--- a/hgext/patchbomb.py	Wed Jan 16 11:32:25 2008 -0600
+++ b/hgext/patchbomb.py	Thu Jan 17 13:51:59 2008 -0600
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@
     parent = None
 
     sender_addr = email.Utils.parseaddr(sender)[1]
+    sendmail = None
     for m in msgs:
         try:
             m['Message-Id'] = genmsgid(m['X-Mercurial-Node'])
@@ -426,10 +427,12 @@
             fp.write('\n\n')
             fp.close()
         else:
+            if not sendmail:
+                sendmail = mail.connect(ui)
             ui.status('Sending ', m['Subject'], ' ...\n')
             # Exim does not remove the Bcc field
             del m['Bcc']
-            mail.sendmail(ui, sender, to + bcc + cc, m.as_string(0))
+            sendmail(ui, sender, to + bcc + cc, m.as_string(0))
 
 cmdtable = {
     "email":