From dfd29c7243c0b5d662d810b9db409b2c6bf173e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yunti Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:56:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Readme for mail setup fix for part 2. of issue #323 --- README.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 3b666cd3..2d9f9773 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ You can now run the usual Django ``migrate`` and ``runserver`` command:: $ python manage.py runserver +**Setup your email backend** + +django-allauth sends an email to verify users (and superusers) after signup and login (if they are still not verified). To send email you need to `configure your email backend`_ + +.. _configure your email backend: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/email/#smtp-backend + +In development you can (optionally) use Maildump_ for email testing. Or alternatively simply output emails to the console via: ``EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'`` + +In production basic email configuration is setup to send emails with Mailgun_ **Live reloading and Sass CSS compilation**