diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e15ce7b..569769b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc</artifactId>
@@ -34,6 +38,10 @@
 			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ad/markalive/service/email/EmailSenderService.java b/src/main/java/com/ad/markalive/service/email/EmailSenderService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56942b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ad/markalive/service/email/EmailSenderService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.ad.markalive.service.email;
+
+import org.springframework.mail.MailException;
+import org.springframework.mail.MailSender;
+import org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class EmailSenderService {
+    private MailSender mailSender;
+    private SimpleMailMessage templateMessage;
+
+    public EmailSenderService(MailSender mailSender) {
+        this.mailSender = mailSender;
+    }
+
+    public void sendEmail(String toAddress, String fromAddress, String subject, String body) {
+        SimpleMailMessage templateMessage = new SimpleMailMessage();
+        templateMessage.setTo(toAddress);
+        templateMessage.setFrom(fromAddress);
+        templateMessage.setSubject(subject);
+        templateMessage.setText(body);
+        try{
+            this.mailSender.send(templateMessage);
+        } catch (MailException ex) {
+            // simply log it and go on...
+            System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public SimpleMailMessage getTemplateMessage() {
+        return templateMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setTemplateMessage(SimpleMailMessage templateMessage) {
+        this.templateMessage = templateMessage;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 514d78b..d5ef20b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -8,3 +8,11 @@ spring.datasource.platform=h2
 spring.sql.init.mode=always
 #spring.jpa.defer-datasource-initialization=true
 
+#mail properties
+spring.mail.host=smtp.gmail.com
+spring.mail.port=587
+spring.mail.username=
+spring.mail.password=
+spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=true
+spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true
+