send an email when users submit a form

apps/tup-cms/src/apps/portal/apps.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from djangocms_forms.signals import form_submission
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(f"portal.{__name__}")
@@ -42,10 +43,31 @@ def submit_ticket(form_data):
     requests.post(f"{service_url}/tickets/noauth", data=ticket_data, files=[])
 
 
+def send_confirmation_email(form_name, form_data):
+    email_body = """
+            <p>Hello,</p>
+            <p>
+                Thank you for submitting a form on the TACC website.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                We will act on your request according to the information provided on the form webpage.
+            </p>
+            - TACC
+            """
+    send_mail(
+    f"TACC Form Submission Received: {form_name}",
+    email_body,
+    "[email protected]",
+    [form_data["email"]],
+    html_message=email_body)
+
+
 def callback(form, cleaned_data, **kwargs):
     logger.debug(f"received submission from {form.name}")
     if form.name == 'rt-ticket-form':
         submit_ticket(cleaned_data)
+    else:
+        send_confirmation_email(form.name, cleaned_data)
 
 
 class PortalConfig(AppConfig):

apps/tup-cms/src/taccsite_cms/settings_custom.py

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
     }
 }
 
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_HOST = "relay.tacc.utexas.edu"
+
 SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 14400
 
 CMS_TEMPLATES = (