ENGCOM-2862: [Forwardport] Magento PayPal checkout fails if email sending fails / other payment does not #17723

 - Merge Pull Request #17723 from nmalevanec/magento2:2.3-develop-PR-port-13133
 - Merged commits:
   1. 57f9fef

Author: magento-engcom-team

app/code/Magento/Paypal/Model/Express/Checkout.php

@@ -812,8 +812,12 @@ public function place($token, $shippingMethodCode = null)
             case \Magento\Sales\Model\Order::STATE_PROCESSING:
             case \Magento\Sales\Model\Order::STATE_COMPLETE:
             case \Magento\Sales\Model\Order::STATE_PAYMENT_REVIEW:
-                if (!$order->getEmailSent()) {
-                    $this->orderSender->send($order);
+                try {
+                    if (!$order->getEmailSent()) {
+                        $this->orderSender->send($order);
+                    }
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    $this->_logger->critical($e);
                 }
                 $this->_checkoutSession->start();
                 break;