Question

How do I send email with django-registration?

Answer 1

django-registration sends an email to the user, e.g. when he or she registers. The process is as follows (if this was your question …)*:

• The user has filled out and submitted the registration form …

• in views.py:187

  new_user = backend.register(request, **form.cleaned_data)
  

• in e.g. backends/default/__init__.py:78

  new_user = RegistrationProfile.objects.create_inactive_user(username, email,
     password, site)
  

• in models.py:79

  if send_email:
      registration_profile.send_activation_email(site)
  

• and then in models.py:207

  def send_activation_email(self, site):
      ...
      self.user.email_user(subject, message, settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
  

The last method call goes into django.contrib.auth, especially django.contrib.auth.models.User.email_user

P.S. Also, it’s crude, but in general a search on the codebase, e.g. with grep or similar tools can show you things like this.

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