Django send_mail not working

Question

When the view that sends the email is used nothing happens, i then entered send_mail(...) into the python shell and it returned 1 but i didn\'t receive any emails.

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Answer 1

Adjust your settings thus:

DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'workorbit@gmail.com'
SERVER_EMAIL = 'workorbit@gmail.com'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'workorbit@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'P@ssw0rd5'

Adjust your code:

from django.core.mail import EmailMessage

def send_email(request):
    msg = EmailMessage('Request Callback',
                       'Here is the message.', to=['charl@byteorbit.com'])
    msg.send()
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/')