Mail Setup - ( Web Development with Django )

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Syntax

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'yourgmail@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'yourpassword'

Example

# settings.py

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'yourgmail@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'yourpassword'

Explanation

Django provides email support out of the box. You can use it to send emails from your website, e.g. to confirm account creation, reset password, and other important notifications.

To enable email support in Django, you need to configure the settings.py file with your email credentials. This includes configuring the email backend, host, port, and TLS settings. You also need to enter your email address and password.

Use

After setting up the email backend correctly, you can use Django's built-in email functionality to send emails from your website. This involves creating an email message object, setting its attributes (subject, recipient, body, etc.), and sending it using the send_mail() function.

# views.py

from django.core.mail import send_mail

def send_email(request):
    subject = 'Welcome!'
    message = 'Thank you for signing up to our website.'
    from_email = 'yourgmail@gmail.com'
    recipient_list = ['john@example.com']
    send_mail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list)
    return HttpResponse('Email sent successfully.')

Important Points

• Email support in Django requires configuration of settings.py file with email credentials
• Django's send_mail() function can be used to send emails from your website, after creating an email message object and setting its attributes

Summary

In conclusion, email support in Django allows you to send important notifications (account creation, password reset, etc.) to your website users. It requires configuration of the settings.py file with your email credentials and the use of Django's send_mail() function to send emails.