How can I log all outgoing email in Django?

Question

My Django application sends out quite a bit of emails and I've tried testing it thoroughly. However, for the first few months, I'd like to log all outgoing emails to ensure that everything is working smoothly. Is there a Django module that allows me to do this and makes the outgoing emails visible through the administration panel

Thanks.

Answer 1

I do not know if there exists a module that works this way, but writing a custom one is a piece of cake. Just create a separate model and every time you send an email, create a new instance ( use a custom method for email sending ). Then, link this model with the admin and bingo..

Answer 2

Since the OP asked about logging and not about saving to DB, here's a middleware that does that:

import django.core.mail.backends.smtp
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)  # or you could enter a specific logger name

class LoggingBackend(django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend):

  def send_messages(self, email_messages):
    try:
        for msg in email_messages:
            logger.info(u"Sending message '%s' to recipients: %s", msg.subject, msg.to)
    except:
        logger.exception("Problem logging recipients, ignoring")

    return super(LoggingBackend, self).send_messages(email_messages)

and then in your settings.py:

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'whereiputit.LoggingBackend'