Rails ActionMailer with multiple SMTP servers

Question

I have a need to use two different smtp servers in a Rails application. It appears that the way ActionMailer is constructed, it is not possible to have different smtp_settin

Answer 1

Solution for Rails 4.2+:

config/secrets.yml:

production:
  gmail_smtp:
    :authentication: "plain"
    :address: "smtp.gmail.com"
    :port: 587
    :domain: "zzz.com"
    :user_name: "zzz@zzz.com"
    :password: "zzz"
    :enable_starttls_auto: true
  mandrill_smtp:
    :authentication: "plain"
    :address: "smtp.mandrillapp.com"
    :port: 587
    :domain: "zzz.com"
    :user_name: "zzz@zzz.com"
    :password: "zzz"
    :enable_starttls_auto: true
  mailgun_smtp:
    :authentication: "plain"
    :address: "smtp.mailgun.org"
    :port: 587
    :domain: "zzz.com"
    :user_name: "zzz@zzz.com"
    :password: "zzz"
    :enable_starttls_auto: true

config/environments/production.rb:

config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = Rails.application.secrets.gmail_smtp

app/mailers/application_mailer.rb:

class ApplicationMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  default from: '"ZZZ" '

  private

  def gmail_delivery
    mail.delivery_method.settings = Rails.application.secrets.gmail_smtp
  end

  def mandrill_delivery
    mail.delivery_method.settings = Rails.application.secrets.mandrill_smtp
  end

  def mailgun_delivery
    mail.delivery_method.settings = Rails.application.secrets.mailgun_smtp
  end
end

app/mailers/user_mailer.rb:

class UserMailer < ApplicationMailer
  # after_action :gmail_delivery, only: [:notify_user]
  after_action :mandrill_delivery, only: [:newsletter]
  after_action :mailgun_delivery, only: [:newsletter2]

  def newsletter(user_id); '...' end # this will be sent through mandrill smtp
  def newsletter2(user_id); '...' end # this will be sent through mailgun smtp
  def notify_user(user_id); '...' end # this will be sent through gmail smtp
end