BASE=your_secret_key_base_here
 
 ENCRYPTION_PRIMARY_KEY=generate_a_key_and_put_it_here
 ENCRYPTION_DETERMINISTIC_KEY=generate_another_key_here
-ENCRYPTION_KEY_DERIVATION_SALT=generate_a_salt_and_put_it_here
+ENCRYPTION_KEY_DERIVATION_SALT=generate_a_salt_and_put_it_here
+
+# By default, you don't need these for local development, as we use letter_opener
+SMTP_USER_NAME=replace_with_your_smtp_username
+SMTP_PASSWORD=replace_with_your_smtp_password
+SMTP_ADDRESS=replace_with_your_smtp_address
+SMTP_PORT=replace_with_your_smtp_port

app/mailers/application_mailer.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 class ApplicationMailer < ActionMailer::Base
-  default from: "from@example.com"
+  default from: ENV.fetch("SMTP_FROM_EMAIL", "noreply@timedump.hackclub.com")
   layout "mailer"
 end

config/environments/production.rb

@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   config.active_job.queue_adapter = :good_job
   # config.solid_queue.connects_to = { database: { writing: :queue } }
 
-  # Ignore bad email addresses and do not raise email delivery errors.
-  # Set this to true and configure the email server for immediate delivery to raise delivery errors.
-  # config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false
+  # Configure email delivery
+  config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
+  config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
+  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
+  config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
+    user_name: ENV.fetch("SMTP_USER_NAME"),
+    password: ENV.fetch("SMTP_PASSWORD"),
+    address: ENV.fetch("SMTP_ADDRESS"),
+    port: ENV.fetch("SMTP_PORT"),
+    authentication: :plain,
+    enable_starttls_auto: true
+  }
 
   # Set host to be used by links generated in mailer templates.
-  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: "example.com" }
-
-  # Specify outgoing SMTP server. Remember to add smtp/* credentials via rails credentials:edit.
-  # config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
-  #   user_name: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:smtp, :user_name),
-  #   password: Rails.application.credentials.dig(:smtp, :password),
-  #   address: "smtp.example.com",
-  #   port: 587,
-  #   authentication: :plain
-  # }
+  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: ENV.fetch("APP_HOST", "timedump.hackclub.com") }
 
   # Enable locale fallbacks for I18n (makes lookups for any locale fall back to
   # the I18n.default_locale when a translation cannot be found).