id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
5915	use_tls is not passed to send_email (django.core.mail)	anonymous	nobody	"As for revision 6660 you cannot pass use_tls to send_email function. 
Patch is simple:
{{{
max@explorer ~/devel/django-inst/trunk/django/core $ svn diff mail.py                                                                                                                                                 
Index: mail.py
===================================================================
--- mail.py     (revision 6660)
+++ mail.py     (working copy)
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
     New code should use the EmailMessage class directly.
     """"""
     connection = SMTPConnection(username=auth_user, password=auth_password,
-                                 fail_silently=fail_silently)
+                                 fail_silently=fail_silently, use_tls=None)
     return EmailMessage(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, connection=connection).send()
 
 def send_mass_mail(datatuple, fail_silently=False, auth_user=None, auth_password=None):
}}}"		closed	Core (Other)	dev		wontfix			Unreviewed	1	0	0	0	0	0