if missing 'from_email', then 'log_message' will fail to build

djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py

@@ -112,11 +112,15 @@ class DjrillBackend(BaseEmailBackend):
             message.mandrill_response = None
 
             if not self.fail_silently:
+                from_email = msg_dict.get('from_email', None)
+                from_message = ""
+                if from_email:
+                    from_message = ", from %s" % from_email
                 raise MandrillAPIError(
                     status_code=response.status_code,
                     response=response,
-                    log_message="Failed to send a message to %s, from %s" %
-                                (msg_dict['to'], msg_dict['from_email']))
+                    log_message="Failed to send a message to %s%s" %
+                                (msg_dict['to'], from_message))
             return False
 
         # add the response from mandrill to the EmailMessage so callers can inspect it

djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send_template.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.core import mail
 
+from djrill import MandrillAPIError
 from djrill.tests.mock_backend import DjrillBackendMockAPITestCase
 
 
@@ -39,6 +40,16 @@ class DjrillMandrillSendTemplateTests(DjrillBackendMockAPITestCase):
         self.assertFalse('from_email' in data['message'])
         self.assertFalse('from_name' in data['message'])
 
+    def test_send_template_without_from_field_api_failure(self):
+        self.mock_post.return_value = self.MockResponse(status_code=400)
+        msg = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Text Body',
+            'from@example.com', ['to@example.com'])
+        msg.template_name = "PERSONALIZED_SPECIALS"
+        msg.use_template_from = True
+        with self.assertRaises(MandrillAPIError):
+            msg.send()
+            self.assertEqual(sent, 0)
+
     def test_send_template_without_subject_field(self):
         msg = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Text Body',
             'from@example.com', ['to@example.com'])