diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 1f2c723..12279c2 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require('dotenv').config();
 // routes
 const users = require('./routes/users');
 
+const email = require('./routes/nodeMailer');
+
 const app = express();
 
 const catalogRouter = require('./routes/catalog');
@@ -15,15 +17,20 @@ const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
 app.use(
   cors({
     origin: `${process.env.REACT_APP_HOST}:${process.env.REACT_APP_PORT}`,
+    credentials: true,
   }),
 );
 
+// app.use(cors({ origin: 'http://localhost:3000', credentials: true }));
+
 // add all routes under here
 app.use(express.json()); // for req.body
 app.use('/users', users);
 
 app.use('/catalog', catalogRouter);
 
+app.use('/nodeMailer', email);
+
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
   console.log(`Server listening on ${PORT}`);
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5531bc8..c6ecde7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.1",
+    "nodemailer": "^6.9.7",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.14",
     "pg": "^8.8.0",
     "pg-promise": "^10.12.1",
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
-    "lint-staged": "^11.2.6",
-    "lint-staged": "^11.2.6",
-    "husky": "^7.0.4"
+    "husky": "^7.0.4",
+    "lint-staged": "^11.2.6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/routes/nodeMailer.js b/routes/nodeMailer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a95fca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/nodeMailer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+const express = require('express');
+// const cors = require('cors');
+const transporter = require('../transporter');
+// TODO: add verifyToken
+
+const emailRouter = express();
+// emailRouter.use(
+//   cors({
+//     origin: 'http://localhost:3000',
+//     methods: 'GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE',
+//     credentials: true,
+//   }),
+// );
+
+emailRouter.use(express.json());
+
+emailRouter.post('/send', (req, res) => {
+  const { email, messageHtml, subject } = req.body;
+  console.log('req.body', req.body);
+  console.log('email', email);
+  const mail = {
+    from: `${process.env.REACT_APP_EMAIL_FIRST_NAME} ${process.env.REACT_APP_EMAIL_LAST_NAME} ${process.env.REACT_APP_EMAIL_USERNAME}`,
+    to: email,
+    subject,
+    html: messageHtml,
+  };
+
+  transporter.sendMail(mail, (err) => {
+    if (err) {
+      res.status(500).send(`Transporter Error: ${err}`);
+    } else {
+      res.status(200).send('Transporter Backend Successfully Sent');
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+module.exports = emailRouter;
diff --git a/transporter.js b/transporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96090bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
+
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+// sender information
+const transport = {
+  host: 'smtp.gmail.com', // e.g. smtp.gmail.com
+  auth: {
+    user: process.env.REACT_APP_EMAIL_USERNAME,
+    pass: process.env.REACT_APP_EMAIL_PASSWORD,
+  },
+  from: process.env.REACT_APP_EMAIL_USERNAME,
+  secure: true,
+};
+
+const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(transport);
+
+module.exports = transporter;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 53bf992..f4f23de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ array.prototype.flat@^1.2.5:
     define-properties "^1.1.3"
     es-abstract "^1.19.0"
 
+assert-options@0.8.0:
+  version "0.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/assert-options/-/assert-options-0.8.0.tgz#cf71882534d23d3027945bc7462e20d3d3682380"
+  integrity sha512-qSELrEaEz4sGwTs4Qh+swQkjiHAysC4rot21+jzXU86dJzNG+FDqBzyS3ohSoTRf4ZLA3FSwxQdiuNl5NXUtvA==
+
 astral-regex@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/astral-regex/-/astral-regex-2.0.0.tgz#483143c567aeed4785759c0865786dc77d7d2e31"
@@ -258,6 +263,11 @@ braces@^3.0.1, braces@~3.0.2:
   dependencies:
     fill-range "^7.0.1"
 
+buffer-writer@2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-writer/-/buffer-writer-2.0.0.tgz#ce7eb81a38f7829db09c873f2fbb792c0c98ec04"
+  integrity sha512-a7ZpuTZU1TRtnwyCNW3I5dc0wWNC3VR9S++Ewyk2HHZdrO3CQJqSpd+95Us590V6AL7JqUAH2IwZ/398PmNFgw==
+
 bytes@3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-3.1.0.tgz#f6cf7933a360e0588fa9fde85651cdc7f805d1f6"
@@ -845,6 +855,15 @@ execa@^5.1.1:
     signal-exit "^3.0.3"
     strip-final-newline "^2.0.0"
 
