"""
Backend for test environment.
"""
from django.core import mail
from django.core.mail.backends.base import BaseEmailBackend
class EmailBackend(BaseEmailBackend):
"""A email backend for use during test sessions.
The test connection stores email messages in a dummy outbox,
rather than sending them out on the wire.
The dummy outbox is accessible through the outbox instance attribute.
"""
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(EmailBackend, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
if not hasattr(mail, 'outbox'):
mail.outbox = []
def send_messages(self, messages):
"""Redirect messages to the dummy outbox"""
mail.outbox.extend(messages)
return len(messages)
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