diff --git a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OMail.scala b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OMail.scala
index 388a8d23..6fd9ab32 100644
--- a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OMail.scala
+++ b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OMail.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import emil.{MailAddress, SSLType}
 import docspell.common._
 import docspell.store._
 import docspell.store.records.RUserEmail
+import OMail.{ItemMail, SmtpSettings}
 
 trait OMail[F[_]] {
 
@@ -15,15 +16,31 @@ trait OMail[F[_]] {
 
   def findSettings(accId: AccountId, name: Ident): OptionT[F, RUserEmail]
 
-  def createSettings(accId: AccountId, data: OMail.SmtpSettings): F[AddResult]
+  def createSettings(accId: AccountId, data: SmtpSettings): F[AddResult]
 
   def updateSettings(accId: AccountId, name: Ident, data: OMail.SmtpSettings): F[Int]
 
   def deleteSettings(accId: AccountId, name: Ident): F[Int]
+
+  def sendMail(accId: AccountId, name: Ident, m: ItemMail): F[SendResult]
 }
 
 object OMail {
 
+  case class ItemMail(
+      item: Ident,
+      subject: String,
+      recipients: List[MailAddress],
+      body: String,
+      attach: AttachSelection
+  )
+
+  sealed trait AttachSelection
+  object AttachSelection {
+    case object All                       extends AttachSelection
+    case class Selected(ids: List[Ident]) extends AttachSelection
+  }
+
   case class SmtpSettings(
       name: Ident,
       smtpHost: String,
@@ -79,5 +96,8 @@ object OMail {
 
       def deleteSettings(accId: AccountId, name: Ident): F[Int] =
         store.transact(RUserEmail.delete(accId, name))
+
+      def sendMail(accId: AccountId, name: Ident, m: ItemMail): F[SendResult] =
+        Effect[F].pure(SendResult.Failure(new Exception("not implemented")))
     })
 }
diff --git a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/SendResult.scala b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/SendResult.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3ac6450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/SendResult.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package docspell.backend.ops
+
+import docspell.common._
+
+sealed trait SendResult
+
+object SendResult {
+
+  case class Success(id: Ident) extends SendResult
+
+  case class Failure(ex: Throwable) extends SendResult
+}
diff --git a/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml b/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
index f78744a9..887c4ac4 100644
--- a/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
+++ b/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ components:
           type: string
         addAllAttachments:
           type: boolean
-        attachemntIds:
+        attachmentIds:
           type: array
           items:
             type: string
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala
index 435810db..f9eb1c1b 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ object RestServer {
       "attachment"     -> AttachmentRoutes(restApp.backend, token),
       "upload"         -> UploadRoutes.secured(restApp.backend, cfg, token),
       "checkfile"      -> CheckFileRoutes.secured(restApp.backend, token),
+      "email/send"     -> MailSendRoutes(restApp.backend, token),
       "email/settings" -> MailSettingsRoutes(restApp.backend, token)
     )
 
