mail_server_configuration.md

Mail Server Configuration

This is an example of how to integrate a mailing service with Consul Democracy.

In this example we use Mailgun.

Create an account in Mailgun

• Skip the credit card form
• And activate your account with the link sent by email

Domain configuration

• Go to the Domains section:
• Since you don't have a domain yet, you should click in the sandbox that is already created
• Remember the following credentials:

Consul Democracy mailing configuration

• Go to the config/secrets.yml file
• Change the lines on the file to configure the mail server under the section staging, preproduction or production, depending on your setup:

  mailer_delivery_method: :smtp
  smtp_settings:
     :address: "<smtp address>"
     :port: 587
     :domain: "<domain>"
     :user_name: "<user_name>"
     :password: "<password>"
     :authentication: "plain"
     :enable_starttls_auto: true

• Fill <smtp address>, <domain>, <user_name> and <password> with your information
• Save the file and restart your Consul Democracy application