Rails - Jul 2008 - ar_sendmail is not sending email from the email table with ARMailer

I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to get emails into my
newly created emails table, but when I run ar_sendmail to actually
send the messages from the table, absolutely nothing happens.  I run
"ar_sendmail" from my app''s root directory, and it hangs for
a few
seconds, like it is processing something, then the prompt comes back
as it has finished.  But all the emails are still queued up in the
emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and there are no errors
thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some options, such
as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60 --environment
production, but that produced the same result.

My environment.rb file has the correct require:  require
''action_mailer/ar_mailer''

My production.rb file looks like:
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
  :address  => "localhost",
  :port  => 25,
  :domain  => ''domain.com''
}
ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
ActionMailer::Base.default_charset = "utf-8"
ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type = "text/html"

Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing something else?  Is
there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail to find out what is
going on in those few seconds that it seems to be doing something?

Thanks in advance!
LAB
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What does your production.log say?
 - Richard


On Jul 8, 2:42 pm, LAB <LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to get emails into my
> newly created emails table, but when I run ar_sendmail to actually
> send the messages from the table, absolutely nothing happens.  I run
> "ar_sendmail" from my app''s root directory, and it hangs
for a few
> seconds, like it is processing something, then the prompt comes back
> as it has finished.  But all the emails are still queued up in the
> emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and there are no errors
> thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some options, such
> as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60 --environment
> production, but that produced the same result.
>
> My environment.rb file has the correct require:  require
> ''action_mailer/ar_mailer''
>
> My production.rb file looks like:
> ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
>   :address  => "localhost",
>   :port  => 25,
>   :domain  => ''domain.com''}
>
> ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
> ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
> ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
> ActionMailer::Base.default_charset = "utf-8"
> ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type = "text/html"
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing something else?  Is
> there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail to find out what is
> going on in those few seconds that it seems to be doing something?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> LAB
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I can see where the email template is used in the production.log file,
and those emails are being added to the emails table properly.  When I
do a "ar_sendmail", to actually send the messages, I get absolutely no
output to the production.log, like it is not even hitting it.

On Jul 8, 6:02 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> What does your production.log say?
>  - Richard
>
> On Jul 8, 2:42 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to get emails into my
> > newly created emails table, but when I run ar_sendmail to actually
> > send the messages from the table, absolutely nothing happens.  I run
> > "ar_sendmail" from my app''s root directory, and it
hangs for a few
> > seconds, like it is processing something, then the prompt comes back
> > as it has finished.  But all the emails are still queued up in the
> > emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and there are no errors
> > thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some options, such
> > as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60 --environment
> > production, but that produced the same result.
>
> > My environment.rb file has the correct require:  require
> > ''action_mailer/ar_mailer''
>
> > My production.rb file looks like:
> > ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
> >   :address  => "localhost",
> >   :port  => 25,
> >   :domain  => ''domain.com''}
>
> > ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
> > ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
> > ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
> > ActionMailer::Base.default_charset = "utf-8"
> > ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type = "text/html"
>
> > Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing something else?  Is
> > there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail to find out what is
> > going on in those few seconds that it seems to be doing something?
>
> > Thanks in advance!
> > LAB
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Maybe the --environment arg isnt working properly, check the
development log to see if its defaulting to that.

On Jul 8, 3:07 pm, LAB <LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I can see where the email template is used in the production.log file,
> and those emails are being added to the emails table properly.  When I
> do a "ar_sendmail", to actually send the messages, I get
absolutely no
> output to the production.log, like it is not even hitting it.
>
> On Jul 8, 6:02 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > What does your production.log say?
> >  - Richard
>
> > On Jul 8, 2:42 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to get emails
into my
> > > newly created emails table, but when I run ar_sendmail to
actually
> > > send the messages from the table, absolutely nothing happens.  I
run
> > > "ar_sendmail" from my app''s root directory,
and it hangs for a few
> > > seconds, like it is processing something, then the prompt comes
back
> > > as it has finished.  But all the emails are still queued up in
the
> > > emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and there are no errors
> > > thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some options, such
> > > as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60 --environment
> > > production, but that produced the same result.
>
> > > My environment.rb file has the correct require:  require
> > > ''action_mailer/ar_mailer''
>
> > > My production.rb file looks like:
> > > ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
> > >   :address  => "localhost",
> > >   :port  => 25,
> > >   :domain  => ''domain.com''}
>
> > > ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
> > > ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
> > > ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
> > > ActionMailer::Base.default_charset = "utf-8"
> > > ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type = "text/html"
>
> > > Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing something else? 
Is
> > > there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail to find out
what is
> > > going on in those few seconds that it seems to be doing
something?
>
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > LAB
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Thanks for the quick replies!  There is no output to the
development.log either.  The interesting thing is, if I do a
"ar_sendmail --mailq", it prints out the 3 entries I have in the
emails table.  So it is connecting to the right table and reading the
data from it.  I tried a "ar_sendmail -v" to get the verbose output,
and it says "found 3 messages to send" and then just quits.

