Fix: Better TestMailer with checks for local mail server.

app/mailers/test_mailer.rb

@@ -2,25 +2,73 @@ class TestMailer < ApplicationMailer
   def send_test_email(email)
     puts ""
     puts "--> Configured FROM: address: '#{Settings.mail.mailer_sender}'"
-    raise StandardError, "No SMTP address provided: smtp_address" if Settings.mail.smtp_address.nil?
-    raise StandardError, "No SMTP port provided: smtp_port" if Settings.mail.smtp_port.nil?
-    raise StandardError, "No SMTP username provided: smtp_user_name" if Settings.mail.smtp_user_name.nil?
-    raise StandardError, "No SMTP password provided: smtp_password" if Settings.mail.smtp_password.nil?
-    raise StandardError, "No host domain provided: host_domain" if Settings.host_domain.nil?
-    raise StandardError, "No host domain protocol provided: host_protocol" if Settings.host_protocol.nil?
+
+    if Settings.mail.smtp_address.nil?
+      puts "--> No SMTP address provided. Mail subsystem should default to localhost."
+    end
+
+    if Settings.mail.smtp_port.nil?
+      puts "--> No SMTP port provided. Mail subsystem should default to 25."
+    else
+      puts "--> Default port is #{Settings.mail.smtp_port} but will only be used if smtp_address is set."
+    end
+
+    if Settings.mail.mailer_sender.nil?
+      raise StandardError, "mailer_sender is not set.  This is the required 'from' address when sending email."
+    end
+
+    if Settings.mail.smtp_authentication.present?
+      puts "--> SMTP authentication is requested & enabled."
+      raise StandardError, "No SMTP username provided: smtp_user_name" if Settings.mail.smtp_user_name.nil?
+      raise StandardError, "No SMTP password provided: smtp_password" if Settings.mail.smtp_password.nil?
+    end
+
+    if Settings.host_domain.nil?
+      raise StandardError, "No host domain provided: host_domain. This is required to create fully qualified URLs in emails."
+    end
+
+    if Settings.host_protocol.nil?
+      raise StandardError, "No host domain protocol provided: host_protocol.  This is required to create fully qualified URLs in emails."
+    end
+
+    puts ""
+    puts "The settings.yml mail configuration is:"
+    puts "----------"
+    Settings.mail.each do |key, value|
+      if key.to_s.include?("password")
+        puts "#{key}: [HIDDEN]"
+      else
+        puts "#{key}: #{value}"
+      end
+    end
+    puts "----------"
+    puts ""
+
+    puts "The Mail subsystem SMTP configuration is:"
+    puts "----------"
+    Rails.application.config.action_mailer.smtp_settings.each do |key, value|
+      if key.to_s.include?("password")
+        puts "#{key}: [HIDDEN]"
+      else
+        puts "#{key}: #{value}"
+      end
+    end
+    puts "----------"
+    puts ""
 
     if Settings.mail.raise_delivery_errors
       puts "--> raise_delivery_errors is set to true in the configuration.  This will raise an error if the email fails to send."
     else
       puts "--> raise_delivery_errors is set to false.  Set to true to see errors if the email fails to send."
     end
 
+    puts ""
     puts "--> Attempting to send a test email to #{email}..."
     mail(to: email,
       subject: "Test Email from Password Pusher",
-      body: "⭐ If you are reading this, sending email works! ⭐")
+      body: "⭐  If you are reading this, sending email works! ⭐ ")
 
-    puts "--> It seems that the Email sent successfully!  Check destination inbox for the test email."
+    puts "--> ✅   It seems that the Email was accepted by the SMTP server!  Check destination inbox for the test email."
     puts ""
 
     puts "--> If you see an error, please paste this output into a GitHub issue for help."