diff --git a/server/util/Mailer.cs b/server/util/Mailer.cs
index cdd113a..251e60c 100644
--- a/server/util/Mailer.cs
+++ b/server/util/Mailer.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Sockeye.Util
         public async Task SendEmailAsync(string email, string subject, string body, Sockeye.Models.GlobalOpsNotificationSettings smtpSettings, string attachPDFPath = null, string forceFileName = null, string htmlBody = null)
         {
 #if (DEBUG)
+            //SAFETY BREAK FOR TESTING IN HOUSE
             switch (email)
             {
                 case "support@ayanova.com":
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Sockeye.Util
                 case "techworks@shaw.ca":
                     break;
                 default:
-                    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"DANGER: about to email someone {email} outside our test network");
+                    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"DANGER: in DEBUG mode but about to email someone {email} outside our test network");
                     //DANGER: about to email someone outside our test network
                     System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
                     break;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Sockeye.Util
             {
                 var message = new MimeMessage();
                 message.From.Add(new MailboxAddress(smtpSettings.NotifyFromAddress, smtpSettings.NotifyFromAddress));
-                message.To.Add(MailboxAddress.Parse(email));               
+                message.To.Add(MailboxAddress.Parse(email));
                 message.Subject = subject;
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(attachPDFPath))
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ namespace Sockeye.Util
 
 
                     await client.AuthenticateAsync(smtpSettings.SmtpAccount, smtpSettings.SmtpPassword);
+                    //NOTE: this is the one and only place in all of sockeye/ayanova that will send an email
+                    //everything else is upstream caller
                     await client.SendAsync(message);
                     await client.DisconnectAsync(true);
                     DisposeStreamsInMimeMessage(message);