def send_html_mail(subject, message, message_html, from_email, recipient_list, recipient_bcc_list,
priority="medium", fail_silently=False, auth_user=None,
auth_password=None):
"""
Function to queue HTML e-mails
"""
from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
from mailer.models import make_message, Message
priority = PRIORITY_MAPPING[priority]
db_msg = Message(priority="0")
db_msg.save()
# need to do this in case subject used lazy version of ugettext
subject = force_unicode(subject)
message = force_unicode(message)
# substitute in the message id for tracking
message = message.format(id=db_msg.id)
message_html = message_html.format(id=db_msg.id)
msg = make_message(subject=subject,
body=message,
from_email=from_email,
to=recipient_list,
bcc=recipient_bcc_list,
priority=priority)
email = msg.email
email = EmailMultiAlternatives(email.subject, email.body, email.from_email, email.to, email.bcc)
email.attach_alternative(message_html, "text/html")
db_msg.email = email
db_msg.priority = priority
db_msg.save()
return db_msg
