gistfile1.txt

def send_html_mail(subject, message, message_html, from_email, recipient_list,
                   priority="medium", fail_silently=False, auth_user=None,
                   auth_password=None, account=0, attachments=None, headers=None):
    """
    Ripped out of mailer.. does not accept headers.
    """
    from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
    from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
    from mailer.models import make_message
    
    priority = PRIORITY_MAPPING[priority]
    
    # need to do this in case subject used lazy version of ugettext
    subject = force_unicode(subject)
    message = force_unicode(message)
    
    msg = make_message(subject=subject,
                       body=message,
                       from_email=from_email,
                       to=recipient_list,
                       priority=priority,
                       attachments=None,
                       account=account)
    email = msg.email
    email = EmailMultiAlternatives(email.subject, email.body, email.from_email, email.to)
    email.attach_alternative(message_html, "text/html")
    email.extra_headers.update(headers or {})
    msg.email = email
    msg.save()
    return 1