Rails way to do long running tasks

Chris
2009-06-07T00:23:07Z

Hello Rails community,

  I would like to get some advices - I am writing a web application
that will be sending some emails and execute other long running tasks.

  Some of these tasks may take some time and I do not want the user
experience to be impacted. I would appreciate any pointers on advices
on these areas:

   *   how to send emails without making the user wait
   *   how to execute long running tasks
   *   The best way to do periodic cron jobs in Rails


Thank you for your help in advance.

Chris