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

Well, you actually have to use real input for those lines. `''` is indeed not a fully-qualified address. — admdrew, Nov 04 '13 at 20:41
For me I got this error when I did not have `DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL` set in settings.py — timbram, Jul 21 '18 at 21:20

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '13 at 08:29

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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.

answered Nov 05 '13 at 08:29

Nader Alexan

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '13 at 22:53

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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

Create a mailbox
Create an email address
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.

answered Nov 04 '13 at 22:53

Marc Tudurí

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I did exactly that. Still getting the same error. Also, if I hadn't done that, I would have an authentication error not a "Sender address rejected" – Nader Alexan Nov 04 '13 at 23:31
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL worked for me – Nikhil Bhardwaj Aug 22 '23 at 05:08

Sender Address rejected. Django + webfaction email

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