Any other ideas?

On Jul 8, 6:30 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Maybe the --environment arg isnt working properly, check the
> development log to see if its defaulting to that.
>
> On Jul 8, 3:07 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I can see where the email template is used in the production.log file,
> > and those emails are being added to the emails table properly.  When I
> > do a "ar_sendmail", to actually send the messages, I get
absolutely no
> > output to the production.log, like it is not even hitting it.
>
> > On Jul 8, 6:02 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > What does your production.log say?
> > >  - Richard
>
> > > On Jul 8, 2:42 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to get
emails into my
> > > > newly created emails table, but when I run ar_sendmail to
actually
> > > > send the messages from the table, absolutely nothing
happens.  I run
> > > > "ar_sendmail" from my app''s root
directory, and it hangs for a few
> > > > seconds, like it is processing something, then the prompt
comes back
> > > > as it has finished.  But all the emails are still queued up
in the
> > > > emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and there are no
errors
> > > > thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some options, such
> > > > as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60 --environment
> > > > production, but that produced the same result.
>
> > > > My environment.rb file has the correct require:  require
> > > > ''action_mailer/ar_mailer''
>
> > > > My production.rb file looks like:
> > > > ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
> > > >   :address  => "localhost",
> > > >   :port  => 25,
> > > >   :domain  => ''domain.com''}
>
> > > > ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
> > > > ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
> > > > ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
> > > > ActionMailer::Base.default_charset = "utf-8"
> > > > ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type =
"text/html"
>
> > > > Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing something
else?  Is
> > > > there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail to find
out what is
> > > > going on in those few seconds that it seems to be doing
something?
>
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > LAB
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Maybe this is a silly question to ask, has your smtp ever performed
successfully in the past?
If not, perhaps check to make sure the smtp traffic is not blocked. I
had this experience where my rails smtp traffic was quietly blocked by
the corporate firewall and I just couldn''t figure out why the mail
wasn''t going out. I had no error message in my log as well. I
eventually found out about the firewall block.

Just a thought.



On Jul 8, 4:08 pm, LAB <LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Thanks for the quick replies!  There is no output to the
> development.log either.  The interesting thing is, if I do a
> "ar_sendmail --mailq", it prints out the 3 entries I have in the
> emails table.  So it is connecting to the right table and reading the
> data from it.  I tried a "ar_sendmail -v" to get the verbose
output,
> and it says "found 3 messages to send" and then just quits.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> On Jul 8, 6:30 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Maybe the --environment arg isnt working properly, check the
> > development log to see if its defaulting to that.
>
> > On Jul 8, 3:07 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > I can see where the email template is used in the production.log
file,
> > > and those emails are being added to the emails table properly. 
When I
> > > do a "ar_sendmail", to actually send the messages, I
get absolutely no
> > > output to the production.log, like it is not even hitting it.
>
> > > On Jul 8, 6:02 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > What does your production.log say?
> > > >  - Richard
>
> > > > On Jul 8, 2:42 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > > I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to get
emails into my
> > > > > newly created emails table, but when I run ar_sendmail
to actually
> > > > > send the messages from the table, absolutely nothing
happens.  I run
> > > > > "ar_sendmail" from my app''s root
directory, and it hangs for a few
> > > > > seconds, like it is processing something, then the
prompt comes back
> > > > > as it has finished.  But all the emails are still
queued up in the
> > > > > emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and there are
no errors
> > > > > thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some options,
such
> > > > > as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60
--environment
> > > > > production, but that produced the same result.
>
> > > > > My environment.rb file has the correct require: 
require
> > > > > ''action_mailer/ar_mailer''
>
> > > > > My production.rb file looks like:
> > > > > ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
> > > > >   :address  => "localhost",
> > > > >   :port  => 25,
> > > > >   :domain  => ''domain.com''}
>
> > > > > ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
> > > > > ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
> > > > > ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
> > > > > ActionMailer::Base.default_charset = "utf-8"
> > > > > ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type =
"text/html"
>
> > > > > Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing
something else?  Is
> > > > > there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail to
find out what is
> > > > > going on in those few seconds that it seems to be doing
something?
>
> > > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > > LAB
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Hmmm ... a good thought, but when I look at the emails table, the
column for "last_send_attempt" is 0 for all my entries.  So
wouldn''t
that get incremented if it was actually sending the email, but getting
blocked down the line?  It seems like it is not even trying to send
the messages, because the last_send_attempt is never changed.

