Exim mail server installation

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install exim4-daemon-light mailutils
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
General type of mail configuration: internet site ...
System mail name: site name (e.g. nanvel.name)
IP-addresses to listen ...: 127.0.0.1
Other destinations for which mail is accepted: site.name; localhost
Domains to relay mail for: [blank]
Machines to relay mail for: [blank]
Keep number of DNS-queries ...: No
Delivery mail for local mail: Maildir format in home directory
Split configuration into small files?: No
Test send email:
echo "This is a test." | mail -s Testing someone@somedomain.com
Send email in django code:
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
def send_mail(template, context, emails, from_email=None):
if not from_email:
from_email = settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
txt_content = render_to_string('{template}.txt'.format(template=template), context)
html_content = render_to_string('{template}.html'.format(template=template), context)
subject = render_to_string('{template}_subject.txt'.format(template=template), context)
subject = ' '.join(subject.split('\n'))
msg = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, txt_content, from_email, emails)
msg.attach_alternative(html_content, 'text/html')
msg.send()
# send_mail('some_template', context, ['mail@mail.com'])
You need to add 3 templates:
- my_template.txt
- my_template.html
- my_template_subject.txt
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