diff --git a/djangoldp_notification/models.py b/djangoldp_notification/models.py
index 24e331bc611e781604b72f022c03853780c8a739..8cd41188a7509fe2190e05a22444440e9cde1567 100644
--- a/djangoldp_notification/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp_notification/models.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from djangoldp.fields import LDPUrlField
 from djangoldp.models import Model
 from djangoldp.permissions import InboxPermissions
 
+from django.template import loader
+
 
 class Notification(Model):
     user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, related_name='inbox', on_delete=models.deletion.CASCADE)
@@ -72,5 +74,22 @@ def send_request(target, object_iri):
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=Notification)
 def send_email_on_notification(sender, instance, **kwargs):
-    send_mail('Notification on staging.happy-dev.fr', instance.summary, 'from@example.com', [instance.user.email],
-              fail_silently=True)
+    if instance.summary and settings.JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST and instance.user.email:
+        html_message = loader.render_to_string(
+            'email.html',
+            {
+                'on': settings.JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST,
+                'instance': instance,
+                'author': requests.get(instance.author).json()['name'] or 'Unknown user'
+            }
+        )
+        send_mail(
+            'Notification on ' + settings.JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST,
+            instance.summary,
+            settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER or "noreply@" + settings.JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST,
+            [instance.user.email],
+            fail_silently=False,
+            html_message=html_message
+        )
+    else:
+        raise Exception('Misconfiguration, missing JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST or incomplete instance')
diff --git a/djangoldp_notification/templates/email.html b/djangoldp_notification/templates/email.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2907e39c7ce4f863ec68b8850fed68273ff854e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangoldp_notification/templates/email.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div>
+            <p style='font-style:italic;color:#777'>A new {{ instance.type }} from <b>{{ author }}</b> on {{ on }}</p>
+            <p>{{ instance.summary }}</p>
+        </div>
+        <div style='margin-top:10px;'>
+            <p style='font-size:small;color:#777'>
+                --
+                <br>
+                Do not reply to this email directly, go to <a href='http://{{ on }}' target='_blank'>http://{{ on }}</a> instead.
+                <br>
+                <a href='#'>Unsubscribe</a>
+            </p>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>
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