Django causes error when I'm trying to send email. Error message: [Errno 61] Connection refused

Question

I'm trying to send email from Django. My Django settings configurations are as follows:

# SMTP Settings
EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.gmail.com"
EMAIL_HOST_USER = "[email protected]" # my email address goes here.
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "my_generated_password" # generated password
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "[email protected]"

However when I'm trying to send email from it either using celery or directly from views it says "[Errno 61] Connection refused".

N.B: I'm using a mac matchine for the development. Is there any security reason for send email using Mac.

Views Code Sample:

def send_mail_to_all(request):

    send_mail('Celery Test Mail Subject', 
        "Test Mail Body", 
        from_email='[email protected]',
        recipient_list=['[email protected]'],
        fail_silently=False
        )

    # send_mail_func.delay()
    return HttpResponse('Sent')

Celery Task Schedular Code:

@shared_task(bind=True)
def send_mail_func(self):
    users = get_user_model().objects.all()
    for user in users:
        mail_subject = "Celery Testing"
        message = f"This is the celery testing message at {datetime.now()}"
        to_email = user.email
        send_mail(mail_subject, 
        message, 
        from_email=settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER,
        recipient_list=[to_email,],
        fail_silently=False
        )
    return 'Done'

Sanip · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-03 08:37:20Z

0

This can be due to your security preferences in Google.

Please try changing your Google Account settings like follows:

Go to your Google Account settings
Find Security -> Account permissions -> Access for less secure apps
Enable let less secure apps sign in option.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255

answered Jan 3, 2022 at 8:37

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