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Django CMS SMTP Server -- [Errno 61] Connection refused

I'm using Django CMS with the Aldryn Jobs module installed, by default the Jobs module uses the emailit module, not the core mail module that comes with Django (Still not sure why).

My problem is I cannot connect to the SMTP server, whenever the app needs to send an email I'm greeted with a error page. Here is the traceback Link.

As far as I know Django comes packaged with a SMTP server so this should work out the box.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

  • Django doesn't come packages with a SMTP server, so that't the reason you are getting error - it's trying to connect to non existent SMTP server. Read more at documentation

    If you just need to try functionality in dev environment, just set dummy e-mail in your settings.py:

    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.dummy.EmailBackend'