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Rails mailer templates now have the ability to utilize layouts just like their view-template siblings. The only caveat is that for a mailer layout to be automatically recognized it must end with _mailer. So this mailer:

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class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  def registration(user)
    subject    "You've registered"
    from       "system@example.com"
  end
end

would need a layout at layouts/user_mailer.html.erb. If you explicitly specify the layout it doesn’t need the _mailer suffix. So, in this example, a layout at layouts/email.html.erb would suffice:

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class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  layout 'email'
  ...
end

Go forth and make your emails pretty. You’ve got all the tools now…

tags: ruby, rubyonrails