# DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'sendTo@gmail.com'
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'sendTo@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '**********'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

$ python manage.py shell

>>> from django.core.mail import send_mail
>>> send_mail('subject is', 'message is and is not 12342', 'fromEmail@gmail.com', ['sendTo@gmail.com'])
1
>>>