# Emails

Open up `email.ex` and you will see a list of functions that generate Swoosh email structs. Eg:

```elixir
def confirm_register_email(email, url) do
  base_email()
  |> to(email)
  |> subject("Confirm instructions")
  |> render_body("confirm_register_email.html", %{url: url})
  |> premail()
end
```

If I run this function in IEX I can see the Swoosh struct:

![](https://50448613-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSwy36CS0dsnIH4ah9iHk%2Fuploads%2FRr2GP5c391lxWOSd8mj4%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=43279a72-924e-44a3-9fc3-c5375968f2b1)

An `Swoosh.Email` struct can be delivered to an email address by a Swoosh mailer (see `mailer.ex`). Eg:

```
  Remindly.Email.confirm_register_email(user.email, url)
  |> Remindly.Mailer.deliver()
```

So `email.ex` creates the Swoosh structs and the functions for actually delivering emails like the previous code example are in `user_notifier.ex`. Think of `email.ex` functions like view templates, and `user_notifer.ex` functions like controller actions. 

So the steps to creating a new email will be:

1. Create the function to generate a Swoosh struct in `email.ex`
2. Ensure it looks good by navigating to "[http://localhost:4000/dev/emails](http://localhost:4000/dev/emails/preview/template)" and creating a new action in `email_testing_controller.ex` that simply renders the html\_body value of the struct
3. Create a new `user_notifier.ex` function for use in our application

To see a more detailed write up on creating an email - see [this section](https://docs.petal.build/petal-pro-documentation/product-docs/guides/creating-a-web-app-from-start-to-finish#reminder-emails) in the "Complete web app" guide.