[Django]-Error connection refused while registering user in django registration 15 December 2023 by thecoderscamp.com 10👍 I’m guessing this is in development? rather then turning email off you could try setting the email backend to dummy or file in your settings.py while in debug. if DEBUG: EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.dummy.EmailBackend' 👤JamesO [Django]-Where to you monkey patch the Django user model? Source:stackexchange.com