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+import sys, time, os
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import connection
+from django.core import mail
+from django.test import signals
+from django.template import Template
+from django.utils.translation import deactivate
+
+def instrumented_test_render(self, context):
+    """
+    An instrumented Template render method, providing a signal
+    that can be intercepted by the test system Client
+    """
+    signals.template_rendered.send(sender=self, template=self, context=context)
+    return self.nodelist.render(context)
+
+class TestSMTPConnection(object):
+    """A substitute SMTP connection for use during test sessions.
+    The test connection stores email messages in a dummy outbox,
+    rather than sending them out on the wire.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(*args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+    def open(self):
+        "Mock the SMTPConnection open() interface"
+        pass
+    def close(self):
+        "Mock the SMTPConnection close() interface"
+        pass
+    def send_messages(self, messages):
+        "Redirect messages to the dummy outbox"
+        mail.outbox.extend(messages)
+        return len(messages)
+
+def setup_test_environment():
+    """Perform any global pre-test setup. This involves:
+
+        - Installing the instrumented test renderer
+        - Diverting the email sending functions to a test buffer
+        - Setting the active locale to match the LANGUAGE_CODE setting.
+    """
+    Template.original_render = Template.render
+    Template.render = instrumented_test_render
+
+    mail.original_SMTPConnection = mail.SMTPConnection
+    mail.SMTPConnection = TestSMTPConnection
+
+    mail.outbox = []
+
+    deactivate()
+
+def teardown_test_environment():
+    """Perform any global post-test teardown. This involves:
+
+        - Restoring the original test renderer
+        - Restoring the email sending functions
+
+    """
+    Template.render = Template.original_render
+    del Template.original_render
+
+    mail.SMTPConnection = mail.original_SMTPConnection
+    del mail.original_SMTPConnection
+
+    del mail.outbox
+