[SOLVED] Django is unable to send email out even though conf is correct

Django is unable to send email out even though conf is correct

Django is unable to send email out.

But https://www.smtper.net/ was able to send a test email with same exact settings, user, pass.

What do I need do more in django to send email out?

settings.py

## #environment variables from .env.
from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv()
NOREPLYEMAIL = os.getenv('NOREPLYEMAIL') 
NOREPLYEMAILPASS = os.getenv('NOREPLYEMAILPASS')

### Email config
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST =  'smtppro.zoho.com' 
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = NOREPLYEMAIL
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = NOREPLYEMAILPASS
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = NOREPLYEMAIL

view.py

# using https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/email/

@csrf_protect
def test(request):
    testemail = EmailMessage(
    "Hello", #subject
    "Body goes here", #message body
    NOREPLYEMAIL, #from
    ["mygmail@gmail.com",], #to
    reply_to=[NOREPLYEMAIL], 
    headers={"Message-ID": "test"},
    )
    testemail.send()

console

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Hello
From: noreply@mydomain.com
To: mygmail@gmail.com
Reply-To: noreply@mydomain.com
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:38:16 -0000
Message-ID: test

Body goes here
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[02/Jul/2024 17:08:16] "GET /test/ HTTP/1.1" 200 13102

Solution

You are using a console.EmailBackend backend which is used in dev mode for testing purposes.

To send emails via SMTP server you need to set the email backend to

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'