How to send emails using python django ?

#python #django

Many of us know the most common way of sending emails in the django using the django.core.mail. But have you all ever tried the most common way of sending emails throughout python ?

It's done by using the smtplib.

Demo code:

import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from decouple import config

def sendMail(fromEmail, toEmail, subject, message):
    msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg.set_unixfrom("") # Put your name or any string
    msg["From"] = fromEmail
    msg["To"] = toEmail
    msg["Subject"] = subject
    msg.attach(MIMEText(message))
    mailserver = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.gmail.com', 465)
    mailserver.ehlo()
    mailserver.login(config("EMAIL_ADDRESS"), config("EMAIL_PASSWORD"))
    mailserver.sendmail(fromEmail, toEmail, msg.as_string())
    mailserver.quit()