+express-promise-router@^4.1.1:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-promise-router/-/express-promise-router-4.1.1.tgz#8fac102060b9bcc868f84d34fbb12fd8fa494291"
+  integrity sha512-Lkvcy/ZGrBhzkl3y7uYBHLMtLI4D6XQ2kiFg9dq7fbktBch5gjqJ0+KovX0cvCAvTJw92raWunRLM/OM+5l4fA==
+  dependencies:
+    is-promise "^4.0.0"
+    lodash.flattendeep "^4.0.0"
+    methods "^1.0.0"
+
 express@^4.17.1:
   version "4.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express/-/express-4.17.1.tgz#4491fc38605cf51f8629d39c2b5d026f98a4c134"
@@ -1354,6 +1373,11 @@ is-path-inside@^3.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-path-inside/-/is-path-inside-3.0.3.tgz#d231362e53a07ff2b0e0ea7fed049161ffd16283"
   integrity sha512-Fd4gABb+ycGAmKou8eMftCupSir5lRxqf4aD/vd0cD2qc4HL07OjCeuHMr8Ro4CoMaeCKDB0/ECBOVWjTwUvPQ==
 
+is-promise@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-promise/-/is-promise-4.0.0.tgz#42ff9f84206c1991d26debf520dd5c01042dd2f3"
+  integrity sha512-hvpoI6korhJMnej285dSg6nu1+e6uxs7zG3BYAm5byqDsgJNWwxzM6z6iZiAgQR4TJ30JmBTOwqZUw3WlyH3AQ==
+
 is-regex@^1.1.4:
   version "1.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-regex/-/is-regex-1.1.4.tgz#eef5663cd59fa4c0ae339505323df6854bb15958"
@@ -1528,6 +1552,11 @@ locate-path@^2.0.0:
     p-locate "^2.0.0"
     path-exists "^3.0.0"
 
+lodash.flattendeep@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.flattendeep/-/lodash.flattendeep-4.4.0.tgz#fb030917f86a3134e5bc9bec0d69e0013ddfedb2"
+  integrity sha512-uHaJFihxmJcEX3kT4I23ABqKKalJ/zDrDg0lsFtc1h+3uw49SIJ5beyhx5ExVRti3AvKoOJngIj7xz3oylPdWQ==
+
 lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   version "4.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"
@@ -1582,7 +1611,7 @@ merge-stream@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-stream/-/merge-stream-2.0.0.tgz#52823629a14dd00c9770fb6ad47dc6310f2c1f60"
   integrity sha512-abv/qOcuPfk3URPfDzmZU1LKmuw8kT+0nIHvKrKgFrwifol/doWcdA4ZqsWQ8ENrFKkd67Mfpo/LovbIUsbt3w==
 
-methods@~1.1.2:
+methods@^1.0.0, methods@~1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/methods/-/methods-1.1.2.tgz#5529a4d67654134edcc5266656835b0f851afcee"
   integrity sha1-VSmk1nZUE07cxSZmVoNbD4Ua/O4=
@@ -1664,6 +1693,11 @@ negotiator@0.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/negotiator/-/negotiator-0.6.2.tgz#feacf7ccf525a77ae9634436a64883ffeca346fb"
   integrity sha512-hZXc7K2e+PgeI1eDBe/10Ard4ekbfrrqG8Ep+8Jmf4JID2bNg7NvCPOZN+kfF574pFQI7mum2AUqDidoKqcTOw==
 
+nodemailer@^6.9.7:
+  version "6.9.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.9.7.tgz#ec2f488f62ba1558e7b19239b62778df4a5c4397"
+  integrity sha512-rUtR77ksqex/eZRLmQ21LKVH5nAAsVicAtAYudK7JgwenEDZ0UIQ1adUGqErz7sMkWYxWTTU1aeP2Jga6WQyJw==
+
 nodemon@^2.0.14:
   version "2.0.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemon/-/nodemon-2.0.14.tgz#287c7a2f6cd8a18b07e94cd776ecb6a82e4ba439"
@@ -1821,6 +1855,11 @@ package-json@^6.3.0:
     registry-url "^5.0.0"
     semver "^6.2.0"
 
+packet-reader@1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/packet-reader/-/packet-reader-1.0.0.tgz#9238e5480dedabacfe1fe3f2771063f164157d74"
+  integrity sha512-HAKu/fG3HpHFO0AA8WE8q2g+gBJaZ9MG7fcKk+IJPLTGAD6Psw4443l+9DGRbOIh3/aXr7Phy0TjilYivJo5XQ==
+
 parent-module@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parent-module/-/parent-module-1.0.1.tgz#691d2709e78c79fae3a156622452d00762caaaa2"
@@ -1873,6 +1912,92 @@ path-type@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-type/-/path-type-4.0.0.tgz#84ed01c0a7ba380afe09d90a8c180dcd9d03043b"
   integrity sha512-gDKb8aZMDeD/tZWs9P6+q0J9Mwkdl6xMV8TjnGP3qJVJ06bdMgkbBlLU8IdfOsIsFz2BW1rNVT3XuNEl8zPAvw==
 
