Sender Address rejected. Django + webfaction email

Question

The code I am using is what I found on webfaction

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.webfaction.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '<mailbox name>'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '<mailbox pass>'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = '<email address>'
SERVER_EMAIL = '<email address>'

I keep on getting the error SMTPRecipientsRefused

Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address

Answer 1

I figured out the problem, it was not in the settings, the settings are correct, it was while sending the actual email in views.py I used a different email address in the from_email field.

Answer 2

The problem is that you have not configured well your settings on webfaction control panel.

You have to follow these steps described in the docs

1. Create a mailbox
2. Create an email address
3. Link your address to your mailbox

In my code I have this:

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.webfaction.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'infomailbox'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '<<mine>>'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'info@example.com'
SERVER_EMAIL = 'info@example.com'

It works perfect for me.