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diff --git a/doc/development/README.md b/doc/development/README.md index eeff14819da..3096d9f25f0 100644 --- a/doc/development/README.md +++ b/doc/development/README.md @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ - [Object state models](object_state_models.md) - [Building a package for testing purposes](build_test_package.md) - [Manage feature flags](feature_flags.md) +- [View sent emails or preview mailers](emails.md) ## Databases diff --git a/doc/development/emails.md b/doc/development/emails.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..18f47f44cb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/development/emails.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Dealing with email in development + +## Sent emails + +To view rendered emails "sent" in your development instance, visit +[`/rails/letter_opener`](http://localhost:3000/rails/letter_opener). + +## Mailer previews + +Rails provides a way to preview our mailer templates in HTML and plaintext using +dummy data. + +The previews live in [`spec/mailers/previews`][previews] and can be viewed at +[`/rails/mailers`](http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers). + +See the [Rails guides] for more info. + +[previews]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/spec/mailers/previews +[Rails guides]: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html#previewing-emails + +--- + +[Return to Development documentation](README.md) |