No module named 'smtp' when trying to send an email

[Rami Boutassghount]

I am not sure if it's a bug or not, but I mark it as that since I am just following the docs for setting up the Email Backend.

I get the Exception ModuleNotFoundError at /password/reset/ No module named 'smtp when I just try to send an Email using the function send_mail.

Here is what I am using:

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Python 3.11.4
• Django 4.2.2
• EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"

An here is the complete traceback.

ModuleNotFoundError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[3], line 1
----> 1 send_mail("hello", "hi bro, what up?", "my-name@mysite.com", ["testing@hotmail.com"])

File ~/nicecv/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/mail/__init__.py:76, in send_mail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, fail_silently, auth_user, auth_password, connection, html_message)
     54 def send_mail(
     55     subject,
     56     message,
   (...)
     63     html_message=None,
     64 ):
     65     """
     66     Easy wrapper for sending a single message to a recipient list. All members
     67     of the recipient list will see the other recipients in the 'To' field.
   (...)
     74     functionality should use the EmailMessage class directly.
     75     """
---> 76     connection = connection or get_connection(
     77         username=auth_user,
     78         password=auth_password,
     79         fail_silently=fail_silently,
     80     )
     81     mail = EmailMultiAlternatives(
     82         subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, connection=connection
     83     )
     84     if html_message:

File ~/nicecv/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/mail/__init__.py:50, in get_connection(backend, fail_silently, **kwds)
     42 def get_connection(backend=None, fail_silently=False, **kwds):
     43     """Load an email backend and return an instance of it.
     44 
     45     If backend is None (default), use settings.EMAIL_BACKEND.
   (...)
     48     constructor of the backend.
     49     """
---> 50     klass = import_string(backend or settings.EMAIL_BACKEND)
     51     return klass(fail_silently=fail_silently, **kwds)

File ~/nicecv/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py:30, in import_string(dotted_path)
     27     raise ImportError("%s doesn't look like a module path" % dotted_path) from err
     29 try:
---> 30     return cached_import(module_path, class_name)
     31 except AttributeError as err:
     32     raise ImportError(
     33         'Module "%s" does not define a "%s" attribute/class'
     34         % (module_path, class_name)
     35     ) from err

File ~/nicecv/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py:15, in cached_import(module_path, class_name)
      8 def cached_import(module_path, class_name):
      9     # Check whether module is loaded and fully initialized.
     10     if not (
     11         (module := sys.modules.get(module_path))
     12         and (spec := getattr(module, "__spec__", None))
     13         and getattr(spec, "_initializing", False) is False
     14     ):
---> 15         module = import_module(module_path)
     16     return getattr(module, class_name)

File /usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py:126, in import_module(name, package)
    124             break
    125         level += 1
--> 126 return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:1204, in _gcd_import(name, package, level)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:1176, in _find_and_load(name, import_)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:1126, in _find_and_load_unlocked(name, import_)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:241, in _call_with_frames_removed(f, *args, **kwds)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:1204, in _gcd_import(name, package, level)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:1176, in _find_and_load(name, import_)

File <frozen importlib._bootstrap>:1140, in _find_and_load_unlocked(name, import_)

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'smtp'

Thank you for any help!