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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _send(self, message):

 """Send an email.
 
 Helper method that does the actual sending.
 """

        if not message.recipients():
            return False
        try:
            self.connection.sendmail(
                message.sender,
                message.recipients(),
                message.message().as_string(),
            )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(
                "Error sending a message to server %s:%s: %s",
                self.host,
                self.port,
                e,
            )
            if not self.fail_silently:
                raise
            return False
        return True