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diff --git a/symposion/utils/mail.py b/symposion/utils/mail.py
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+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.utils.html import strip_tags
+
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
+
+
+def send_email(to, kind, **kwargs):
+    
+    current_site = Site.objects.get_current()
+    
+    ctx = {
+        "current_site": current_site,
+        "STATIC_URL": settings.STATIC_URL,
+    }
+    ctx.update(kwargs.get("context", {}))
+    subject = "[%s] %s" % (
+        current_site.name,
+        render_to_string("emails/%s/subject.txt" % kind, ctx).strip()
+    )
+    
+    message_html = render_to_string("emails/%s/message.html" % kind, ctx)
+    message_plaintext = strip_tags(message_html)
+    
+    from_email = settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
+    
+    email = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, message_plaintext, from_email, to)
+    email.attach_alternative(message_html, "text/html")
+    email.send()