Django sendmail (1337 template)

sendmail.py

from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
from django.utils.html import strip_tags
from mezzanine.conf import settings

subject, from_email, to, bcc = email_subject, settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, user_email, manager_email

text_content = strip_tags(email_template)
html_content = email_template

msg = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, text_content, from_email, [to], bcc)
msg.attach_alternative(html_content, "text/html")
msg.send()

sendmail2.py

from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode

def sendmail(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list, html_message=None):
    subject = force_unicode(subject)
    message = force_unicode(message)

    # from mailer import send_mail, send_html_mail
    # if html_message:
    #     send_html_mail(subject, message, html_message, settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, recipient_list)
    # else:
    #     send_mail(subject, message, settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL, recipient_list)

    from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
    email = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, message, from_email, recipient_list)
    if html_message:
        html_message = force_unicode(html_message)
        email.attach_alternative(html_message, "text/html")
    email.send()