Re: Problems Sending Email From Django SIte

can you tail a mail server log file, while trying to send a django
e-mail, and see what happens? also take a look at a log file for
command line and mutt.... do a comparison of all. maybe that will help

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Mark Phillips
<mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> Thank-you for your response...However,
>
> 1. I can send email from the command line and from mutt.
>
> 2. I can send email from a python prompt using the settings.py in my app.
>
> These two facts tell me the mail server is configured properly.
>
> 3. Only my django app cannot send email.
>
> This fact leads me to believe my django app is mis-configured for sending
> email. In all other aspects, my app works as designed.
>
> Do you have any other helpful suggestions?
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 7:26 PM, m1chael <mykhul@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Your mail server needs configuring.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Mark Phillips
>> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>> > A follow up. After hitting send, I realized how to simulate an error - I
>> > asked for a page with a nonexistent id. Like the polls example in the
>> > django
>> > tutorial, I used an url with a poll_id that does not exist in my site. I
>> > got
>> > a Server Error (500) page, but no email. I looked in the exim4 reject
>> > log
>> > and found:
>> >
>> > 2014-01-31 18:07:04 unqualified recipient rejected: <a> H=localhost
>> > [127.0.0.1]
>> >
>> > I googled this error and have not had any luck figuring it out. Since I
>> > can
>> > send email from the command line and a python script with the same
>> > settings.py file as my site, could I be missing something in the django
>> > setup for sending emails to admins when there is a site error?
>> >
>> > All I have in settings.py for email is localhost, port 25, and admins
>> > email
>> > addresses. Do I need something else? Some module or middleware
>> > thing-a-ma-bob? I just have the stock modules and middleware that django
>> > created with a new project. I haven't found anything in the django docs
>> > that
>> > point to a module that I am missing.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Mark Phillips
>> > <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have my django site setup on my production server, a Debian machine
>> >> with
>> >> exim4 and django 1.6. I use smtp.cox.net to relay my emails from my
>> >> server.
>> >>
>> >> I can send emails from the server using mutt.
>> >>
>> >> I can also send an email from a python prompt in my virtual environment
>> >> on
>> >> the server using this (with a different to and from address) after
>> >> importing
>> >> my projects settings.py file:
>> >>
>> >> >>> from django.core.mail import send_mail
>> >> >>> send_mail('Subject here', 'Here is the message.',
>> >> >>> 'from@example.com',
>> >> >>> ['to@example.com'], fail_silently=False)
>> >>
>> >> However, when I get an error on the site (ie self-induced), I do not
>> >> get
>> >> any emails from the site. I have ADMINS setup correctly per the docs.
>> >> In
>> >> settings.py I just have the basics - localhost and port 25 for email.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps the error I introduced was to severe (an import error is
>> >> settings.py). I also tried accessing a page that does not exist, and no
>> >> email.
>> >>
>> >> My first question: How can I simulate/force an error on the site to get
>> >> an
>> >> email so I can make sure the site can send an email to the admins?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Mark
>> >>
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