Add email debugging and better error handling

- Add debug_railway_email.py script for Railway email configuration testing
- Add management command test_email for Railway email testing
- Improve error handling and logging in forgot password view
- Add detailed email configuration debug information

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

authentication/management/commands/test_email.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from django.conf import settings
+from authentication.models import User
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Test email configuration on Railway'
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('--email', type=str, help='Email address to send test to')
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        self.stdout.write("🔍 Testing email configuration...")
+        
+        # Check settings
+        self.stdout.write(f"EMAIL_BACKEND: {settings.EMAIL_BACKEND}")
+        self.stdout.write(f"EMAIL_HOST: {settings.EMAIL_HOST}")
+        self.stdout.write(f"EMAIL_HOST_USER: {settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER}")
+        self.stdout.write(f"DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL: {settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL}")
+        
+        # Get email to send to
+        email = options.get('email') or settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER
+        self.stdout.write(f"Sending test email to: {email}")
+        
+        try:
+            send_mail(
+                'Railway Email Test',
+                'This is a test email from Railway deployment to verify email functionality.',
+                settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+                [email],
+                fail_silently=False,
+            )
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.SUCCESS(f'✅ Email sent successfully to {email}!')
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.ERROR(f'❌ Failed to send email: {str(e)}')
+            )

authentication/views.py

@@ -152,8 +152,19 @@ NetCop Team
                     fail_silently=False,
                 )
                 messages.success(request, 'Password reset instructions have been sent to your email.')
+                
+                # Log successful email for debugging
+                import logging
+                logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+                logger.info(f"Password reset email sent successfully to {email}")
+                
             except Exception as e:
-                messages.error(request, 'Failed to send reset email. Please try again later.')
+                # Log the actual error for debugging
+                import logging
+                logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+                logger.error(f"Failed to send password reset email to {email}: {str(e)}")
+                
+                messages.error(request, f'Failed to send reset email: {str(e)}')
                 
         except User.DoesNotExist:
             # Don't reveal if email exists or not for security

debug_railway_email.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import django
+from django.conf import settings
+
+# Setup Django
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'netcop_hub.settings')
+django.setup()
+
+def debug_railway_email():
+    print("🔍 RAILWAY EMAIL CONFIGURATION DEBUG")
+    print("=" * 50)
+    
+    # Check environment
+    railway_env = os.environ.get('RAILWAY_ENVIRONMENT', 'Not set')
+    print(f"RAILWAY_ENVIRONMENT: {railway_env}")
+    
+    # Check email settings
+    print(f"EMAIL_BACKEND: {getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_BACKEND', 'Not set')}")
+    print(f"EMAIL_HOST: {getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_HOST', 'Not set')}")
+    print(f"EMAIL_PORT: {getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_PORT', 'Not set')}")
+    print(f"EMAIL_USE_TLS: {getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_USE_TLS', 'Not set')}")
+    print(f"EMAIL_HOST_USER: {getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_HOST_USER', 'Not set')}")
+    print(f"EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: {'*' * len(settings.EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD) if getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', '') else 'Not set'}")
+    print(f"DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL: {getattr(settings, 'DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL', 'Not set')}")
+    print(f"SITE_URL: {getattr(settings, 'SITE_URL', 'Not set')}")
+    
+    print("\n" + "=" * 50)
+    
+    # Check if email is configured properly
+    if not getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_HOST_USER', '') or not getattr(settings, 'EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', ''):
+        print("❌ EMAIL CONFIGURATION INCOMPLETE")
+        print("Missing EMAIL_HOST_USER or EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD")
+        print("\nTo fix this, add these environment variables to Railway:")
+        print("EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend")
+        print("EMAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com")
+        print("EMAIL_PORT=587")
+        print("EMAIL_USE_TLS=True")
+        print("EMAIL_HOST_USER=thecyberlearn@gmail.com")
+        print("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=ueqd ulan xcwl cfrr")
+        print("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=NetCop <thecyberlearn@gmail.com>")
+        return False
+    
+    # Test email sending
+    print("📧 Testing email sending...")
+    try:
+        from django.core.mail import send_mail
+        
+        send_mail(
+            'Railway Email Test',
+            'This is a test email from Railway deployment.',
+            settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+            [settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER],
+            fail_silently=False,
+        )
+        print("✅ Email sent successfully!")
+        return True
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"❌ Email sending failed: {e}")
+        return False
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    debug_railway_email()