django production server - Django not sending mail in 500 error case to ADMINS

Question

i have deployed django project finally on server and now it is working, but once i go to /admin/, i am getting 500 page but not notification.

this is what i have in settings_prod.py

from settings import *
DEBUG = TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False    
SERVER_EMAIL='my_mail@mail.com'    
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL='my_mail@mail.com'    
ADMINS = (
    (u'me', 'my_mail@mail.com'),
)    
MANAGERS = ADMINS

what am i doing wrong?

Do i need any SMTP setups for this? i thought, this is server mailing, so server has already everything setup to send error mails.

When in doubt, check the server's error log. – Bouke Oct 28 '13 at 13:32 — Bouke, Oct 28 '13 at 13:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '13 at 12:39

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OK, I got it by installing sendmail on server. for those who encounters the same problem.

apt-get install sendmail

I am in Debian.

good luck

answered Oct 28 '13 at 12:39

doniyor

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 08:38

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In the official Django documentation I quickly found the solution for my environment, Apache 2.2.22 (Debian) and Django 1.9:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/email/#console-backend

answered Mar 29 '17 at 08:38

Juan María Calle

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You must quote the relevant answer from the documentation. – Anton Unt Mar 29 '17 at 08:56
Everything depends on the email backend you need in your project, hence a response so incoherent. In my case, I needed to use **SMTP** mail I included the following line in settings.py: **EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'** Thanks for comment. – Juan María Calle Apr 18 '17 at 14:26

django production server - Django not sending mail in 500 error case to ADMINS

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