totally untested email function

setup.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ setup(
     packages=['ttadmin'],
     install_requires = ['Django==1.10.2',
                         'sshpubkeys==2.2.0',
-                        'psycopg2==2.6.2',],
+                        'psycopg2==2.6.2',
+                        'requests==2.12.5'],
     include_package_data = True,
 )

ttadmin/common/mailing.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import logging
+
+import requests
+
+from django.conf.settings import MAILGUN_URL, MAILGUN_KEY
+
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+FROM='root@tilde.town'
+
+def send_email(to, body, subject='a message from tilde.town', frum=FROM,):
+    """Sends an email using mailgun. Logs on failure."""
+    response =  requests.post(
+        MAILGUN_URL,
+        auth=('api', MAILGUN_KEY),
+        data={
+            'from': frum,
+            'to': to,
+            'subject': subject,
+            'text': body
+        }
+    )
+
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        logger.error('failed to send email "{}" to {}'.format(subject, to))