diff -r b758351d191f -r cc9b7e14412b web/lib/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/web/lib/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py	Tue May 25 02:43:45 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+"""SMTP email backend class."""
+
+import smtplib
+import socket
+import threading
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail.backends.base import BaseEmailBackend
+from django.core.mail.utils import DNS_NAME
+
+class EmailBackend(BaseEmailBackend):
+    """
+    A wrapper that manages the SMTP network connection.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, host=None, port=None, username=None, password=None,
+                 use_tls=None, fail_silently=False, **kwargs):
+        super(EmailBackend, self).__init__(fail_silently=fail_silently)
+        self.host = host or settings.EMAIL_HOST
+        self.port = port or settings.EMAIL_PORT
+        self.username = username or settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER
+        self.password = password or settings.EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
+        if use_tls is None:
+            self.use_tls = settings.EMAIL_USE_TLS
+        else:
+            self.use_tls = use_tls
+        self.connection = None
+        self._lock = threading.RLock()
+
+    def open(self):
+        """
+        Ensures we have a connection to the email server. Returns whether or
+        not a new connection was required (True or False).
+        """
+        if self.connection:
+            # Nothing to do if the connection is already open.
+            return False
+        try:
+            # If local_hostname is not specified, socket.getfqdn() gets used.
+            # For performance, we use the cached FQDN for local_hostname.
+            self.connection = smtplib.SMTP(self.host, self.port,
+                                           local_hostname=DNS_NAME.get_fqdn())
+            if self.use_tls:
+                self.connection.ehlo()
+                self.connection.starttls()
+                self.connection.ehlo()
+            if self.username and self.password:
+                self.connection.login(self.username, self.password)
+            return True
+        except:
+            if not self.fail_silently:
+                raise
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Closes the connection to the email server."""
+        try:
+            try:
+                self.connection.quit()
+            except socket.sslerror:
+                # This happens when calling quit() on a TLS connection
+                # sometimes.
+                self.connection.close()
+            except:
+                if self.fail_silently:
+                    return
+                raise
+        finally:
+            self.connection = None
+
+    def send_messages(self, email_messages):
+        """
+        Sends one or more EmailMessage objects and returns the number of email
+        messages sent.
+        """
+        if not email_messages:
+            return
+        self._lock.acquire()
+        try:
+            new_conn_created = self.open()
+            if not self.connection:
+                # We failed silently on open().
+                # Trying to send would be pointless.
+                return
+            num_sent = 0
+            for message in email_messages:
+                sent = self._send(message)
+                if sent:
+                    num_sent += 1
+            if new_conn_created:
+                self.close()
+        finally:
+            self._lock.release()
+        return num_sent
+
+    def _send(self, email_message):
+        """A helper method that does the actual sending."""
+        if not email_message.recipients():
+            return False
+        try:
+            self.connection.sendmail(email_message.from_email,
+                    email_message.recipients(),
+                    email_message.message().as_string())
+        except:
+            if not self.fail_silently:
+                raise
+            return False
+        return True