Sending email in django.

Question

I have a page where people can submit an email. It works, but I receive all emails from it saying that they are from myself.

Here's the view:

def signup(request):
  if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
    form = SignUpForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
    if form.is_valid(): # All validation rules pass
        subject = form.cleaned_data['subject']
        message = form.cleaned_data['message']
        sender = form.cleaned_data['sender']
        recipients = ['illuminatirebellion@gmail.com']

        from django.core.mail import send_mail
        send_mail(subject, message, sender, recipients)
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/') # Redirect after POST
else:
     form = SignUpForm() # An unbound form
return render_to_response('signup.html', {'form': form,},context_instance=RequestContext(request))

And the settings:

EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'illuminatirebellion@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'mypassword'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
MANAGERS = ADMINS

Have you tried using the keywords? i.e. `send_mail(subject=subject, message=message, from_email=sender, recipient_list=recipients)` Just a sanity check, it should work as is. — Hannele, Apr 14 '12 at 16:47
Well, `recipient` is you, and sender is you also. So, shouldn't it be `YOU`? — CppLearner, Apr 14 '12 at 17:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Your usage of send_mail() appears to be correct.

Assuming that Gmail is your SMTP vendor, it seems that Gmail does not support using custom From: email addresses.

Relevant:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Apr 14 '12 at 17:56

Yuval Adam

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