def _send(self, email_message):
if not email_message.recipients() ornot settings.TEST_EMAIL_BACKEND_RECIPIENTS:<EOL><INDENT>return False<EOL><DEDENT>from_email = sanitize_address(<EOL>email_message.from_email, email_message.encoding)<EOL>recipients = [sanitize_address(addr, email_message.encoding)<EOL>for name, addr in settings.TEST_EMAIL_BACKEND_RECIPIENTS]<EOL>try:<EOL><INDENT>self.connection.sendmail(<EOL>from_email, recipients, email_message.message().as_string())<EOL><DEDENT>except:<EOL><INDENT>if not self.fail_silently:<EOL><INDENT>raise<EOL><DEDENT>return False<EOL><DEDENT>return True<EOL>
A helper method that does the actual sending.