try: user.save() context = { 'user': user, } rendered = render_to_string('emails/email_new_user.html', context) subject = "Pipeline Portal - Invitation to register" #mail = EmailMessage(subject, rendered, to=[user.email]) #mail.send() send_mail(subject, rendered, settings.CONTACT_EMAILS, [user.email], fail_silently=False) except BadHeaderError: return HttpResponse('Invalid Header Found')