# WinError 10061 No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it - Django Python Error when Sending Email **URL:** \ **Category:** Django Internals\ **Created:** [March 17, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/winerror-10061-no-connection-could-be-made-because-the-target-machine-actively-refused-it-django-python-error-when-sending-email/12662 "2022-03-17T07:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merlin687](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Merlin687](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/Merlin687)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/winerror-10061-no-connection-could-be-made-because-the-target-machine-actively-refused-it-django-python-error-when-sending-email/12662/1 "2022-03-17T07:03:19Z")
_I’m just learning Django and wasn’t able to figure this out._ **I’m trying to make my Django App send emails. But keep encountering this error on Submitting**. [Error Image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EYk98.png) I’ve turned the Allow less secure apps option ON in Gmail Settings, & have tried adding ```auto EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend' ``` But doing that just shows the email in the console rather than actually sending it, which doesn’t serve the purpose **Settings.py** ```auto from pathlib import Path import os from django.forms import EmailField import django_heroku from django.contrib import messages from dotenv import load_dotenv load_dotenv() # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'. BASE_DIR = Path( __file__ ).resolve().parent.parent # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/howto/deployment/checklist/ # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret! SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-*akbxcj*md2z0&#vai@lw816t6p#te!fdo^#4j194^x7r7p-zo' # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production! DEBUG = True ALLOWED_HOSTS = [] # Application definition INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'expenses' ] MIDDLEWARE = [ 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', #'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', ] ROOT_URLCONF = 'expenseswebsite.urls' TEMPLATES = [ { 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', 'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')], 'APP_DIRS': True, 'OPTIONS': { 'context_processors': [ 'django.template.context_processors.debug', 'django.template.context_processors.request', 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', ], }, }, ] WSGI_APPLICATION = 'expenseswebsite.wsgi.application' # Database # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#databases DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql', 'NAME': os.environ.get('DB_NAME'), 'USER': os.environ.get('DB_USER'), 'PASSWORD': os.environ.get('DB_USER_PASSWORD'), 'HOST': os.environ.get('DB_HOST'), } } # Password validation # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [ { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator', }, ] CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = False # Internationalization # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/topics/i18n/ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us' TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' USE_I18N = True USE_TZ = True # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images) # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/howto/static-files/ STATIC_URL = 'static/' STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'expenseswebsite/static')] STATIC_ROOT =os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static') django_heroku.settings(locals()) #to create local heroku settings MESSAGE_TAGS = { messages.ERROR : 'danger' #to change the error in django to danger in bootstrap } #Emails EMAIL_HOST: os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST') EMAIL_HOST_USER: os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER') EMAIL_USE_TLS: True DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL: os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER') EMAIL_PORT: 587 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD') # Default primary key field type # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField' ``` **Code in Views.py that deals with Email and Registration** ```auto class RegistrationView(View): def get(self, request): return render(request, 'authentication/register.html') def post(self, request): #TO REGISTER A USER #GET USER DATA #VALIDATE USER #CREATE USER ACCNT username = request.POST['username'] email = request.POST['email'] password = request.POST['password'] #TO KEEP THE VALUE EVEN AFTER MESSAGE context = { 'fieldValues': request.POST } if not User.objects.filter(username = username).exists(): if not User.objects.filter(email = email).exists(): if len(password) < 6: messages.error(request, 'Password too Short') return render(request, 'authentication/register.html', context) if len(password) > 36: messages.error(request, 'Password too Long') return render(request, 'authentication/register.html', context) user = User.objects.create_user(username = username, email = email) user.set_password(password) user.is_active = False user.save() email_subject = 'Activate your Account' email_body = 'Test Link Register Body' email = EmailMessage( email_subject, email_body, 'noreply@test.com', [email], ) email.send(fail_silently=False) messages.success(request, 'Account Created Succesfully') return render(request, 'authentication/register.html') return render(request, 'authentication/register.html') ``` The .env looks something like this ```auto export DB_NAME =test export DB_USER =test export DB_USER_PASSWORD =test export EMAIL_PASSWORD =test export EMAIL_HOST_USER =test@gmail.com export DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL =test@gmail.com export EMAIL_HOST =smtp.gmail.com ``` What could be going wrong? OS → Windows 11