forget-password-via-email-django

forget password via email authentication

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Migrate models

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Set up email settings in settings.py

EMAIL_HOST = '<Email host>'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_PORT = <Email server port>
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '<Your email server user>'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '<Your email server password>'

Setup DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL for the email address of the email sender who will send the email.

DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL  = '<Email address of the sender>'

Alternatively, include from_email property in PasswordResetView in views.py

class PasswordResetView(views.PasswordResetView)
...
from_email = '<Email address of the sender>'

Changing email content

Changing email subject account/templates/account/auth/includes/password_reset_subject.txt

Changing email content account/templates/account/auth/includes/password_reset_email.html