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/MailSendRoutes.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/MailSendRoutes.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c10c33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/MailSendRoutes.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package docspell.restserver.routes
+
+import cats.effect._
+import cats.implicits._
+import org.http4s._
+import org.http4s.dsl.Http4sDsl
+import org.http4s.circe.CirceEntityEncoder._
+import org.http4s.circe.CirceEntityDecoder._
+
+import docspell.backend.BackendApp
+import docspell.backend.auth.AuthToken
+import docspell.backend.ops.OMail.{AttachSelection, ItemMail}
+import docspell.backend.ops.SendResult
+import docspell.common._
+import docspell.restapi.model._
+import docspell.store.EmilUtil
+
+object MailSendRoutes {
+
+  def apply[F[_]: Effect](backend: BackendApp[F], user: AuthToken): HttpRoutes[F] = {
+    val dsl = new Http4sDsl[F] {}
+    import dsl._
+
+    HttpRoutes.of {
+      case req @ POST -> Root / Ident(name) / Ident(id) =>
+        for {
+          in <- req.as[SimpleMail]
+          mail = convertIn(id, in)
+          res <- mail.traverse(m => backend.mail.sendMail(user.account, name, m))
+          resp <- res.fold(
+            err => Ok(BasicResult(false, s"Invalid mail data: $err")),
+            res => Ok(convertOut(res))
+          )
+        } yield resp
+    }
+  }
+
+  def convertIn(item: Ident, s: SimpleMail): Either[String, ItemMail] =
+    for {
+      rec     <- s.recipients.traverse(EmilUtil.readMailAddress)
+      fileIds <- s.attachmentIds.traverse(Ident.fromString)
+      sel = if (s.addAllAttachments) AttachSelection.All else AttachSelection.Selected(fileIds)
+    } yield ItemMail(item, s.subject, rec, s.body, sel)
+
+  def convertOut(res: SendResult): BasicResult =
+    res match {
+      case SendResult.Success(_) =>
+        BasicResult(true, "Mail sent.")
+      case SendResult.Failure(ex) =>
+        BasicResult(false, s"Mail sending failed: ${ex.getMessage}")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.1.0__useremail.sql b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.1.0__useremail.sql
index fdd711e6..0080ba0d 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.1.0__useremail.sql
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.1.0__useremail.sql
@@ -14,3 +14,17 @@ CREATE TABLE "useremail" (
   unique ("uid", "name"),
   foreign key ("uid") references "user_"("uid")
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE "sentmail" (
+  "id" varchar(254) not null primary key,
+  "uid" varchar(254) not null,
+  "item_id" varchar(254) not null,
+  "message_id" varchar(254) not null,
+  "sender" varchar(254) not null,
+  "subject" varchar(254) not null,
+  "recipients" varchar(254) not null,
+  "body" text not null,
+  "created" timestamp not null,
+  foreign key("uid") references "user_"("uid"),
+  foreign key("item_id") references "item"("itemid")
+);
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/EmilUtil.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/EmilUtil.scala
index 25339c0f..749a041a 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/EmilUtil.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/EmilUtil.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package docspell.store
 
+import cats.implicits._
 import emil._
 import emil.javamail.syntax._
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ object EmilUtil {
   def unsafeReadMailAddress(str: String): MailAddress =
     readMailAddress(str).fold(sys.error, identity)
 
+  def readMultipleAddresses(str: String): Either[String, List[MailAddress]] =
+    str.split(',').toList.map(_.trim).traverse(readMailAddress)
+
   def mailAddressString(ma: MailAddress): String =
     ma.asUnicodeString
 }
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/impl/DoobieMeta.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/impl/DoobieMeta.scala
index 06fb93c5..84762e0b 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/impl/DoobieMeta.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/impl/DoobieMeta.scala
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ trait DoobieMeta {
 
   implicit val mailAddress: Meta[MailAddress] =
     Meta[String].imap(EmilUtil.unsafeReadMailAddress)(EmilUtil.mailAddressString)
+
+  implicit def mailAddressList: Meta[List[MailAddress]] =
+    ???
 }
 
