This is a simple, but useful little script I ended up writing to test some things. I found it easier to use this than to constantly use the mail command. It basically wraps action mailer in a small ruby script so you can call it from the command line.
./spoofmail.rb --to=who@where.com --from=sjobs@apple.com --subject='Hey You!' --body='whatsup guy?'
or using STDIN
./spoofmail.rb --to=who@where.com --from=sjobs@apple.com --subject='Hey You!' < body_of_message
cat|./spoofmail.rb --to=who@where.com --from=sjobs@apple.com --subject='Hey You!'
whatsup guy?
^d
It might come in handy one day when you need to mess with a co-worker or test a mail receiver… or something else?
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'action_mailer'
require 'optparse'
require 'fcntl'
require 'pp'
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :sendmail
OPTIONS = {
:to => ['friend@domain.com'],
:subject => 'Hello World!',
:from => 'you@domain.com',
:body => 'Hello World!'
}
class Mailman < ActionMailer::Base
def test(options)
recipients options[:to]
subject options[:subject]
from options[:from]
body options[:body]
end
end
if __FILE__ == $0
OptionParser.new do |o|
o.banner = "Usage: #{$0} [options]"
o.on('-t', '--to=user,user,user', Array, 'Comma separated email addresses.'){ |t| OPTIONS[:to] = t }
o.on('-f', '--from=FROM', 'From email address.') { |f| OPTIONS[:from] = f }
o.on('-s', '--subject=SUBJECT', 'Subject line.'){ |s| OPTIONS[:subject] = s }
o.on('-b', '--body=BODY', "Email body. Also accepts STDIN: \"cat|#{$0}\""){ |b| OPTIONS[:body] = b }
end.parse!(ARGV)
OPTIONS[:body] = STDIN.read if STDIN.fcntl(Fcntl::F_GETFL, 0) == 0
puts "\n\nOptions:\n"
pp OPTIONS
puts "\nSending E-Mail:\n"
puts "Sent!" if Mailman.deliver_test(OPTIONS)
end