this is expected behavior. SMTP server should blocks attempt to send email from nonauth client. In other case it is open relay.
Many thanks, Serge +380 636150445 skype: skhohlov On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Venkatraman S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am sure many in this mailing list are running websites that send emails to > customers from their django applications. And also emails from the > operating system(like logwatch etc). I was wondering how you do you > achieve both? > > For example, when i use a gmail id, i see that i am able to send an email > from django directly, without setting up anything(no postfix etc). The > following works, but the same doesn't if i try with a non-gmail id. I guess > it has to do with my domain provider not allowing certain ports and i fear > breaking the ToS. > > In settings.py: > EMAIL_USE_TLS = True > EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.in' > EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]' > EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'pwd' > EMAIL_PORT = 587 > > And from the shell.. > from django.core.mail import EmailMessage > email = EmailMessage('Hello', 'World', to=['[email protected]']) > email.send() > > I do not want to take the hassles of setting up an email server for sure. > I am just looking for a simple and maintainable way that confirms the > deliverability of the email :) > > Venkat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
