email_config = config

    if not recipients:

        recipients = [email_config.get('email_to')]

    mail_from = email_config.get('app_email_from')

    user = email_config.get('smtp_username')

    passwd = email_config.get('smtp_password')

    mail_server = email_config.get('smtp_server')

    mail_port = email_config.get('smtp_port')

    tls = str2bool(email_config.get('smtp_use_tls'))

    ssl = str2bool(email_config.get('smtp_use_ssl'))

    try:

        m = SmtpMailer(mail_from, user, passwd, mail_server,

        m.send(recipients, subject, body)

    except:

        log.error('Mail sending failed')

        log.error(traceback.format_exc())

        return False

    return True

@task(ignore_result=True)

def create_repo_fork(form_data, cur_user):

    try:

        log = create_repo_fork.get_logger()

    except:

    """SMTP mailer class

    mailer = SmtpMailer(mail_from, user, passwd, mail_server, mail_port, ssl, tls)

    mailer.send(recipients, subject, body, attachment_files)    

    :param recipients might be a list of string or single string

    :param attachment_files is a dict of {filename:location} 

        it tries to guess the mimetype and attach the file 

    """

    def __init__(self, mail_from, user, passwd, mail_server,

        self.mail_from = mail_from

        self.mail_server = mail_server

        self.mail_port = mail_port

        self.user = user

        self.passwd = passwd

        self.ssl = ssl

        self.tls = tls

    def send(self, recipients=[], subject='', body='', attachment_files=None):

        if isinstance(recipients, basestring):

            recipients = [recipients]

        if self.ssl:

            smtp_serv = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.mail_server, self.mail_port)

        else:

            smtp_serv = smtplib.SMTP(self.mail_server, self.mail_port)

        if self.tls:

            smtp_serv.ehlo()