old_contents: from django.conf import settings
  from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
  
  def send_mail(subject, message, recipient_list, from_email=None):
      """
      Easy wrapper around Django's easy wrapper of the mail interface.
  
      Does the same thing as send_mail, but with a couple of Bueda additions.
      """
      return EmailMessage(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list,
              headers={'Reply-To': settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL}).send()
  
new_contents: from django.conf import settings
  from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
  from django.template import Context
  from django.template.loader import render_to_string
  
  def direct_to_email(template, recipient_list, form_email=None,
          extra_context=None, subject_template=None):
      """
      Sends an email of type email to user.email. Text of subject and message
      rendered from templates/mail/{email}.txt and templates/mail/{email}_subject.txt
      usign specified context
      """
      extra_context = extra_context or {}
      context = Context(extra_context)
      if not subject_template:
          subject = render_to_string('mail/%s_subject.txt' % template, context)
      body = render_to_string('mail/%s.txt' % template, context)
  
      return EmailMessage(subject, body, recipient_list,
              headers={'Reply-To': settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL}).send()
  
subject: Add improved send_email shortcut similar to direct_to_template.