<code>def send_email(to, subject, template, **kwargs):
app = current_app._get_current_object()
msg = Message(app.config[
'FLASKY_MAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX'
] + subject,
sender=app.config[
'FLASK_MAIL_SENDER'
], recipients=[to])
msg.body = render_template(template +
'.txt'
, **kwargs)
msg.html = render_template(template +
'.html'
, **kwargs)
thr = Thread(target=send_async_email, args=[app, msg])
thr.start()
return
thr
</code>