Fixed #1529 -- Added support for authenticated SMTP to django.core.mail. Thanks, Bruce Kroeze

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@2548 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

AUTHORS

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     gandalf@owca.info
     Baishampayan Ghose
     Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/>
-    Gustavo Picon
     Brant Harris
     hipertracker@gmail.com
     Ian Holsman <http://feh.holsman.net/>
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Russell Keith-Magee <freakboy@iinet.net.au>
     Garth Kidd <http://www.deadlybloodyserious.com/>
     Sune Kirkeby <http://ibofobi.dk/>
+    Bruce Kroeze <http://coderseye.com/>
     lakin.wecker@gmail.com
     Stuart Langridge <http://www.kryogenix.org/>
     Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/>
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     oggie rob <oz.robharvey@gmail.com>
     pgross@thoughtworks.com
     phaedo <http://phaedo.cx/>
+    Gustavo Picon
     Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>
     plisk
     Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/>

django/conf/global_settings.py

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default. Not used with
 # Host for sending e-mail.
 EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
 
+# Optional SMTP authentication information for EMAIL_HOST.
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = ''
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ''
+
 # List of strings representing installed apps.
 INSTALLED_APPS = ()
 

django/core/mail.py

 # Use this module for e-mailing.
 
-from django.conf.settings import DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX
+from django.conf.settings import DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX, EMAIL_HOST_USER, EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
 from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
 import smtplib
 
@@ -14,22 +14,25 @@ class SafeMIMEText(MIMEText):
             raise BadHeaderError, "Header values can't contain newlines (got %r for header %r)" % (val, name)
         MIMEText.__setitem__(self, name, val)
 
-def send_mail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, fail_silently=False):
+def send_mail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, fail_silently=False, auth_user=EMAIL_HOST_USER, auth_password=EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD):
     """
     Easy wrapper for sending a single message to a recipient list. All members
     of the recipient list will see the other recipients in the 'To' field.
     """
-    return send_mass_mail([[subject, message, from_email, recipient_list]], fail_silently)
+    return send_mass_mail([[subject, message, from_email, recipient_list]], fail_silently, auth_user, auth_password)
 
-def send_mass_mail(datatuple, fail_silently=False):
+def send_mass_mail(datatuple, fail_silently=False, auth_user=EMAIL_HOST_USER, auth_password=EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD):
     """
     Given a datatuple of (subject, message, from_email, recipient_list), sends
     each message to each recipient list. Returns the number of e-mails sent.
 
     If from_email is None, the DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL setting is used.
+    If auth_user and auth_password are set, they're used to log in.
     """
     try:
         server = smtplib.SMTP(EMAIL_HOST)
+        if auth_user and auth_password:
+            server.login(auth_user, auth_password)
     except:
         if fail_silently:
             return
@@ -49,11 +52,11 @@ def send_mass_mail(datatuple, fail_silently=False):
     return num_sent
 
 def mail_admins(subject, message, fail_silently=False):
-    "Sends a message to the admins, as defined by the ADMINS constant in settings.py."
+    "Sends a message to the admins, as defined by the ADMINS setting."
     from django.conf.settings import ADMINS, SERVER_EMAIL
     send_mail(EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX + subject, message, SERVER_EMAIL, [a[1] for a in ADMINS], fail_silently)
 
 def mail_managers(subject, message, fail_silently=False):
-    "Sends a message to the managers, as defined by the MANAGERS constant in settings.py"
+    "Sends a message to the managers, as defined by the MANAGERS setting."
     from django.conf.settings import MANAGERS, SERVER_EMAIL
     send_mail(EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX + subject, message, SERVER_EMAIL, [a[1] for a in MANAGERS], fail_silently)

docs/email.txt

@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ The send_mail function
 The simplest way to send e-mail is using the function
 ``django.core.mail.send_mail``. Here's its definition::
 
-    send_mail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, fail_silently=False)
+    send_mail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list,
+        fail_silently=False, auth_user=EMAIL_HOST_USER,
+        auth_password=EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD)
 
-All parameters are required except for ``fail_silently``, which is ``False`` by
-default.
+The ``subject``, ``message``, ``from_email`` and ``recipient_list`` parameters
+are required.
 
     * ``subject``: A string.
     * ``message``: A string.
@@ -40,6 +42,13 @@ default.
     * ``fail_silently``: A boolean. If it's ``False``, ``send_mail`` will raise
       an ``smtplib.SMTPException``. See the `smtplib docs`_ for a list of
       possible exceptions, all of which are subclasses of ``SMTPException``.
+    * ``auth_user``: **New in Django development version.** The optional
+      username to use to authenticate to the SMTP server. If this isn't
+      provided, Django will use the value of the ``EMAIL_HOST_USER`` setting.
+    * ``auth_password``: **New in Django development version.** The optional
+      password to use to authenticate to the SMTP server. If this isn't
+      provided, Django will use the value of the ``EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD``
+      setting.
 
 .. _smtplib docs: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-smtplib.html
 
@@ -49,13 +58,16 @@ The send_mass_mail function
 ``django.core.mail.send_mass_mail`` is intended to handle mass e-mailing.
 Here's the definition::
 
-    send_mass_mail(datatuple, fail_silently=False):
+    send_mass_mail(datatuple, fail_silently=False,
+        auth_user=EMAIL_HOST_USER, auth_password=EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD):
 
 ``datatuple`` is a tuple in which each element is in this format::
 
     (subject, message, from_email, recipient_list)
 
-``fail_silently`` has the same function as in ``send_mail()``.
+``fail_silently``, ``auth_user`` and ``auth_password`` have the same functions
+as in ``send_mail()``. Note that ``auth_user`` and ``auth_password`` are only
+available in the Django development version.
 
 Each separate element of ``datatuple`` results in a separate e-mail message.
 As in ``send_mail()``, recipients in the same ``recipient_list`` will all see

docs/settings.txt

@@ -334,6 +334,30 @@ Default: ``'localhost'``
 
 The host to use for sending e-mail.
 
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
+-------------------
+
+Default: ``''`` (Empty string)
+
+**New in Django development version.**
+
+Username to use for the SMTP server defined in ``EMAIL_HOST``. If empty,
+Django won't attempt authentication.
+
+See also ``EMAIL_HOST_USER``.
+
+EMAIL_HOST_USER
+---------------
+
+Default: ``''`` (Empty string)
+
+**New in Django development version.**
+
+Username to use for the SMTP server defined in ``EMAIL_HOST``. If empty,
+Django won't attempt authentication.
+
+See also ``EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD``.
+
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX
 --------------------