Thanks for any help!

On Jul 8, 7:21 pm, stevel
<isig...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Maybe this is a silly question to ask, has your smtp ever performed
> successfully in the past?
> If not, perhaps check to make sure the smtp traffic is not blocked. I
> had this experience where my rails smtp traffic was quietly blocked by
> the corporate firewall and I just couldn''t figure out why the mail
> wasn''t going out. I had no error message in my log as well. I
> eventually found out about the firewall block.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> On Jul 8, 4:08 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the quick replies!  There is no output to the
> > development.log either.  The interesting thing is, if I do a
> > "ar_sendmail --mailq", it prints out the 3 entries I have in
the
> > emails table.  So it is connecting to the right table and reading the
> > data from it.  I tried a "ar_sendmail -v" to get the verbose
output,
> > and it says "found 3 messages to send" and then just quits.
>
> > Any other ideas?
>
> > On Jul 8, 6:30 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Maybe the --environment arg isnt working properly, check the
> > > development log to see if its defaulting to that.
>
> > > On Jul 8, 3:07 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > I can see where the email template is used in the
production.log file,
> > > > and those emails are being added to the emails table
properly.  When I
> > > > do a "ar_sendmail", to actually send the messages,
I get absolutely no
> > > > output to the production.log, like it is not even hitting
it.
>
> > > > On Jul 8, 6:02 pm, Richard Luther
<richard.lut...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > > What does your production.log say?
> > > > >  - Richard
>
> > > > > On Jul 8, 2:42 pm, LAB
<LABus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I am using the ar_mailer gem.  I have been able to
get emails into my
> > > > > > newly created emails table, but when I run
ar_sendmail to actually
> > > > > > send the messages from the table, absolutely
nothing happens.  I run
> > > > > > "ar_sendmail" from my app''s
root directory, and it hangs for a few
> > > > > > seconds, like it is processing something, then the
prompt comes back
> > > > > > as it has finished.  But all the emails are still
queued up in the
> > > > > > emails table.  Nothing was actually sent, and
there are no errors
> > > > > > thrown.  I tried running ar_sendmail with some
options, such
> > > > > > as ...ar_sendmail -d --batch-size 4 --delay 60
--environment
> > > > > > production, but that produced the same result.
>
> > > > > > My environment.rb file has the correct require: 
require
> > > > > > ''action_mailer/ar_mailer''
>
> > > > > > My production.rb file looks like:
> > > > > > ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
> > > > > >   :address  => "localhost",
> > > > > >   :port  => 25,
> > > > > >   :domain  => ''domain.com''}
>
> > > > > > ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true
> > > > > > ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :activerecord
> > > > > > ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = false
> > > > > > ActionMailer::Base.default_charset =
"utf-8"
> > > > > > ActionMailer::Base.default_content_type =
"text/html"
>
> > > > > > Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I missing
something else?  Is
> > > > > > there a way I can see some debug from ar_sendmail
to find out what is
> > > > > > going on in those few seconds that it seems to be
doing something?
>
> > > > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > > > LAB
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Make sure you have SMTP server running on your box. ar_sendmail needs to 
deleiver email to SMTP server of some sort. To test try

telnet localhost 25

on Mac you would start SMTP server as "sudo postfix start", on Ubuntu:
"sudo /etc/init.d/postfix start"

Once your SMTP server is running you will be able to tail the logs and 
fix the problem: tail -f /var/log/mail.log

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