[Radiant] Newsletter extension config

[Andrew Neil]

I've just been trying out the newsletter extension (0.1.5 cloned from  
github) with radiant 0.6.7, and I've been running into some  
difficulties with its configuration.

I have been able to make it work, with limited functionality, by  
setting the following in my config/environment.rb (within the  
Radiant::Initializer.run do |config| block):

     config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test
     # config.frameworks -= [ :action_mailer ]

The second line is deliberately commented out. It could be removed  
entirely, but I left it in to remind myself of that step. In the  
default environment.rb file, this line was not commented out, and it  
prevents the newsletter extension from running.

With these settings, I am able to launch radiant, and can test all the  
actions of the newsletter extension. Rather than emails being sent,  
their contents are output to the console. I have been able to explore  
the functionality of the extension this way, and it looks very  
promising.

I gather that the default delivery method for action mailer is smtp.  
Replacing the two lines of config given above with the following:

     config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp

Allows me to launch radiant, but if I try to send an email using the  
newsletter extension (e.g. with the "Send test email" action) I get an  
error:

     Errno::ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused - connect(2)):
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `initialize'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `new'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:393:in `do_start'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:378:in `start'
         /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/ 
lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:316:in `start'
         /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:586:in `perform_delivery_smtp'
         /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:469:in `__send__'
         /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:469:in `deliver!'
         /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:383:in `deliver'
         /vendor/extensions/newsletter/app/controllers/ 
newsletters_controller.rb:59:in `send_test_email'
         /vendor/extensions/newsletter/app/controllers/ 
newsletters_controller.rb:13:in `create'
         /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `send'
     ...

(Incidentally, I got this same error when the line config.framework -=  
[ :action_mailer ] was not commented out, and delivery_method was set  
to :test)

Finally, if I include the config options as directed in the README:

     config.action_mailer.server_settings = {
      :address => "smtp.gmail.com"
      :port => 587,
      :domain => "westportbookfestival.org",
      :authentication => :plain,
      :user_name => "user",
      :password => "pass"
     }

I am not even able to start the server. It crashes out with the  
following:

     Exiting
     /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb:354:in `method_missing':  
undefined method `server_settings=' for ActionMailer::Base:Class  
(NoMethodError)
       from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
railties/lib/initializer.rb:328:in `send'
       from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
railties/lib/initializer.rb:328:in `initialize_framework_settings'
       from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.7/vendor/rails/ 
railties/lib/initializer.rb:327:in `each'
     ...

I have tried using smtp settings for other email accounts with the  
same result. Even if I pass an empty hash to the server_settings  
(config.action_mailer.server_settings = { }) I get the same result.

Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong, or how I might fix this?

Many thanks,
Drew