Envio de e-mails com CakePHP (exemplo prático)

contact.ctp

<div id="contact-form">

	<h1><?php echo __('Contact') ?></h1>
	<p class="lead">Aguardo seu contato ansioamente! Não fique na dúvida, pergunte o que desejar.</p>

	<div class="well">

		<p class='text-form'><strong>*</strong>: Campos obrigatórios</p>
		
		<?php echo $this->Form->create(null, array('url' => array('controller' => 'notifications', 'action' => 'contact'), 'class' => 'form-horizontal')) ?>

			<?php echo $this->Form->input('name', array('label' => __('Name') . ' *', 'class' => 'input-xlarge')); ?>
			<?php echo $this->Form->input('email', array('label' => __('E-mail') . ' *', 'class' => 'input-xlarge')); ?>
			<?php echo $this->Form->input('message', array('label' => __('Message') . ' *', 'class' => 'input-xxlarge', 'type' => 'textarea', 'rows' => 3)); ?>

			<?php echo $this->Form->submit(__('Send'), array('class' => 'btn btn-success')) ?>

		<?php echo $this->Form->end() ?>
	</div>

</div>

email.php

<?php

class EmailConfig {

	public $default = array(
		'transport' => 'Mail',
		'from' => 'you@localhost',
		//'charset' => 'utf-8',
		//'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
	);

	public $gmail = array(
		'transport' => 'Smtp',
		'from' => array('[email protected]' => 'Your Name'),
		'port'=>'465',
		'timeout'=>'30',
		'auth' => true,
		'host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
		'username'=>'[email protected]',
		'password'=>'YOUR_PASSWORD',
		'client' => null,
		'log' => false
	);

	public $smtp = array(
		'transport' => 'Smtp',
		'from' => array('site@localhost' => 'My Site'),
		'host' => 'localhost',
		'port' => 25,
		'timeout' => 30,
		'username' => 'user',
		'password' => 'secret',
		'client' => null,
		'log' => false,
		//'charset' => 'utf-8',
		//'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
	);

	public $fast = array(
		'from' => 'you@localhost',
		'sender' => null,
		'to' => null,
		'cc' => null,
		'bcc' => null,
		'replyTo' => null,
		'readReceipt' => null,
		'returnPath' => null,
		'messageId' => true,
		'subject' => null,
		'message' => null,
		'headers' => null,
		'viewRender' => null,
		'template' => false,
		'layout' => false,
		'viewVars' => null,
		'attachments' => null,
		'emailFormat' => null,
		'transport' => 'Smtp',
		'host' => 'localhost',
		'port' => 25,
		'timeout' => 30,
		'username' => 'user',
		'password' => 'secret',
		'client' => null,
		'log' => true,
		//'charset' => 'utf-8',
		//'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
	);

}

NotificationsController.php

<?php
App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
/**
 * Notifications Controller
 *
 * @property Notification $Notification
 */
class NotificationsController extends AppController {


	/**
	 * sendContact method
	 *
	 * @param 
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function contact() {

		$this->set('title_for_layout', 'Contato');

		if($this->request->is('post')) {

			$this->Notification->set($this->request->data);
			if($this->Notification->validates(array('fieldList' => array('name','email','message')))) {

				$email = new CakeEmail();
				$email->config('gmail')
					->from(array('[email protected]' => 'Your Site'))
					->to('[email protected]')
					->subject('Your Site - Contato - ' .  $this->request->data['Notification']['name'])
					->emailFormat('html')
					->template('default')
					->viewVars(array(
						'notificationType' => 'Contato',
						'message' => $this->request->data['Notification']['message'],
						'name' => $this->request->data['Notification']['name'],
						'email' => $this->request->data['Notification']['email'],
						'title_for_layout' => 'Contato'
					))
					->send();

					$this->request->data = null;

					$this->Session->setFlash(__('Contact submitted successfully.'), 'Flash/success');

			} else {

				$error = $this->Notification->validationErrors;
				$this->set('error', $error);

				$this->Session->setFlash(__('Fill all fields'), 'Flash/warning');

			}
		}

	}

}