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23944	Django should use custom exceptions for errors thrown by send_mail (etc.), not smtplib.SMTPException	jordanreiter	nobody	"Since Django allows all kinds of backends — not just SMPT — for sending mail, it should have its own exceptions that different mail backends can subclass.

Otherwise, if you have code like this:

{{{
try:
    send_mail(...)
except smptlib.SMTPException:
    # do something
}}}

And then switch to a backend that doesn't use smtplib, you won't catch the error.

I think the exceptions should be available from `django.core.mail.exceptions` and then subclassed within each backend. "	Uncategorized	closed	Core (Mail)	1.7	Normal	wontfix			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0