> I'd like to send an email from django. This is the code I'm using :
>
> # views.py
> def hello(request):
> send_mail('subject', "body", "anot...@email.com", ["d...@gmail.com"])
> return render_to_response('hello.html', locals())
>
> # settings.py
> EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
> EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.gmail.com"
> EMAIL_HOST_USER = "myem...@gmail.com"
> EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "mypassword"
> EMAIL_PORT = 587
> DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "notexi...@email.com"
>
> The email is correctly send to d...@gmail.com but there is no mention of
> anot...@email.com. The email is received as coming from
> myem...@gmail.com. I was expecting that it would be anot...@email.com
> (or at least a mention of it).
>
My guess is that your SMTP provider (gmail) will only allow the From: header to
be set to the owner of the account (myem...@gmail.com) as a spam prevention
measure. I don't think this is a Django issue per se.
Cheers,
Dan
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