Send an email generated from a template.

django-render-email.py

from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.template.loader import render_to_string

def send_rendered_email(recipients=[]):
  # send an email to a list of recipients - NB it's a list!
  ctx = {'var': 'val'} # context dict
  text_body = render_to_string('path/to/template.txt', ctx)
  html_body = render_to_string('path/to/template.html', ctx)
  if send_mail("My subject", text_body, from_email, recipients, html_message=html_body):
    return "Mail sent"