diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c3deba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "docker-smtp"]
+	path = docker-smtp
+	url = https://github.com/jakobsn/docker-smtp.git
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 890921f..ccff8be 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,21 @@ services:
       - "4${groupid}:443"
     depends_on:
       - db
+      - smtp
     networks:
       backend:
         ipv4_address: 10.${groupid}.0.6
 
+  smtp:
+    build:
+      context: ./docker-smtp
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      backend:
+        ipv4_address: 10.${groupid}.0.7  
+      
+
 networks:
   
   backend:
diff --git a/docker-smtp b/docker-smtp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..0961794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-smtp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0961794dc8722eb4c8bcbbdf48323ab9e8e4dff7
diff --git a/src/app/views/app.py b/src/app/views/app.py
index 5ccd8f8..874c15a 100644
--- a/src/app/views/app.py
+++ b/src/app/views/app.py
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ from views.project import Project
 from views.index import Index
 from views.apply import Apply
 
+# Connect to smtp server, enables web.sendmail()
+groupid = os.getenv("groupid").lstrip("0")
+web.config.smtp_server = '10.' + groupid + '.0.7:25'
+#web.sendmail("mailserver@beelance2.com", "some@user.com", "Hello", "Grz, the beelance app is running")
 
 # Define application routes
 urls = (
@@ -50,5 +54,3 @@ def session_hook():
 app.add_processor(web.loadhook(session_hook))
 
 app = app.wsgifunc()
-
-