fixed mailer

app/controllers/application.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   include SiteSettingsHelper
 
   before_filter :login_from_cookie, :setup_plugin_nav, :set_layout_variables, :load_menu
+  around_filter :inhibit_retardase
 
   helper :all, :testimonials, :site_settings
 

config/initializers/dependencies.rb

@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 
 # fix multiple submit buttons in ajax calls
 require 'tufty/button_disambiguation'
+
+# make actionmailer nicer to deal with, w/r/t url creation
+require 'url_writer_retardase_inhibitor'

lib/url_writer_retardase_inhibitor.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module UrlWriterRetardaseInhibitor
+  module ActionController
+    def self.included(ac)
+      ac.send(:include, InstanceMethods)
+    end
+
+    module InstanceMethods
+      def inhibit_retardase
+        begin
+          request = self.request
+          ::ActionController::UrlWriter.module_eval do
+            @old_default_url_options = default_url_options.clone
+            default_url_options[:host] = request.host
+            default_url_options[:port] = request.port unless request.port == 80
+            protocol = /(.*):\/\//.match(request.protocol)[1] if request.protocol.ends_with?("://")
+            default_url_options[:protocol] = protocol
+          end
+          yield
+        ensure
+          ::ActionController::UrlWriter.module_eval do
+            default_url_options[:host] = @old_default_url_options[:host]
+            default_url_options[:port] = @old_default_url_options[:port]
+            default_url_options[:protocol] = @old_default_url_options[:protocol]
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  module ActionMailer
+    def self.included(am)
+      am.send(:include, ::ActionController::UrlWriter)
+      ::ActionController::UrlWriter.module_eval do
+        default_url_options[:host] = 'localhost'
+        default_url_options[:port] = 3000
+        default_url_options[:protocol] = 'http'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActionController::Base.send(:include, UrlWriterRetardaseInhibitor::ActionController)
+ActionMailer::Base.send(:include, UrlWriterRetardaseInhibitor::ActionMailer)