On Wed, 7 Sept 2022 at 15:37, אורי <u...@speedy.net> wrote: > > Hi David, > > Does and should Django connect directly to a remote SMTP server? Isn't it > better to use the local mail server which will receive the email and then > send it to a remote SMTP server? In my opinion, it's always better to send > emails via a local mail server on the same machine. Do you have other > experiences? > > Thanks, > Uri Rodberg, Speedy Net. > אורי > u...@speedy.net
Hi Uri Thank you for the reply. The mail server I'm connecting to, while not on localhost, is on an internal network and so, somewhat local. I don't have the experience that sending mail through such a "remote" server is any worse. I don't have the experience that it's any better either, I just never had any issues. It does save me from having to setup a mail server. Anyway, as I mentioned on my proposal, having a mail server on localhost is exactly the kind of workaround I suggest. I understand that implementing a full-featured SMTP client may be outside the scope of Django's mail module. I also understand that being able to specify the identifier for the HELO command may be behind the line of what defines a simple SMTP client. But because this is an option exposed by Python's smtplib, I thought it would be accepted. However, it's been 13 years since Django's added mail support and if no one needed the ability to specify this, maybe it is not worth the extra complication. Either way, let me know. I can submit a simple PR that adds this option or document that Django's SMTP client should be connecting to a full-featured SMTP server on localhost if more complex connections are required. Many thanks David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAPOrs_1Yhd8A%3Dm%2Bd41OJ4RZmqzMrvan3cOpYGvuooyAKTgF-6A%40mail.gmail.com.
