diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index 451f9d86..8cd3dab9 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ namespace AyaNova
             _newLog.LogDebug("ServerState service");
             services.AddSingleton(new AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState());
 
+            
+            _newLog.LogDebug("Mail service");
+            services.AddSingleton<IMailer,Mailer>();
+
             //Init controllers
             _newLog.LogDebug("Controllers");
             var MvcBuilder = services.AddControllers(config =>
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
index 6878f09d..63bf9c44 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using AyaNova.Models;
+using AyaNova.Util;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Biz
 {
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
     {
         private static bool NotifyIsRunning = false;
         private static ILogger log = AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.CreateLogger("CoreJobNotify");
+
+
+
         private static DateTime lastRun = DateTime.MinValue;
         // private static TimeSpan DELETE_AFTER_AGE = new TimeSpan(90, 0, 0, 0);
         // private static TimeSpan RUN_EVERY_INTERVAL = new TimeSpan(0, 2, 0);//once every 2 minutes minimum
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         private static async Task DeliverSMTP(NotifyEvent ne, AyContext ct)
         {
             log.LogTrace($"DeliverSMTP deliving notify event: {ne}");
-            throw new System.NotImplementedException("DeliverSMTP: NOT IMPLEMENTED YET");
+
             //todo: //Open question: what to do with failed deliveries?
             //we dont' want them piling up but we don't want to just dump them do we?
             //it should be only mail ones that fail, not app ones, there's no way for an app delivery to fail as it's just put in a table
@@ -173,7 +177,17 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //todo: abstract out email sending to it's own class maybe or whatever method I choose supports the best
             //https://jasonwatmore.com/post/2020/07/15/aspnet-core-3-send-emails-via-smtp-with-mailkit
             //https://medium.com/@ffimnsr/sending-email-using-mailkit-in-asp-net-core-web-api-71b946380442
-            return "ok";
+
+            IMailer m = AyaNova.Util.ServiceProviderProvider.Mailer;
+            try
+            {
+                await m.SendEmailAsync(toAddress, "Test from Notification system", "This is a test to confirm notification system is working", ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Notify);
+                return "ok";
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                return ExceptionUtil.ExtractAllExceptionMessages(ex);
+            }
 
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
index 00566f0e..4466bd8f 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         internal static bool BOOTING { get; set; }
 
         internal static GlobalOpsBackupSettings Backup { get; set; }
-        internal static GlobalOpsNotificationSettings Notify {get;set;}
+        internal static GlobalOpsNotificationSettings Notify { get; set; }
         internal static DateTime NextBackup { get; set; }
         /// <summary>
         /// Populate and / or create the settings
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             SetNextBackup();
 
 
-            Notify=ct.GlobalOpsNotificationSettings.FirstOrDefault(z=>z.Id==1);
-            if(Notify==null)
+            Notify = ct.GlobalOpsNotificationSettings.FirstOrDefault(z => z.Id == 1);
+            if (Notify == null)
             {
-                Notify=new GlobalOpsNotificationSettings();
+                Notify = new GlobalOpsNotificationSettings();
+                ct.GlobalOpsNotificationSettings.Add(Notify);
+                ct.SaveChanges();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/ServiceProviderProvider.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/ServiceProviderProvider.cs
index 9bf4d4a3..7f4e9e8c 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/ServiceProviderProvider.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/ServiceProviderProvider.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             }
         }
 
+        internal static AyaNova.Util.IMailer Mailer
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return Scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<AyaNova.Util.IMailer>();
+            }
+        }
+
         // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/http-requests?view=aspnetcore-3.1
         internal static System.Net.Http.IHttpClientFactory HttpClientFactory
         {