Ref T13164. See PHI785. See D19546. I think I didn't test the updated error messaging here entirely properly, since I have some tasks in queue which error out here ("Missing argument 1 to newMailers(...)").

This is an error condition already, but we want to get through this call so we can raise a tailored message.

Tasks which errored out here now succeed. This condition is only reachable if you misconfigure things in the first place.