require 'rubygems' require 'action_mailer' require 'mime/types' class SimpleMailer < ActionMailer::Base def directory_dump_message(recipient, directory) from 'directory-dump@localhost' recipients recipient subject "Dump of #{directory}" body %{Here are the files currently in "#{directory}":} Dir.new(directory).each do |f| path = File.join(directory, f) if File.file? path mime_type = MIME::Types.of(f).first content_type = (mime_type ? mime_type.content_type : 'application/octet-stream') attachments[f] = { :mime_type => mime_type, :encoding => ('quoted-printable' if content_type =~ /^text\//), :content => File.read(path) } end end end end puts SimpleMailer.directory_dump_message('daniel.buch+rubytest@gmail.com', '/tmp')