Implement custom logging email backend for development: log outgoing emails to Loguru and stdout

deploy/settings_local.py

@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
 # deployment README. Adjust as needed.
 STATIC_ROOT = '/usr/src/app/static/'
 
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+import os
+
+# Allow environment to override the email backend (so dev .env can select
+# a file-based backend while production keeps SMTP).
+EMAIL_BACKEND = os.environ.get("EMAIL_BACKEND", "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend")
 
 if not DEBUG:
     LOGGING = {