ConnectionRefusedError: while trying send email via django - django

Question

I have a simple django app. So i tried to test my send-mail function. I have allowed my mail to be used for third-party applications. Everything looks pretty good but again and again i catch same error
settings.configure()
def send_email(email=None):
send_mail(
'Subject here',
'Here is the message.',
from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
recipient_list=['georgdavidov2#gmail.com'],
fail_silently=False
)
so i got an error message
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\DEV\FindHero\backend\find_hero\services\send_email.py", line 17, in <module>
send_email()
File "C:\DEV\FindHero\backend\find_hero\services\send_email.py", line 8, in send_email
send_mail(
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\__init__.py", line 87, in send_mail
return mail.send()
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\message.py", line 298, in send
return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\backends\smtp.py", line 124, in send_messages
new_conn_created = self.open()
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\backends\smtp.py", line 80, in open
self.connection = self.connection_class(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\smtplib.py", line 255, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\smtplib.py", line 341, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\smtplib.py", line 312, in _get_socket
return socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\socket.py", line 850, in create_connection
raise exceptions[0]
File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\socket.py", line 835, in create_connection
sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061]
Hee is my django settings:
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.yandex.ru'
EMAIL_PORT = 465
EMAIL_HOST_USER = "emaily#yandex.ru"
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "password"
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_USE_SSL = False
SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
Then i just call my func right there using send_mail() and tried to call it in python manage.py shell without settings.configure()
UPD
im using special password created by yandex and using 2 factor auth.

Answer 1

You should activate 2-Step Verification in your email and use app passwords instead of your general email password.