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Why Are Emails Failing to Send in My Django Production Setup Using Mailgun and Anymail?

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Hello!

I deployed my website and configured email sending with Mailgun via Anymail, but the emails are not arriving despite a successful test using python manage.py sendtestemail [testuser@outlook.com](mailto:testuser@outlook.com). I have included my production settings, environment variables in the .env file, and the view handling the contact form below. Could someone help identify what might be wrong?

Production settings:

PYTHON
# Email settings
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'anymail.backends.mailgun.EmailBackend'

ANYMAIL = {
    'MAILGUN_API_KEY': os.environ.get("MAILGUN_API_KEY"),
    'MAILGUN_SENDER_DOMAIN': os.environ.get("MAILGUN_DOMAIN"),
}

EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL")
SERVER_EMAIL = os.environ.get("SERVER_EMAIL")

.env file configuration:

PLAINTEXT
# Email settings
MAILGUN_API_KEY = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
MAILGUN_DOMAIN = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
MAILGUN_PUBLIC_KEY = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

# These variables are used in the settings file
MAILGUN_SMTP_LOGIN = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
MAILGUN_SMTP_PASSWORD = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
MAILGUN_SMTP_PORT = 587
MAILGUN_SMTP_SERVER = "smtp.mailgun.org"

ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS = "AAAAAAAA@AAAA.com"
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "admin@AAAAA.com"
SERVER_EMAIL = "error-reporting@AAAAA.com"

Contact view:

PYTHON
def contact_view(request):
    if request.method == "POST":
        form = ContactForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            email = form.cleaned_data["email"]
            subject = form.cleaned_data["subject"]
            message = form.cleaned_data["message"]
                        
            send_mail(
                subject=subject,
                message=message,
                from_email=email,
                recipient_list=[os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS")],
                fail_silently=True,
            )
            messages.success(request, "Thank you! We'll reach to you in a few days.")
            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("main_app:contact"))
    else:
        form = ContactForm()
    
    context = {"contact_form": form}
    return render(request, "main_app/contact.html", context)
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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent • 9 days ago

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Troubleshooting Email Delivery with Mailgun in Django

Based on your configuration and code, I've identified a few potential issues that might be preventing your contact form emails from being delivered:

1. The from_email Issue

The most likely problem is in your contact view. You're using the user's submitted email as the from_email:

PYTHON
send_mail(
    subject=subject,
    message=message,
    from_email=email,  # This is the user's email from the form
    recipient_list=[os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS")],
    fail_silently=True,
)

This is problematic because:

  • Mailgun likely requires emails to be sent from a verified domain
  • Using arbitrary user-provided emails as the sender can trigger spam filters
  • Your domain's SPF/DKIM records won't match for these sender addresses

2. fail_silently=True Hides Errors

You're using fail_silently=True which means any errors during email sending won't be reported. This makes debugging difficult as you won't see what's going wrong.

3. Missing SMTP Configuration

While you have SMTP settings in your .env file, they don't appear to be used in your settings file. For Anymail with Mailgun API, this isn't an issue, but it's worth noting.

Recommended Fixes

  1. Change the from_email parameter:
PYTHON
send_mail(
    subject=f"Contact Form: {subject}",
    message=f"From: {email}\n\n{message}",
    from_email=os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL"),  # Use your verified sender
    recipient_list=[os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS")],
    fail_silently=False,  # Change to False during debugging
)
  1. Add error handling:
PYTHON
try:
    send_mail(
        subject=f"Contact Form: {subject}",
        message=f"From: {email}\n\n{message}",
        from_email=os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL"),
        recipient_list=[os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS")],
        fail_silently=False,
    )
    messages.success(request, "Thank you! We'll reach to you in a few days.")
except Exception as e:
    # Log the error
    print(f"Email sending failed: {e}")
    messages.error(request, "Sorry, there was a problem sending your message.")

  1. Verify your Mailgun domain - Make sure your domain is properly verified in Mailgun and that DNS records are correctly set up.

  2. Check Mailgun logs - Log into your Mailgun dashboard to see if there are any delivery issues or rejected messages.

  3. Consider using a development email backend during testing:

PYTHON
# For development
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'

These changes should help identify and resolve the email delivery issues with your contact form.

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