def send_mail(to, sender, cc=None, subject=None, message=None):
#in order to get this to work, had to change the libraries as follows:
#/home/admin/wagsv_python/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/flask_sendmail/connection.py[23]
# sm.stdin.write(str.encode(message.dump()))
#/usr/lib/python3.5/email/mime/text.py[17]
# def __init__(self, _text, _subtype='plain', _charset='utf-8'):
to = force_list(to)
msg = Message(subject)
msg.sender = sender
msg.recipients = to
msg.cc = force_list(cc)
msg.body = '\n'.join(force_list(message))
app = current_app._get_current_object()
if config.get('send_mail'):
#send_async_email(app, msg)
mail.send(msg)
else:
out = [
'Email:', 'from: ' + sender, 'to: ' + ', '.join(to),
'subject: ' + subject, 'message:'
]
print('\n'.join(out + force_list(message)))
