Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a user_mailer with a layout.
For one of my actionmailer methods I want the mailer to NOT use
the default layout. But I can't see to find a setting for No
Layout.  Any ideas?  share|improve this question add comment  2
Answers  up vote 14 down vote accepted  Simply specify in your
mailer:  layout false  You can also append :only => my_action
(or :except) to limit the methods it applies to.  (applicable
API documentation)  share|improve this answer Andrew, thanks but
I want this for one mailer, not all. Where would this go when I
have something like def XXX mail(:to => ....) end – 
AnApprentice Mar 7 '11 at 1:21 See updated answer. There is,
always, more detail in the API as well. –  Andrew Marshall Mar 7
'11 at 1:24 add comment  The layout method can accept the name
of a method; use the method to determine whether to show a
layout and return that name or false.  layout :choose_layout
def choose_layout   if something     return false     return
'application' share|improve this