I've been trying to get django to work with gmail's smtp server to send mails but I always get this traceback. Any help will be most appreciated.
----- settings.py -----
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'user@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your-password'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
---- python shell -----
from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
email = EmailMessage('Mail Test', 'This is a test', to=['somemail@something.com'])
email.send()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/fiodorovich/Envs/fdict/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/mail/message.py", line 251, in send
return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self])
File "/home/fiodorovich/Envs/fdict/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 86, in send_messages
sent = self._send(message)
File "/home/fiodorovich/Envs/fdict/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 104, in _send
email_message.message().as_string())
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 701, in sendmail
raise SMTPSenderRefused(code, resp, from_addr)
SMTPSenderRefused: (530, '5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. z15sm10449686anl.15', 'webmaster@localhost')
Edit: New errors when made the modification suggested by unni. The shell won't execute and I'm getting this error message
**EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'some.account@gmail.com'**
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I have recently set this up and had a slightly different settings.py config.
Move:
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
to the top above EMAIL_HOST
Add:
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'user@gmail.com'
SERVER_EMAIL = 'user@gmail.com'
Change your settings like this :
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'user'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your-password'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
Then try:
python manage.py shell
>>> from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
>>> email = EmailMessage('Mail Test', 'This is a test', to=['somemail@something.com'])
>>> email.send()
This should return with the status 1, which means it worked.
I had the same problem, and I searched for half a day to find a solution. Most of the proposed solutions are talking about where you should initialize EMAIL_USE_TLS in relation to the other settings. I don't think this is a solution for the problem.
I found the solution at:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
and finally
https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords
If you are testing your project on a local machine, you should go to the latter link, and enable "Access for less secure apps".
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_smtp_ssl.SSLEmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST='smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT=465
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'youruser'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '*********'
DEFAULT_EMAIL_FROM = 'youremail@gmail.com'
works fine
you have to go to this link
https://www.google.com/settings/u/2/security/lesssecureapps?pageId=none
and turn on the access for less secure apps
this option allows django to access your email and send email via it .