My app is builded with rails 2.3.12, rspec-rails 1.3.2, webrat 0.7.3. My spec_helper.rb ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= ''test'' require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),''..'',''config'',''environment'')) require ''spec/autorun'' require ''spec/rails'' require ''webrat'' Dir[File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),''support'',''**'',''*.rb''))].each {|f| require f} Webrat.configure do |config| config.mode = :rails config.open_error_files = false # prevents webrat from opening the browser end # Uncomment the next line to use webrat''s matchers require ''webrat/integrations/rspec-rails'' Spec::Runner.configure do |config| config.use_transactional_fixtures = true config.use_instantiated_fixtures = false config.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + ''/spec/fixtures/'' include Webrat::Methods #config.include Webrat::Matchers, :type => :views end My spec: require ''spec_helper'' describe "Campaign" do describe "in first step" do before(:each) do @user = Factory(:user) @campaign = Factory(:campaign, :owner => @user) end it "should have an owner" do @campaign.owner.should == @user end it "testing request" do visit "/" end end end I get: ActionView::TemplateError in ''Campaign in first step should have an owner'' super: no superclass method `response'' for #<DeviseMailer: 0x7f29a3a07610> In app/views/devise_mailer/confirmation_instructions.html.erb webrat (0.7.3) lib/webrat/core/methods.rb:31:in `response'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-rails-1.3.2/lib/spec/rails/ extensions/action_view/base.rb:27:in `render'' devise (1.0.9) app/models/devise_mailer.rb:42:in `render_with_scope'' devise (1.0.9) app/models/devise_mailer.rb:31:in `setup_mail'' devise (1.0.9) app/models/devise_mailer.rb:7:in `confirmation_instructions'' devise (1.0.9) lib/devise/models/confirmable.rb:61:in `send_confirmation_instructions'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/factory_girl-2.0.3/lib/factory_girl/ proxy/create.rb:9:in `result'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/factory_girl-2.0.3/lib/factory_girl/ factory.rb:86:in `run'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/factory_girl-2.0.3/lib/factory_girl/ syntax/methods.rb:54:in `create'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/factory_girl-2.0.3/lib/factory_girl/ syntax/vintage.rb:53:in `send'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/factory_girl-2.0.3/lib/factory_girl/ syntax/vintage.rb:53:in `default_strategy'' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/factory_girl-2.0.3/lib/factory_girl/ syntax/vintage.rb:146:in `Factory'' spec/models/campaign_spec.rb:7 rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:74:in `instance_eval'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:74:in `eval_each_fail_fast'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:74:in `each'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:74:in `eval_each_fail_fast'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_group_hierarchy.rb:17:in `run_before_each'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:107:in `run_before_each'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:128:in `before_each_example'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:39:in `execute'' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:53:in `timeout'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:37:in `execute'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:214:in `run_examples'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:212:in `each'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:212:in `run_examples'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:103:in `run'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:23:in `run'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in `each'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in `run'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/runner/options.rb:152:in `run_examples'' rspec (1.3.0) lib/spec/runner/command_line.rb:9:in `run'' rspec (1.3.0) bin/spec:5 /usr/bin/spec:19:in `load'' /usr/bin/spec:19