i have configured postfix as a null client on my machine and the configuration also seems to be working, as
$ echo "test" | mail -s "test" -r "sender@domain.com" recipient@domain.com
successfully delivers the email. however if i try to use it with django with the following settings:
EMAIL_HOST = "localhost"
EMAIL_PORT = 25
EMAIL_HOST_USER = ""
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ""
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "sender@domain.com"
SERVER_EMAIL = "sender@domain.com"
the process get's stuck without an error being raised:
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.conf import settings
send_mail(subject="test", message="test", from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, recipient_list=["recipient@domain.com"])
i can't figure out why this function get's stuck, the /var/log/mail.log file is also empty.
Edit: Note, that sender@domain.com and recipient@domain.com are both valid adresses but i replaced them in this question.
Edit: When setting EMAIL_TIMEOUT = 10 in settings.py, i get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 391, in getreply
line = self.file.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/socket.py", line 669, in readinto
return self._sock.recv_into(b)
socket.timeout: timed out
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
File "venvpath/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/__init__.py", line 61, in send_mail
return mail.send()
File "venvpath/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/message.py", line 284, in send
return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self])
File "venvpath/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 102, in send_messages
new_conn_created = self.open()
File "venvpath/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 62, in open
self.connection = self.connection_class(self.host, self.port, **connection_params)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 253, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 341, in connect
(code, msg) = self.getreply()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 394, in getreply
raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly closed: "
smtplib.SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed: timed out
