“SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server” error while trying to send email though django app using gmail

Question

I am trying to send a mail from my django application through gmail and i get the error saying "SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server."

I have added

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USER_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'abc@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'random'

in my setting.py. Can anyone please help me figure out the solution?

Answer 1

EMAIL_USER_TLS IS WRONG .

Use EMAIL_USE_TLS instead (fix typing error).

Gmail offers SMTP AUTH on port 587 only after STARTTLS .
Without STARTTLS (turning on encryption) SMTP AUTH is unavailable.