REDMINE :set gmail as smtp 1. Install the action_mailer_optional_tls plugin ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/collectiveidea/action_mailer_optional_tls.git id failed, go to the http://github.com/collectiveidea/action_mailer_optional_tls then download source Just extract it to vendor/plugins/action_mailer_optional_tls. 2. Configure your email.yml A complete file that uses GMail for development and production would look like: # File: config/email.yml production: delivery_method: :smtp smtp_settings: tls: true address: "smtp.gmail.com" port: '587' domain: "smtp.gmail.com" authentication: :plain user_name: "your_email@gmail.com" password: "your_password" development: delivery_method: :smtp smtp_settings: tls: true address: "smtp.gmail.com" port: '587' domain: "smtp.gmail.com" authentication: :plain user_name: "your_email@gmail.com" password: "your_password" test: delivery_method: :test