diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index f494a0605f44e3494972a70ecc156c2af7cf4205..5ef30290575bf47777f03221e4ba6d65154550ec 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 go 1.20
 
-use ./src/highlanderticketing
+use (
+	./src/emailnotification
+	./src/highlanderticketing
+)
diff --git a/src/emailnotification/.env b/src/emailnotification/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ac09cd1532807c6a4fea1d36cc55b6ea1db0a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emailnotification/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# .env file
+
+EMAIL_PW=highlanderAPI
+EMAIL_ADRESS=highlanderAPI@web.de
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/emailnotification/go.mod b/src/emailnotification/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..515173dd030a2ed1d333d13e3687c0df509329cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emailnotification/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module gitlab.reutlingen-university.de/ege/highlander-ticketing-go-ss2023/src/emailnotification
+
+go 1.20
+
+require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
diff --git a/src/emailnotification/go.sum b/src/emailnotification/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d61b19e1aeb0e65b9b6051cc51a9a246feaeb292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emailnotification/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
diff --git a/src/emailnotification/main.go b/src/emailnotification/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e479753e2f3888a871cbfa6d3b8628bdd32612fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emailnotification/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "gitlab.reutlingen-university.de/ege/highlander-ticketing-go-ss2023/src/emailnotification/service"
+
+func main() {
+	service.SendEmail()
+}
diff --git a/src/emailnotification/service/send_email.go b/src/emailnotification/service/send_email.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a11f220b6f36f06127945752855fc571a73cb040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emailnotification/service/send_email.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/mail"
+	"net/smtp"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+)
+
+func SendEmail( /*toList []string, subject string, body string*/ ) {
+	err := godotenv.Load(".env")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error loading .env file")
+	}
+
+	from := mail.Address{
+		Name:    "Highlander Ticketing",
+		Address: os.Getenv("EMAIL_ADRESS"),
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(from)
+
+	toList := []string{"yannick.ege@web.de"}
+
+	header := make(map[string]string)
+	header["From"] = from.String()
+	header["To"] = strings.Join(toList, ", ")
+	header["Subject"] = "subject"
+
+	body := "test"
+
+	message := ""
+	for key, value := range header {
+		message += fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s\r\n", key, value)
+	}
+	message += "\r\n" + body
+
+	// über os variablen holen
+	smtpServer := "smtp.web.de"
+	smtpPort := "587"
+	password := os.Getenv("EMAIL_PW")
+
+	auth := smtp.PlainAuth("", from.Address, password, smtpServer)
+
+	err1 := smtp.SendMail(smtpServer+":"+smtpPort, auth, from.Address, toList, []byte(message))
+	if err1 != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err1)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("E-Mail erfolgreich gesendet.")
+}