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Email configuration in Django.

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how to configure email using SMTP:

1. Import the necessary libraries:

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import os from django.core.mail import EmailMessage from django.conf import settings

2. Set the email backend to SMTP:

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

3. Configure the SMTP server settings:

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EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com' EMAIL_PORT = 587 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]' EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your_email_password'

Note: Replace the email and password fields with your own email and password.

4. Test the email configuration:

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def send_email(subject, body, recipient_list): email = EmailMessage( subject=subject, body=body, from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, to=recipient_list ) email.send()

Note: Replace the 'DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL' field in the 'from_email' parameter with your own email address.

5. Call the 'send_email' function and pass the email subject, body, and recipient list:

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send_email('Test Email', 'This is a test email', ['[email protected]', '[email protected]'])

Note: Replace the subject, body, and recipient list fields with your own values.

That's it! You have now configured email in Django and tested the email configuration.

 

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