Using gmail to send e-mails from Django

Tosendane-mailthroughdjango'sSMTPserveryoujusthavetodefineafewvariablesinyoursettings.py

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'user@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'pw'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

Youcantesttomakesureyoursettingsworkproperlybyloadingupthepythoninterpreter:

$> ./manage.py shell
from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
email = EmailMessage('Subject', 'Body', to=['user@gmail.com'])
email.send()

IfyoudefineawrongEMAIL_HOSTlike'gmail.com'insteadof'smtp.gmail.com'email.send()willjustsitthereandchurnandnotgiveyouaresponseback.