Organizing Mailer Templates with prepend_view_path in Rails

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Learn how to organize Rails mailer templates with prepend_view_path. Keep all email templates in one centralized directory instead of scattered across your views folder for better code organization. If you're using multiple mailers in your Rails app, you know the struggle: email templates are scattered throughout your app/views directory. Each mailer has its own folder, and it's easy to lose track of where everything is. Enter prepend_view_path – a simple yet powerful way to organize all your mailer templates in one central location. The Problem By default, Rails looks for mailer templates in directories like app/views/user_mailer/, app/views/notification_mailer/, app/views/order_mailer/etc. This structure works, but it mixes mailer templates with your regular web view templates.
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