testing devise password recovery email with email_spec and capybara / rspec request spec

gistfile1.txt

require 'spec_helper'

describe "member password recovery" do
#   As a member who forgot my password
#   I want to recover my site access easily
# 
  attr_accessor :current_email_address

  specify "email recovery of a new password" do
    member = make_activated_member
    original_password = member.password
    visit dashboard_path
    click_on "Forgot your password?"
    fill_in "Email", :with => member.email
    click_on "Send me reset password instructions"

    self.current_email_address = member.email
    # EmailSpec::EmailViewer::save_and_open_all_raw_emails
    unread_emails_for(member.email).should be_present
    open_email member.email, :with_subject => "Reset password instructions"
    click_first_link_in_email
    page.should have_content("Your password is")
    new_password = page.find('#member_password').text

    #the password should have changed
    new_password.should_not == original_password

    # and I should be signed in
    visit dashboard_path
    should_not_see_member_login
    should_see_member_dashboard
    
    #and I should be able to log in with the new password
    log_out
    member_log_in_as(member.email, new_password)
    should_not_see_member_login
    should_see_member_dashboard
  end
end

the crux of it being the attr_accessor which is provided in cucumber's email_steps.rb but absent in rspec.