python - Django Email Error: raise err socket.error: [Errno 111] Connection refused -

i saw question being asked @ number of places no solutions have worked me far, or may unable understand (newbie traits). please if can.

email settings/ settings.py:

email_backend = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.emailbackend' email_use_tls = true email_host_user = 'xyz@gmail.com' email_host_password = 'pwd' email_host = 'smtp.gmail.com' email_port = 587 

error receiving while sending test email django python shell:

first ran send mail command - gave me error1: django.core.exceptions.improperlyconfigured:

>>> django.core.mail import send_mail >>> send_mail('test', 'test', 'xyz@gmail.com', ['abc@hotmail.com'], fail_silently=false) traceback (most recent call last): file "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-  packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/core/mail/__init__.py", line 56, in send_mail fail_silently=fail_silently) file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/core/mail/__init__.py", line 37, in get_connection klass = import_string(backend or settings.email_backend) file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__ self._setup(name) file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 42, in _setup % (desc, environment_variable)) django.core.exceptions.improperlyconfigured: requested setting email_backend, settings not configured. must either define environment variable django_settings_module or call settings.configure() before accessing settings. 

to overcome error1- ran below commands

>>> django.conf import settings >>> settings.configure() 

secondly ran send mail again - gave error2: emails not going out! socket.error: [errno 111] connection refused

>>> django.core.mail import send_mail >>> send_mail('test', 'test', 'xyz@gmail.com', ['abc@hotmail.com'], fail_silently=false) traceback (most recent call last): file "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/core/mail/__init__.py", line 62, in send_mail return mail.send() file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/core/mail/message.py", line 303, in send return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self]) file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 100, in send_messages new_conn_created = self.open() file "/home/django_admin1/venv-tile-prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 58, in open self.connection = connection_class(self.host, self.port, **connection_params) file "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 251, in __init__ (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port) file "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 311, in connect self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout) file "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 286, in _get_socket return socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout) file "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection raise err socket.error: [errno 111] connection refused 

all while attempting send email normal python prompt invoked as:

(venv)[user@server django_project]$  python 

the emails never went. have run

(venv)[user@server django_project]$  python manage.py shell >>> django.core.mail import send_mail >>> send_mail('test', 'this test email', 'xyz@gmail.com', ['recipientemail@hotmail.com'], fail_silently=false) 

that resolved issue me. email went out perfectly. there no problem email setup, there problem in way sending it.