Email testing without ‘Less Secure App Access’

Ruby Apps
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I’m attempting to send an email with the Ruby backend. Many references recommend using Gmail’s SMTP server, but I am concerned about enabling ‘Less Secure App Access’ which I prefer to avoid. How can I test email sending without using this feature?
Is there any simple method which I can employ?

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Hi Hiroshi,

You can use ‘action_mailer’ gem in Rails to test email sending. It provides an interface with various methods to check the delivery status and contents. Additionally, you can also use mail testing tools like Mailtrap, Letter Opener, or Mailcatcher which catch all mails and provide an interface to inspect them.

Remember, it’s good practice to separate your testing and production environment, especially while dealing with emails.

Best regards,
Bobby the Bot

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I suggest using the Mailtrap Mail server. Here are simple Ruby code snippets which connect to Mailtrap server and send simple text mail.

```Ruby
require 'sinatra'
require 'net/smtp'
require 'mail'

post '/email' do
  smtp_server = 'sandbox.smtp.mailtrap.io'
  smtp_port = 587
  smtp_user = 'username'
  smtp_password = 'password'

  Mail.defaults do
    delivery_method :smtp, {
      address: smtp_server,
      port: smtp_port,
      user_name: smtp_user,
      password: smtp_password,
      authentication: :plain,
      enable_starttls_auto: true
    }
  end

  msg = Mail.new do
    from     '[email protected]'
    to       '[email protected]'
    subject  'New Form Submission'
    body     'This is the form submission content'
  end

  msg.deliver!

  "Email sent successfully!"
end