[Solved]-Dynamic Django Mail Configuration

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Very interesting question. It seems like this is already implemented in EmailMessage class.

First you need to configure email backend

from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
from django.core.mail.backends.smtp import EmailBackend


config = Configuration.objects.get(**lookup_kwargs)

backend = EmailBackend(host=config.host, port=congig.port, username=config.username, 
                       password=config.password, use_tls=config.use_tls, fail_silently=config.fail_silently)

Then just pass connection to EmailMessage

email = EmailMessage(subject='subj', body='body', from_email=from_email, to=to, 
             connection=backend)

Then send email 🙂

email.send()

Ofc if you want html or file attachments use EmailMultiAlternatives instead

👤Andrey Nelubin

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There is little error in the answer above (Andrey Nelubin’s answer). No need to call get_connection(backend=backend). You should pass backend to the EmailMessage constructor, like this: 

backend = EmailBackend(host=config.host, port=congig.port, username=config.username, 
                               password=config.password, use_tls=config.use_tls, fail_silently=config.fail_silently)
email = EmailMessage(subject='subj', body='body', from_email=from_email, to=to, 
                 connection=backend)

I can not add comment that answer and dicided to post new one. Please someone who have permissions move it there or correct the answer.

👤Marselo Bonagi

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I’ve used this method for a few years and love it. I’ve just published a package (django-des) to accomplish this using the methods in the other answers here.

This package installs a model (DynamicEmailConfiguration) and uses django-solo to give you a nice editing experience in the Django admin. It then provides an email backend you can use that will pull settings from that model in a similar way to what Andrey Nelubin recommended. It also gives you a nice little test email button at the top right of the Django Admin Panel.

To install it:

  • Install Django Dynamic Email Settings:

    $ pip install django-des

  • Add it to your `INSTALLED_APPS`:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'django_des',
    ...
)

  • Add the dynamic email configuration email backend to settings.py

    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_des.backends.ConfiguredEmailBackend'

  • To enable test email support, add Django DES’s URL patterns:

    from django_des import urls as django_des_urls

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    url(r'^django-des/', include(django_des_urls)),
]

Now you can visit 127.0.0.1:8000/admin/django_des/dynamicemailconfiguration/ and configure your email settings. You can send a test email from there too.

Once this is all done, you can use send_mail normally.

👤Jamie Counsell

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