Thank you so much. It worked, but I had to also comment out the EMAIL_BACKEND part of the settings.py file. Thanks again.
On Jun 17, 10:57 pm, william ratcliff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Raj, > > It sounds like your problem is email, rather than the form. In our > settings.py we use: > > EMAIL_USE_TLS= True > EMAIL_HOST='smtp.webfaction.com' > EMAIL_HOST_USER='<my_mailbox>' > EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=r'<mailbox_passwd' > EMAIL_PORT=587 > DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL='My Company <[email protected]>' > SERVER_EMAIL='[email protected]' > > Webfaction has the concept of a mailbox, which you setup and that is your > email host user. > Your email host password is what you set from their control panel. The > default from email and the server email need to be valid emails for the > mailbox that you have created at webfaction. If this doesn't work, then > test your code with a known email provider (ex. gmail) and verify that it > works. For gmail the email host will be smtp.gmail.com. Change the > email_host_user and password to your gmail account. > > Good Luck! > > William > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:43 PM, raj <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, I tried the shell thing above. It says that it sends without > > error, but I still dont receive any emails. Thank you > > -Raj > > > On Jun 17, 12:23 pm, william ratcliff <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > If you can wait, I use webfaction and can give you a response for what we > > do > > > when I get home late tonight--the email part was a bit annoying to > > > setup--the main thing is to recognize that they are using their mailbox. > > > > Best, > > > William > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:27 AM, raj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > I have a webfaction account, and I was trying to get a contact form > > > > working for my website. The problem is that I can't seem to get it to > > > > work. Can someone walk me through this? I couldn't figure it out from > > > > the djangobook tutorial. I think something is wrong with my settings > > > > and stuff. Here are my files: > > > > > forms.py: > > > > > from django import forms > > > > > class ContactForm(forms.Form): > > > > email = forms.EmailField() > > > > name = forms.CharField() > > > > subject = forms.CharField() > > > > message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.widgets.Textarea()) > > > > > views.py: > > > > > def contact(request): > > > > if request.method == 'POST': > > > > form = ContactForm(request.POST) > > > > if form.is_valid(): > > > > cd = form.cleaned_data > > > > send_mail( > > > > cd['subject'] + " - " + cd['name'], > > > > cd['message'], > > > > cd.get('email', '[email protected]'), > > > > ['[email protected]'], > > > > ) > > > > return HttpResponseRedirect('/contact/thanks/') > > > > else: > > > > form = ContactForm() > > > > return render_to_response('/home/oneadmin/webapps/oneadmin/ > > > > oneadmin/templates/oneadmissions/contact.html', {'form': form}, > > > > context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > > > > > def thanks(request): > > > > return render_to_response('/home/oneadmin/webapps/oneadmin/ > > > > oneadmin/templates/oneadmissions/random.html', {'phrase': "Thank you! > > > > We will get back to you shortly"}, > > > > context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > > > > > settings.py: > > > > > EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.webfaction.com' > > > > EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]' #the email account that > > > > receives the email > > > > EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'PASSWORD' > > > > EMAIL_USE_TLS = True > > > > > *****I've tried adding an EMAIL_PORT, DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, and > > > > SERVER_EMAIL variables, didn't do anything. > > > > > urls.py: > > > > urlpatterns = patterns('', > > > > (r'^contact/$', views.contact), > > > > (r'^contact/thanks/$', views.thanks), > > > > ) > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Django users" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
