1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/news/views.py b/news/views.py
index 274ba75d..f799fc08 100644
--- a/news/views.py
+++ b/news/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django import forms
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
+from django.template import Context, loader
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 from django.views.generic import (DetailView, ListView,
         CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView)
@@ -37,6 +40,16 @@ class NewsCreateView(CreateView):
         newsitem.author = self.request.user
         newsitem.slug = find_unique_slug(News, newsitem.title)
         newsitem.save()
+        if newsitem.send_announce:
+            ctx = Context({
+                'news': newsitem,
+            })
+            template = loader.get_template('news/news_email_notification.txt')
+            send_mail('[%s] %s' % (settings.NEWS_MAILINGLIST, newsitem.title),
+                      template.render(ctx),
+                      '"%s: Recent news updates: %s" <%s@%s>' % (settings.BRANDING_DISTRONAME, newsitem.author.get_full_name(), settings.NEWS_MAILINGLIST, settings.MAILMAN_DOMAIN),
+                      ['%s@%s' % (settings.NEWS_MAILINGLIST, settings.MAILMAN_DOMAIN)],
+                      fail_silently=True)
         return super(NewsCreateView, self).form_valid(form)