No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it (Django)

Question

I have followed the Django Book up until chapter seven, and I am currently messing around with forms, GET, POST and all that goodness. At one point, the guide made me figure out

Answer 1

In settings.py, For console output, you need

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

For smtp

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

Also refer this doc here https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/email/