SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server - Sending emails through a private host in Django
I registered a domain and a private email using namecheap.com. I am trying to send an email from this private email. However, I get the error in the title.
In my settings.py, I have these settings:
EMAIL_HOST = 'mail.privateemail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'my password'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
And I am trying to send my mail through a view:
send_mail(
'Subject here',
'Here is the message.',
'[email protected]',
['[email protected]'],
fail_silently=False,
)
I get this error :
SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server.
Any idea how to solve this? Thanks!
Answer
This is happening because you have conflicting settings:
EMAIL_PORT = 587 # Port 587 is reserved for TLS
EMAIL_USE_TLS = False # But you have disabled TLS
You either need to set EMAIL_USE_TLS to True or use the default port for unencrypted connections (25).