diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7f17ea30..e221ae56 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -673,6 +673,12 @@ version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -750,6 +756,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "dotenv",
  "futures-util",
+ "lettre",
  "pico-args",
  "rand",
  "serde",
@@ -836,6 +843,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chumsky"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eebd66744a15ded14960ab4ccdbfb51ad3b81f51f3f04a80adac98c985396c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "stacker",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -879,6 +896,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e195e091a93c46f7102ec7818a2aa394e1e1771c3ab4825963fa03e45afb8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -1024,6 +1051,22 @@ version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "11157ac094ffbdde99aa67b23417ebdd801842852b500e395a45a9c0aac03e4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "email-encoding"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60d1d33cdaede7e24091f039632eb5d3c7469fe5b066a985281a34fc70fa317f"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "email_address"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2153bd83ebc09db15bcbdc3e2194d901804952e3dc96967e1cd3b0c5c32d112"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.33"
@@ -1145,6 +1188,21 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1256,9 +1314,11 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d6401deb83407ab3da39eba7e33987a73c3df0c82b4bb5813ee871c19c41d48"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
  "futures-macro",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
  "slab",
@@ -1396,6 +1456,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hostname"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9c7c7c8ac16c798734b8a24560c1362120597c40d5e1459f09498f8f6c8f2ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "windows",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -1564,6 +1635,37 @@ version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4345964bb142484797b161f473a503a434de77149dd8c7427788c6e13379388"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lettre"
+version = "0.11.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a62049a808f1c4e2356a2a380bd5f2aca3b011b0b482cf3b914ba1731426969"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "chumsky",
+ "email-encoding",
+ "email_address",
+ "fastrand 2.0.2",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hostname",
+ "httpdate",
+ "idna",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "nom",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "quoted_printable",
+ "socket2 0.5.6",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
@@ -1693,6 +1795,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1739,6 +1859,50 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95a0481286a310808298130d22dd1fef0fa571e05a8f44ec801801e84b216b1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.102"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c597637d56fbc83893a35eb0dd04b2b8e7a50c91e64e9493e398b5df4fb45fa2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1915,6 +2079,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "psm"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5787f7cda34e3033a72192c018bc5883100330f362ef279a8cbccfce8bb4e874"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.35"
@@ -1924,6 +2097,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quoted_printable"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79ec282e887b434b68c18fe5c121d38e72a5cf35119b59e54ec5b992ea9c8eb0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2111,6 +2290,15 @@ version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e86697c916019a8588c99b5fac3cead74ec0b4b819707a682fd4d23fa0ce1ba1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbc91545643bcf3a0bbb6569265615222618bdf33ce4ffbbd13c4bbd4c093534"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2127,6 +2315,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted 0.9.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c627723fd09706bacdb5cf41499e95098555af3c3c29d014dc3c458ef6be11c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "317936bbbd05227752583946b9e66d7ce3b489f84e11a94a510b4437fef407d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.22"
@@ -2357,6 +2568,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-rustls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stacker"
+version = "0.1.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c886bd4480155fd3ef527d45e9ac8dd7118a898a46530b7b94c3e21866259fce"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "psm",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stringprep"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -2396,6 +2620,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85b77fafb263dd9d05cbeac119526425676db3784113aa9295c88498cbf8bff1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand 2.0.2",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.58"
@@ -2606,6 +2842,12 @@ version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74797339c3b98616c009c7c3eb53a0ce41e85c8ec66bd3db96ed132d20cfdee8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -2758,6 +3000,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 864189ed..e70d56a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ serde_json = "1.0.114"
 pico-args = "0.5.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["getrandom"] }
 async-trait = "0.1.79"
+lettre = "0.11.7"
diff --git a/src/endpoints/user/post_reset.rs b/src/endpoints/user/post_reset.rs
index f0050984..eca6d8ea 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/user/post_reset.rs
+++ b/src/endpoints/user/post_reset.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse, Responder};
+use lettre::{message::header::ContentType, transport::smtp::{authentication::Credentials, client::TlsParameters}, Message, SmtpTransport, Transport};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use sqlx::PgPool;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,33 @@ async fn post(form: web::Form<ResetPasswordForm>, pool: web::Data<PgPool>) -> im
                 .unwrap();
 
             // send email to user
+            let message = Message::builder()
+                .from("noreply <noreply@brasiwa-leipzig.de>".parse().unwrap())
+                .reply_to("noreply <noreply@brasiwa-leipzig.de>".parse().unwrap())
+                .to(format!("{} <{}>", user.name, user.email).parse().unwrap())
+                .subject("Brass: Zurücksetzen des Passworts angefordert")
+                .header(ContentType::TEXT_PLAIN)
+                .body(format!(r##"
+                    Hallo {},
+
+                    hier der Link zur Passwortzurücksetzung: https://brasiwa-leipzig.de/reset-password?token={}
+                    Debug: http://localhost:8080/reset-password?token={}
+
+                    Nur 24 Stunden gültig!
+                    Wenn du das nicht angefordert hast, dann hast du nichts weiter zu tun. Vielleicht solltest du deine Email bei haveibeenpawn checken!
+
+                    Bitte nicht auf die E-Mail antworten.
+
+                    Viele Grüße
+                    "##, user.name, reset.token, reset.token))
+                .unwrap();
+
+            let mailer = SmtpTransport::from_url("smtp://localhost:1025")
+                .unwrap()
+                .build();
+
+            mailer.send(&message).unwrap();
+
             println!("{reset:?}");
         }