import socket from django.core.mail import mail_admins, mail_managers, send_mail from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand from django.utils import timezone class Command(BaseCommand): help = "Sends a test email to the email addresses specified as arguments." missing_args_message = ( "You must specify some email recipients, or pass the --managers or --admin " "options." ) def add_arguments(self, parser): parser.add_argument( "email", nargs="*", help="One or more email addresses to send a test email to.", ) parser.add_argument( "--managers", action="store_true", help="Send a test email to the addresses specified in settings.MANAGERS.", ) parser.add_argument( "--admins", action="store_true", help="Send a test email to the addresses specified in settings.ADMINS.", ) def handle(self, *args, **kwargs): subject = "Test email from %s on %s" % (socket.gethostname(), timezone.now()) send_mail( subject=subject, message="If you're reading this, it was successful.", from_email=None, recipient_list=kwargs["email"], ) if kwargs["managers"]: mail_managers(subject, "This email was sent to the site managers.") if kwargs["admins"]: mail_admins(subject, "This email was sent to the site admins.")