log.debug('sending notifications %s to admins: %s' % (

                type_, recipients_objs)

            )

        #else: silently skip notification mails?

        # TODO: inform user who are notified

        notif = Notification.create(

            created_by=created_by_obj, subject=subject,

            body=body, recipients=recipients_objs, type_=type_

        )

        if not with_email:

            return notif

        #don't send email to person who created this comment

        rec_objs = set(recipients_objs).difference(set([created_by_obj]))

        headers = None

        if 'threading' in email_kwargs:

            headers = {'References': ' '.join('<%s>' % x for x in email_kwargs['threading'])}

        # send email with notification to all other participants

        for rec in rec_objs:

            ## this is passed into template

                      'body': h.rst_w_mentions(body),

                      'when': h.fmt_date(notif.created_on),

                      'user': notif.created_by_user.username,

                      }

            email_subject = EmailNotificationModel()\

            email_txt_body = EmailNotificationModel()\

            email_html_body = EmailNotificationModel()\

            run_task(tasks.send_email, [rec.email], email_subject, email_txt_body,

                     email_html_body, headers)

        return notif

    def delete(self, user, notification):

        # we don't want to remove actual notification just the assignment

        try:

            notification = self.__get_notification(notification)

            user = self._get_user(user)

            if notification and user:

                obj = UserNotification.query()\

                        .filter(UserNotification.user == user)\

                        .filter(UserNotification.notification

                                == notification)\

                        .one()

                Session().delete(obj)

                return True

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            raise

    def get_for_user(self, user, filter_=None):