Mailman VS LetterOpener

Compare Mailman vs LetterOpener and see what are their differences.

Mailman

By mailman

LetterOpener

Preview mail in the browser instead of sending. (by ryanb)
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Mailman LetterOpener
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0.0 6.1
- 23 days ago
Ruby Ruby
- MIT License
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Mailman

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mailman. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Mailman yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

LetterOpener

Posts with mentions or reviews of LetterOpener. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-25.
  • Unleash Devise-Enabling All Modules
    4 projects | dev.to | 25 Jun 2023
    If you input a valid email of the users you created in the system and submit the form. A POST request to http://localhost:3000/users/password will be made. Then a reset password mail as described in the previous section will be sent out. You can find that mail in the terminal running rails server. If you have a gem like letter_opener, you can see that mail shown in your browser.
  • Using Action Mailer to Send Emails from a Rails App
    2 projects | dev.to | 16 Mar 2023
    Another great option is to use the letter opener gem. This is a great tool to use in development, because instead of the app actually sending the email, instead it opens a new tab on your browser with the email view. This is really helpful to see what is going on with the email as it happens. If you are using the letter opener gem, you would need to install it:
  • Rails5 - sending and receiving emails
    2 projects | /r/rails | 29 Jan 2021
    I recommend https://github.com/ryanb/letter_opener for local development.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mailman and LetterOpener you can also consider the following projects:

MailCatcher - Catches mail and serves it through a dream.

premailer-rails - CSS styled emails without the hassle.

Griddler - Simplify receiving email in Rails

Mail - A Really Ruby Mail Library

Ahoy Email - First-party email analytics for Rails

Maily - :mailbox: Rails Engine to preview emails in the browser

formspree - The successor to this repository is actively maintained at https://formspree.io. Its source code is not available

Pony - The express way to send mail from Ruby.

MailForm - Send e-mail straight from forms in Rails with I18n, validations, attachments and request information.