is_utf8($to)) {
            $elements  = explode('@', $to);
            $domainpart = EncodePunycodeIDN(array_pop($elements));  // Convert domain part to ascii
            $to = $elements[0] . '@' . $domainpart;  // Reassemble tge full email address
        }
        // Send using PHP mailer if it is enabled
        if (PHP_MAILER) {
            require_once(PHP_MAILER_PATH . '/Exception.php'); /* Exception class. */
            require_once(PHP_MAILER_PATH . '/PHPMailer.php'); /* The main PHPMailer class. */
            if (PHP_MAILER_SMTP) {
                require_once(PHP_MAILER_PATH . '/SMTP.php');  /* SMTP class, needed if you want to use SMTP. */
            }
            $phpmail = new PHPMailer(false);
            $phpmail->setFrom(MAILER_ADDRESS, MAILER_NAME);
            $phpmail->addReplyTo(MAILER_ADDRESS, MAILER_NAME);
            //$phpmail->Debugoutput = error_log;
            // Define SMTP parameters if enabled
            if (PHP_MAILER_SMTP) {
                $phpmail->isSMTP();
                $phpmail->Host = PHP_MAILER_HOST;
                $phpmail->Port = PHP_MAILER_PORT;
                $phpmail->SMTPSecure = PHP_MAILER_SECURE;
                //$phpmail->SMTPDebug = 2; // Enable for debugging
                // Handle authentication for SMTP if enabled
                if (!empty(PHP_MAILER_USER)) {
                    $phpmail->SMTPAuth = true;
                    $phpmail->Username = PHP_MAILER_USER;
                    $phpmail->Password = PHP_MAILER_PASS;
                }
            }
            $phpmail->addAddress($to);
            $phpmail->Subject = $subject;
            // Send HMTL mail
            if ($html) {
                $phpmail->msgHtml($message);
                $phpmail->AltBody = $this->convert_html_to_plain_txt($message, false);
            } else {
                $phpmail->Body = $message;  // Send plain text
            }
            $phpmail->isHtml($html);    // use htmlmail if enabled
            if (!$phpmail->send()) {
                // TODO Log error message $phpmail->ErrorInfo;
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        } else {
            // Use standard PHP mail() function
            $headers = "Content-Type: $content_type; \"charset=utf-8\" " . PHP_EOL;
            $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 " . PHP_EOL;
            $headers .= "From: " . MAILER_NAME . ' <' . MAILER_ADDRESS . '>' . PHP_EOL;
            $headers .= "Reply-To: " . MAILER_NAME . ' <' . MAILER_ADDRESS . '>' . PHP_EOL;
            mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
            // TODO log error message if mail fails
            return true;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Tries to verify the domain using dns request against an MX record of the domain part
     * of the passed email address. The code also handles IDN/Punycode formatted addresses which
     * contains utf8 characters.
     * Original code from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19261987/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-is-real-or-valid-using-php/19262381
     * @param String $email Email address to check
     * @return boolean True if MX record exits, false if otherwise
     */
    public function verify_domain($email)
    {
        // TODO - Handle idn/punycode domain names without being dependent on PHP native libs.
        $domain = explode('@', $email);
        $domain = EncodePunycodeIDN(array_pop($domain) . '.');  // Add dot at end of domain to avoid local domain lookups
        syslog(1, $domain);
        return checkdnsrr($domain, 'MX');
    }
    /**
     * Check if string contains non-english characters (detect IDN/Punycode enabled domains)
     * Original code from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13120475/detect-non-english-chars-in-a-string
     * @param String $str String to check for extended characters
     * @return boolean True if extended characters, false otherwise
     */
    public function is_utf8($str)
    {
        if (strlen($str) == strlen(utf8_decode($str))) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Takes the input from an HTML email and convert it to plain text
     * This is commonly used when sending HTML emails as a backup for email clients who can only view, or who choose to only view,
     * Original code from https://github.com/DukeOfMarshall/PHP---JSON-Email-Verification/blob/master/EmailVerify.class.php
     * plain text emails
     * @param string $content The body part of the email to convert to plain text.
     * @param boolean $remove_links Set to true if links should be removed from email
     * @return String pain text version
     */
    public function convert_html_to_plain_txt($content, $remove_links = false)
    {
        // TODO does not handle unsubscribe/manage subscription text very well.
        // Replace HTML line breaks with text line breaks
        $plain_text = str_ireplace(array("
", "
"), "\n\r", $content);
        // Remove the content between the tags that wouldn't normally get removed with the strip_tags function
        $plain_text = preg_replace(array(
            '@