+pg-cloudflare@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-cloudflare/-/pg-cloudflare-1.1.1.tgz#e6d5833015b170e23ae819e8c5d7eaedb472ca98"
+  integrity sha512-xWPagP/4B6BgFO+EKz3JONXv3YDgvkbVrGw2mTo3D6tVDQRh1e7cqVGvyR3BE+eQgAvx1XhW/iEASj4/jCWl3Q==
+
+pg-connection-string@^2.5.0, pg-connection-string@^2.6.2:
+  version "2.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.6.2.tgz#713d82053de4e2bd166fab70cd4f26ad36aab475"
+  integrity sha512-ch6OwaeaPYcova4kKZ15sbJ2hKb/VP48ZD2gE7i1J+L4MspCtBMAx8nMgz7bksc7IojCIIWuEhHibSMFH8m8oA==
+
+pg-int8@1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-int8/-/pg-int8-1.0.1.tgz#943bd463bf5b71b4170115f80f8efc9a0c0eb78c"
+  integrity sha512-WCtabS6t3c8SkpDBUlb1kjOs7l66xsGdKpIPZsg4wR+B3+u9UAum2odSsF9tnvxg80h4ZxLWMy4pRjOsFIqQpw==
+
+pg-minify@1.6.2:
+  version "1.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-minify/-/pg-minify-1.6.2.tgz#055acfe862cfca3ca0a529020846b0f308d68e70"
+  integrity sha512-1KdmFGGTP6jplJoI8MfvRlfvMiyBivMRP7/ffh4a11RUFJ7kC2J0ZHlipoKiH/1hz+DVgceon9U2qbaHpPeyPg==
+
+pg-pool@^3.5.2, pg-pool@^3.6.1:
+  version "3.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-pool/-/pg-pool-3.6.1.tgz#5a902eda79a8d7e3c928b77abf776b3cb7d351f7"
+  integrity sha512-jizsIzhkIitxCGfPRzJn1ZdcosIt3pz9Sh3V01fm1vZnbnCMgmGl5wvGGdNN2EL9Rmb0EcFoCkixH4Pu+sP9Og==
+
+pg-promise@^10.12.1:
+  version "10.15.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-promise/-/pg-promise-10.15.4.tgz#b8b5055489f375a43e5d3edbff1d41ddb3817b2f"
+  integrity sha512-BKlHCMCdNUmF6gagVbehRWSEiVcZzPVltEx14OJExR9Iz9/1R6KETDWLLGv2l6yRqYFnEZZy1VDjRhArzeIGrw==
+  dependencies:
+    assert-options "0.8.0"
+    pg "8.8.0"
+    pg-minify "1.6.2"
+    spex "3.2.0"
+
+pg-protocol@^1.5.0, pg-protocol@^1.6.0:
+  version "1.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-protocol/-/pg-protocol-1.6.0.tgz#4c91613c0315349363af2084608db843502f8833"
+  integrity sha512-M+PDm637OY5WM307051+bsDia5Xej6d9IR4GwJse1qA1DIhiKlksvrneZOYQq42OM+spubpcNYEo2FcKQrDk+Q==
+
+pg-types@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-types/-/pg-types-2.2.0.tgz#2d0250d636454f7cfa3b6ae0382fdfa8063254a3"
+  integrity sha512-qTAAlrEsl8s4OiEQY69wDvcMIdQN6wdz5ojQiOy6YRMuynxenON0O5oCpJI6lshc6scgAY8qvJ2On/p+CXY0GA==
+  dependencies:
+    pg-int8 "1.0.1"
+    postgres-array "~2.0.0"
+    postgres-bytea "~1.0.0"
+    postgres-date "~1.0.4"
+    postgres-interval "^1.1.0"
+
+pg@8.8.0:
+  version "8.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg/-/pg-8.8.0.tgz#a77f41f9d9ede7009abfca54667c775a240da686"
+  integrity sha512-UXYN0ziKj+AeNNP7VDMwrehpACThH7LUl/p8TDFpEUuSejCUIwGSfxpHsPvtM6/WXFy6SU4E5RG4IJV/TZAGjw==
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-writer "2.0.0"
+    packet-reader "1.0.0"
+    pg-connection-string "^2.5.0"
+    pg-pool "^3.5.2"
+    pg-protocol "^1.5.0"
+    pg-types "^2.1.0"
+    pgpass "1.x"
+
+pg@^8.8.0:
+  version "8.11.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg/-/pg-8.11.3.tgz#d7db6e3fe268fcedd65b8e4599cda0b8b4bf76cb"
+  integrity sha512-+9iuvG8QfaaUrrph+kpF24cXkH1YOOUeArRNYIxq1viYHZagBxrTno7cecY1Fa44tJeZvaoG+Djpkc3JwehN5g==
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-writer "2.0.0"
+    packet-reader "1.0.0"
+    pg-connection-string "^2.6.2"
+    pg-pool "^3.6.1"
+    pg-protocol "^1.6.0"
+    pg-types "^2.1.0"
+    pgpass "1.x"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    pg-cloudflare "^1.1.1"
+
+pgpass@1.x:
+  version "1.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pgpass/-/pgpass-1.0.5.tgz#9b873e4a564bb10fa7a7dbd55312728d422a223d"
+  integrity sha512-FdW9r/jQZhSeohs1Z3sI1yxFQNFvMcnmfuj4WBMUTxOrAyLMaTcE1aAMBiTlbMNaXvBCQuVi0R7hd8udDSP7ug==
+  dependencies:
+    split2 "^4.1.0"
+
 picomatch@^2.0.4, picomatch@^2.2.1, picomatch@^2.2.3:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.0.tgz#f1f061de8f6a4bf022892e2d128234fb98302972"
@@ -1892,6 +2017,28 @@ please-upgrade-node@^3.2.0:
   dependencies:
     semver-compare "^1.0.0"
 
