How to include full-path in Rails 3 link_to statement?

Question

I am trying to put a Rails link_to statement inside a Mailer email that includes the full-path (ie - http://localhost/contacts/id/confirm). The link_to statement that I am

Answer 1

Based on the current guides http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html#generating-urls-in-action-mailer-views , I think the best way is to use the url_for and configuring a host in the enviroment config file. Or better yet to use a name route.

Example with named route

link_to @user.fullname, user_url(@user)