- Launchpad #246748: added 'immediate' option to sendXXX() methods

        for sending a mail immediately by-passing the zope.sendmail delivery
        mechanism

doc/CHANGES.txt

@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ Zope Changes
 
     Bugs Fixed
 
+      - Launchpad #246748: added 'immediate' option to sendXXX() methods
+        for sending a mail immediately by-passing the zope.sendmail delivery
+        mechanism
+
       - Launchpad #246290: fixed backward compatibility issue
 
       - Launchpad #245649:  the Products package is now a proper

lib/python/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py

@@ -155,15 +155,16 @@ class MailBase(Acquisition.Implicit, OFS.SimpleItem.Item, RoleManager):
     security.declareProtected(use_mailhost_services, 'sendTemplate')
     def sendTemplate(trueself, self, messageTemplate,
                      statusTemplate=None, mto=None, mfrom=None,
-                     encode=None, REQUEST=None):
+                     encode=None, REQUEST=None, immediate=False):
         'render a mail template, then send it...'
         mtemplate = getattr(self, messageTemplate)
         messageText = mtemplate(self, trueself.REQUEST)
         messageText, mto, mfrom = _mungeHeaders( messageText, mto, mfrom)
         messageText=_encode(messageText, encode)
-        trueself._send(mfrom, mto, messageText)
+        trueself._send(mfrom, mto, messageText, immediate)
 
-        if not statusTemplate: return "SEND OK"
+        if not statusTemplate: 
+            return "SEND OK"
 
         try:
             stemplate=getattr(self, statusTemplate)
@@ -173,11 +174,11 @@ class MailBase(Acquisition.Implicit, OFS.SimpleItem.Item, RoleManager):
 
     security.declareProtected(use_mailhost_services, 'send')
     def send(self, messageText, mto=None, mfrom=None, subject=None,
-             encode=None):
+             encode=None, immediate=False):
 
         messageText, mto, mfrom = _mungeHeaders( messageText, mto, mfrom, subject)
         messageText = _encode(messageText, encode)
-        self._send(mfrom, mto, messageText)
+        self._send(mfrom, mto, messageText, immediate)
 
     # This is here for backwards compatibility only. Possibly it could
     # be used to send messages at a scheduled future time, or via a mail queue?
@@ -185,11 +186,11 @@ class MailBase(Acquisition.Implicit, OFS.SimpleItem.Item, RoleManager):
     scheduledSend = send
 
     security.declareProtected(use_mailhost_services, 'simple_send')
-    def simple_send(self, mto, mfrom, subject, body):
+    def simple_send(self, mto, mfrom, subject, body, immediate=False):
         body="From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n%s" % (
             mfrom, mto, subject, body)
 
-        self._send( mfrom, mto, body )
+        self._send(mfrom, mto, body, immediate)
 
 
     def _makeMailer(self):
@@ -228,7 +229,6 @@ class MailBase(Acquisition.Implicit, OFS.SimpleItem.Item, RoleManager):
             queue_threads[path] = thread     
             LOG.info('Thread for %s started' % path)
 
-     
     security.declareProtected(view, 'queueLength')
     def queueLength(self):
         """ return length of mail queue """
@@ -268,9 +268,12 @@ class MailBase(Acquisition.Implicit, OFS.SimpleItem.Item, RoleManager):
 
 
     security.declarePrivate('_send')
-    def _send(self, mfrom, mto, messageText):
+    def _send(self, mfrom, mto, messageText, immediate=False):
         """ Send the message """
 
+        if immediate:
+            self._makeMailer().send(mfrom, mto, messageText)
+        else:
             if self.smtp_queue:
                 # Start queue processor thread, if necessary
                 self._startQueueProcessorThread()

lib/python/Products/MailHost/tests/testMailHost.py

@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ class DummyMailHost(MailHost):
     def __init__(self, id):
         self.id = id
         self.sent = ''
-    def _send(self, mfrom, mto, messageText):
+    def _send(self, mfrom, mto, messageText, immediate=False):
         self.sent = messageText
+        self.immediate = immediate
 
 
 class TestMailHost(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -190,6 +191,22 @@ This is the message body."""
                              mfrom='sender@domain.com', subject='This is the subject',
                              body='This is the message body.')
         self.assertEqual(mailhost.sent, outmsg)
+        self.assertEqual(mailhost.immediate, False)
+
+    def testSendImmediate(self):
+        outmsg = """\
+From: sender@domain.com
+To: "Name, Nick" <recipient@domain.com>, "Foo Bar" <foo@domain.com>
+Subject: This is the subject
+
+This is the message body."""
+
+        mailhost = self._makeOne('MailHost')
+        mailhost.simple_send(mto='"Name, Nick" <recipient@domain.com>, "Foo Bar" <foo@domain.com>',
+                             mfrom='sender@domain.com', subject='This is the subject',
+                             body='This is the message body.', immediate=True)
+        self.assertEqual(mailhost.sent, outmsg)
+        self.assertEqual(mailhost.immediate, True)
 
 
 def test_suite():