Getting stuck with sending password reset email in django

Question

I am trying to add user password reset functionality in my Django app using its core password reset functionality, with the help of a tutorial from Corey MS's youtube channel. I did exactly what he did. I am getting no error, but no emails are being sent.

I have tried with my personal email server. I checked it using another python script using python smtplib and MIME, sending emails for me perfectly. But in Django, nothing happening.

Then, I have gone through several articles and QAs. At last, I set up a local email server using the command-line with this python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025 command. But the result is the same. Command-line says an email sent. But its not actually.

Here are my screenshots and relevant codes.

my app says, email sent.

success message and project structure:

settings.py

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
EMAIL_PORT = 1025

urls.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
from django.urls import path, include
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from users import views as user_views

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('register/', user_views.register, name='register'),
    path('profile/', user_views.profile, name='profile'),
    path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(template_name='users/login.html'), name='login'),
    path('logout/', auth_views.LogoutView.as_view(template_name='users/logout.html'), name='logout'),
    path('password-reset/',
         auth_views.PasswordResetView.as_view(
             template_name='users/password_reset.html'
         ),
         name='password_reset'),
    path('password-reset/done/',
         auth_views.PasswordResetDoneView.as_view(
             template_name='users/password_reset_done.html'
         ),
         name='password_reset_done'),
    path('password-reset-confirm/<uidb64>/<token>/',
         auth_views.PasswordResetConfirmView.as_view(
             template_name='users/password_reset_confirm.html'
         ),
         name='password_reset_confirm'),
    path('password-reset-complete/',
         auth_views.PasswordResetCompleteView.as_view(
             template_name='users/password_reset_complete.html'
         ),
         name='password_reset_complete'),
    path('', include('blog.urls')),
]

password_reset.html

{% extends "blog/base.html" %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="content-section">
        <form method="POST">
            {% csrf_token %}
            <fieldset class="form-group">
                <legend class="border-bottom mb-4">Reset Password</legend>
                {{ form|crispy }}
            </fieldset>
            <div class="form-group">
                <button class="btn btn-outline-info" type="submit">Request Password Reset</button>
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>
{% endblock content %}

password_reset_done.html

{% extends "blog/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="alert alert-info">
        An email has been sent with instructions to reset your password
    </div>
{% endblock content %}

password_reset_confirm.html

{% extends "blog/base.html" %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="content-section">
        <form method="POST">
            {% csrf_token %}
            <fieldset class="form-group">
                <legend class="border-bottom mb-4">Reset Password</legend>
                {{ form|crispy }}
            </fieldset>
            <div class="form-group">
                <button class="btn btn-outline-info" type="submit">Reset Password</button>
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>
{% endblock content %}

password_reset_complete.html

{% extends "blog/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="alert alert-info">
        Your password has been set.
    </div>
    <a href="{% url 'login' %}">Sign In Here</a>
{% endblock content %}

Please comment if I need to add more details. Please let me know, why my code is not working? what else I need to do?

Pascal Heßler · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-22 10:45:04Z

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First i would test your email settings with a simple test mail doku. At my server i set following varibles in the settings.py file:

EMAIL_HOST,
EMAIL_PORT,
EMAIL_HOST_USER
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
EMAIL_USE_TLS

answered Feb 22, 2020 at 10:45

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Rubayet Mahmud Over a year ago

Thanks! I tried it already. It is working when sending it from the command line. But not working in my code.

Tomerikoo · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-17 09:02:31Z

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Since we are using the auth users of Django, then all we know is that the User model comes with the built in Django view, then if we are using the email address for receiving Django reset password link, we should write the same email that we registered when we create account.

EMAIL_HOST_USER : '[email protected]'

This email should be the same as the one you registered with, I mean the one that you use when you registered and that is in the database under using of a specific user. So use this email also when you are sending a password reset from Django to the Gmail server.

edited Mar 17, 2021 at 9:02

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answered Mar 16, 2021 at 20:08

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