title: Django sending email: Connection unexpectedly closed
body: <p>Getting error "Connection unexpectedly closed" both through site and shell. </p>
  
  <p>Code: Settings.py </p>
  
  <pre><code>EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
  EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.live.com'
  DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'username@hotmail.com'
  EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'username'
  EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'Hunter2'
  EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
  EMAIL_PORT = 587
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Views.py:</p>
  
  <pre><code>   send_mail(
         'Test',
         'test',
         'example@hotmail.com',
         ['example@hotmail.com'],
         fail_silently=False,
         )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance</p>