+postgres-array@~2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-array/-/postgres-array-2.0.0.tgz#48f8fce054fbc69671999329b8834b772652d82e"
+  integrity sha512-VpZrUqU5A69eQyW2c5CA1jtLecCsN2U/bD6VilrFDWq5+5UIEVO7nazS3TEcHf1zuPYO/sqGvUvW62g86RXZuA==
+
+postgres-bytea@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-bytea/-/postgres-bytea-1.0.0.tgz#027b533c0aa890e26d172d47cf9ccecc521acd35"
+  integrity sha512-xy3pmLuQqRBZBXDULy7KbaitYqLcmxigw14Q5sj8QBVLqEwXfeybIKVWiqAXTlcvdvb0+xkOtDbfQMOf4lST1w==
+
+postgres-date@~1.0.4:
+  version "1.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-date/-/postgres-date-1.0.7.tgz#51bc086006005e5061c591cee727f2531bf641a8"
+  integrity sha512-suDmjLVQg78nMK2UZ454hAG+OAW+HQPZ6n++TNDUX+L0+uUlLywnoxJKDou51Zm+zTCjrCl0Nq6J9C5hP9vK/Q==
+
+postgres-interval@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-interval/-/postgres-interval-1.2.0.tgz#b460c82cb1587507788819a06aa0fffdb3544695"
+  integrity sha512-9ZhXKM/rw350N1ovuWHbGxnGh/SNJ4cnxHiM0rxE4VN41wsg8P8zWn9hv/buK00RP4WvlOyr/RBDiptyxVbkZQ==
+  dependencies:
+    xtend "^4.0.0"
+
 prelude-ls@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prelude-ls/-/prelude-ls-1.2.1.tgz#debc6489d7a6e6b0e7611888cec880337d316396"
@@ -2167,6 +2314,16 @@ slice-ansi@^4.0.0:
     astral-regex "^2.0.0"
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
 
+spex@3.2.0:
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/spex/-/spex-3.2.0.tgz#fa4a21922407e112624977b445a6d634578a1127"
+  integrity sha512-9srjJM7NaymrpwMHvSmpDeIK5GoRMX/Tq0E8aOlDPS54dDnDUIp30DrP9SphMPEETDLzEM9+4qo+KipmbtPecg==
+
+split2@^4.1.0:
+  version "4.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/split2/-/split2-4.2.0.tgz#c9c5920904d148bab0b9f67145f245a86aadbfa4"
+  integrity sha512-UcjcJOWknrNkF6PLX83qcHM6KHgVKNkV62Y8a5uYDVv9ydGQVwAHMKqHdJje1VTWpljG0WYpCDhrCdAOYH4TWg==
+
 sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz#04e6926f662895354f3dd015203633b857297e2c"
@@ -2489,6 +2646,11 @@ xdg-basedir@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xdg-basedir/-/xdg-basedir-4.0.0.tgz#4bc8d9984403696225ef83a1573cbbcb4e79db13"
   integrity sha512-PSNhEJDejZYV7h50BohL09Er9VaIefr2LMAf3OEmpCkjOi34eYyQYAXUTjEQtZJTKcF0E2UKTh+osDLsgNim9Q==
 
+xtend@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz#bb72779f5fa465186b1f438f674fa347fdb5db54"
+  integrity sha512-LKYU1iAXJXUgAXn9URjiu+MWhyUXHsvfp7mcuYm9dSUKK0/CjtrUwFAxD82/mCWbtLsGjFIad0wIsod4zrTAEQ==
+
 yallist@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz#9bb92790d9c0effec63be73519e11a35019a3a72"
@@ -2497,4 +2659,4 @@ yallist@^4.0.0:
 yaml@^1.10.0:
   version "1.10.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yaml/-/yaml-1.10.2.tgz#2301c5ffbf12b467de8da2333a459e29e7920e4b"
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