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POenv['GMAIL_USERNAME'] not being read by rails app
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    copied!<p>so I am trying to send an email when someone fills out a contact us form but when i add:</p> <pre><code>export GMAIL_USERNAME="myapp@domain.com" export GMAIL_PASSWORD="secret" </code></pre> <p>to my </p> <pre><code>~/.bashrc </code></pre> <p>file, and set my <code>development.rb</code> file as below, my app returns a </p> <pre><code>Net::SMTPAuthenticationError 530-5.5.1 Authentication Required </code></pre> <p>but when i replace <code>ENV["GMAIL_USERNAME"]</code> &amp; <code>ENV["GMAIL_PASSWORD"]</code> in <code>development.rb</code> with it's actual values, then i get no problem sending email. doesn't the addition to the <code>~./bashrc</code> file ensure that <code>ENV["GMAIL_USERNAME"]</code> &amp; <code>ENV["GMAIL_PASSWORD"]</code> get replaced with the real values? could someone please help??</p> <p>i've tried <a href="https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=14257" rel="nofollow">google's instructions</a>, but it doesn't work when i use <code>ENV["GMAIL_USERNAME"]</code> &amp; <code>ENV["GMAIL_PASSWORD"]</code> (as opposed to their actual values).</p> <p>here is the relevant part of my <code>development.rb</code> file:</p> <pre><code> # Raise error if the mailer can't send config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true config.action_mailer.default :charset =&gt; "utf-8" # Use SMTP to send mail config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp # Use awesomeness@novulty.com (google app) to send smtp mail config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { :address =&gt; "smtp.gmail.com", :port =&gt; 587, :domain =&gt; "domain", # real domain name in my file :user_name =&gt; ENV["GMAIL_USERNAME"], :password =&gt; ENV["GMAIL_PASSWORD"], :authentication =&gt; :plain, :enable_starttls_auto =&gt; true } # Specify what domain to use for mailer URLs config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: "localhost:3000" } </code></pre> <p>thanks!</p> <h2>UPDATED</h2> <p>my .bashrc file looks like this:</p> <pre><code>PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin # Add RVM to PATH for scripting export GMAIL_USERNAME=*********** export GMAIL_PASSWORD=*********** </code></pre> <p>but when i open the terminal and input <code>env</code>, the <code>GMAIL_*</code> variables don't get listed but the rvm is added to the <code>PATH</code>. this is bothering me... haha.</p> <p>thanks again!</p>
 

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