[Python] Django SMTPAuthenticationError when using the same variable name for...

I am working on a Django project where I use Gmail for email services. I have the following configuration in my .env file:

EMAIL_HOST_USER=gmail@gmail.com

EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=password

And in my settings.py, I load these variables as follows:

EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER')

EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD')

When I try to send an email through my application, I encounter an SMTPAuthenticationError.

However, when I change the name of the variable in the .env file, it works fine, but the password is no longer masked. How can I fix this while keeping the password masked?

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