Cannot set Django to work with smtp.gmail.com

Question

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.p

Answer 1

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.