Mail not actually being sent though my log says it is - ruby-on-rails

Question

Rails 2.3.5
This is on my local.
I have a simple model / view/ controller
#contact.rb
def deliver_contact
ContactMailer.deliver_contact(self)
end
#contacts_controller
def create
#contact = Contact.new(params[:contact])
respond_to do |wants|
if #contact.save
#contact.deliver_contact
#flash[:notice] = 'Contact was successfully created.'
wants.html { redirect_to('/thanks') }
else
wants.html { render :action => "new" }
end
end
The log says its going out.. i can do it in my console and it says its going out. But nothing actually is received in my inbox. What am I missing?
Update
Here is my development.rb:
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address => "smtp.gmail.com",
:port => '25',
:domain => "website.com",
:authentication => :login,
:user_name => "snackmail#gmail.com",
:password => "aged-cheese"
}
The Create Log
Processing ContactsController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-11-28 16:12:49) [POST]
Parameters: {"commit"=>"PUNCH IT, CHEWY!", "action"=>"create", "authenticity_token"=>"3zayXGIOWeNLwb+jhx5cIxWgHqEJdv6iwj6I=", "contact"=>{"name"=>"bob marley", "message"=>"asdfasdf", "state_id"=>"Regarding an existing order", "email"=>"daniel#gmail.com"}, "controller"=>"contacts"}
Cache miss: Spree::Config ({})
Preference Load (0.3ms) SELECT * FROM "preferences" WHERE ("preferences".owner_id = 1 AND "preferences".owner_type = 'Configuration')
Configuration Load (0.1ms) SELECT * FROM "configurations" WHERE ("configurations"."id" = 1)
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT * FROM "configurations" WHERE ("configurations"."id" = 1)
Cache write (will save 2.65ms): Spree::Config
Contact Create (0.8ms) INSERT INTO "contacts" ("name", "city", "zip", "created_at", "optin", "updated_at", "state_id", "message", "email") VALUES('bob marley', NULL, NULL, '2010-11-28 21:12:49', NULL, '2010-11-28 21:12:49', 'Regarding an existing order', 'asdfasdf', 'daniel.levine4#gmail.com')
Sent mail to daniel#gmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:12:50 -0500
From: info#jersey.com
To: daniel#gmail.com
Subject: HOLY !# you got mail!
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
<strong>You have just received a dank crispy email.</strong>
<br />
<p>
Here are the details of the message:
</p>
<p>
<strong>Name:</strong>
bob marley
</p>
<p>
<strong>Email:</strong>
daniel#gmail.com
</p>
<p>
<strong>Subject:</strong>
Regarding an existing order
</p>
<p>
<strong>Message:</strong>
<br />
asdfasdf
</p>
Redirected to http://localhost:3000/thanks
Completed in 893ms (DB: 5) | 302 Found [http://localhost/contacts]
update:
Tried using the gmail tls plugin but it didn't work. tried moving the settings around to environment.rb to development.rb .
I am using spree, but if I put something in environment or development.rb in /config it overrides Spree's defaults. Alternatively, I can create the mail server from within Spree's admin, and with the right specs, it still doesn't budge.

Answer 1

If you are running your application in develop mode your email will not be sent but logged. To actually send an email in develop mode change config/environment.rb to something like:
Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
...
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :sendmail # add this line
end

Answer 2

In config\environments\development.rb do you still have the following lines:
# Don't care if the mailer can't send
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false
If so, comment those, and add the following lines
to enable deliveries from development:
# To test if we can actually send mails!
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true # for test
config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true

Answer 3

I found two items that solved this piece for me.
I was using Spree, so that I meant I had to configure the mail settings internally. Before I realized that I had gone with #lbz's request to install a plugin for TLS in Gmail sendings. It turns out, that that silently conflicted with the settings, so when I uninstalled it, it worked.
To get emails to be sent on your testing server, you must also comment this line :
# config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test