Move mail() to services/

src/pretix/base/services/mail.py

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+import logging
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
+from django.template.loader import get_template
+from django.utils import translation
+
+from pretix.base.models import User, Event
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('pretix.base.mail')
+
+
+def mail(user: User, subject: str, template: str, context: dict, event: Event=None):
+    """
+    Sends out an email to a user.
+
+    :param user: The user this should be sent to.
+    :param subject: The e-mail subject. Should be localized.
+    :param template: The filename of a template to be used. It will
+                     be rendered with the recipient's locale.
+    :param context: The context for rendering the template.
+    :param event: The event, used for determining the sender of the e-mail
+
+    :return: ``False`` on obvious failures, like the user having to e-mail
+    address, ``True`` otherwise. ``True`` does not necessarily mean that
+    the email has been sent, just that it has been queued by the e-mail
+    backend.
+    """
+    if not user.email:
+        return False
+
+    _lng = translation.get_language()
+    translation.activate(user.locale or settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
+
+    tpl = get_template(template)
+    body = tpl.render(context)
+
+    sender = event.settings.get('mail_from') if event else settings.MAIL_FROM
+
+    email = EmailMessage(
+        subject, body, sender,
+        to=[user.email]
+    )
+
+    try:
+        email.send(fail_silently=False)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception('Error sending e-mail')
+        return False
+    finally:
+        translation.activate(_lng)