 object DoobieMeta extends DoobieMeta {
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/records/RSentMail.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/records/RSentMail.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1caffc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/records/RSentMail.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package docspell.store.records
+
+import fs2.Stream
+import doobie._
+import doobie.implicits._
+import docspell.common._
+import docspell.store.impl.Column
+import docspell.store.impl.Implicits._
+import emil.MailAddress
+
+case class RSentMail(
+    id: Ident,
+    uid: Ident,
+    itemId: Ident,
+    messageId: String,
+    sender: MailAddress,
+    subject: String,
+    recipients: List[MailAddress],
+    body: String,
+    created: Timestamp
+) {}
+
+object RSentMail {
+
+  val table = fr"sentmail"
+
+  object Columns {
+    val id            = Column("id")
+    val uid           = Column("uid")
+    val itemId          = Column("item_id")
+    val messageId      = Column("message_id")
+    val sender      = Column("sender")
+    val subject      = Column("subject")
+    val recipients      = Column("recipients")
+    val body       = Column("body")
+    val created       = Column("created")
+
+    val all = List(
+      id,
+      uid,
+      itemId,
+      messageId,
+      sender,
+      subject,
+      recipients,
+      body,
+      created
+    )
+  }
+
+  import Columns._
+
+  def insert(v: RSentMail): ConnectionIO[Int] =
+    insertRow(
+      table,
+      all,
+      sql"${v.id},${v.uid},${v.itemId},${v.messageId},${v.sender},${v.subject},${v.recipients},${v.body},${v.created}"
+    ).update.run
+
+  def findByUser(userId: Ident): Stream[ConnectionIO, RSentMail] =
+    selectSimple(all, table, uid.is(userId)).query[RSentMail].stream
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Api.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Api.elm
index dde1217c..c45e4d6a 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Api.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Api.elm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module Api exposing
     , putUser
     , refreshSession
     , register
+    , sendMail
     , setCollectiveSettings
     , setConcEquip
     , setConcPerson
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ import Api.Model.Person exposing (Person)
 import Api.Model.PersonList exposing (PersonList)
 import Api.Model.ReferenceList exposing (ReferenceList)
 import Api.Model.Registration exposing (Registration)
+import Api.Model.SimpleMail exposing (SimpleMail)
 import Api.Model.Source exposing (Source)
 import Api.Model.SourceList exposing (SourceList)
 import Api.Model.Tag exposing (Tag)
@@ -105,6 +107,24 @@ import Util.Http as Http2
 
 
 
+--- Mail Send
+
+
+sendMail :
+    Flags
+    -> { conn : String, item : String, mail : SimpleMail }
+    -> (Result Http.Error BasicResult -> msg)
+    -> Cmd msg
+sendMail flags opts receive =
+    Http2.authPost
+        { url = flags.config.baseUrl ++ "/api/v1/sec/email/send/" ++ opts.conn ++ "/" ++ opts.item
+        , account = getAccount flags
+        , body = Http.jsonBody (Api.Model.SimpleMail.encode opts.mail)
+        , expect = Http.expectJson receive Api.Model.BasicResult.decoder
+        }
+
+
+
 --- Mail Settings
 
 
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail.elm
index 3773bee3..8e4d32c3 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemDetail.elm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import Html.Events exposing (onClick, onInput)
 import Http
 import Markdown
 import Page exposing (Page(..))
+import Util.Http
 import Util.Maybe
 import Util.Size
 import Util.String
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ type alias Model =
     , dueDatePicker : DatePicker
     , itemMail : Comp.ItemMail.Model
     , mailOpen : Bool
+    , mailSendResult : Maybe BasicResult
     }
 
 
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ emptyModel =
     , dueDatePicker = Comp.DatePicker.emptyModel
     , itemMail = Comp.ItemMail.emptyModel
     , mailOpen = False
+    , mailSendResult = Nothing
     }
 
 
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ type Msg
     | RemoveDate
     | ItemMailMsg Comp.ItemMail.Msg
     | ToggleMail
+    | SendMailResp (Result Http.Error BasicResult)
 
 
 
@@ -714,16 +718,49 @@ update key flags next msg model =
                     ( { model
                         | itemMail = Comp.ItemMail.clear im
                         , mailOpen = False
+                        , mailSendResult = Nothing
                       }
                     , Cmd.none
                     )
 
                 Comp.ItemMail.FormSend sm ->
-                    Debug.todo "implement send"
+                    let
+                        mail =
+                            { item = model.item.id
+                            , mail = sm.mail
+                            , conn = sm.conn
+                            }
+                    in
+                    ( model, Api.sendMail flags mail SendMailResp )
 
         ToggleMail ->
             ( { model | mailOpen = not model.mailOpen }, Cmd.none )
 
+        SendMailResp (Ok br) ->
+            let
+                mm =
+                    if br.success then
+                        Comp.ItemMail.clear model.itemMail
+
+                    else
+                        model.itemMail
+            in
+            ( { model
+                | itemMail = mm
+                , mailSendResult = Just br
+              }
+            , Cmd.none
+            )
+
+        SendMailResp (Err err) ->
+            let
+                errmsg =
+                    Util.Http.errorToString err
+            in
+            ( { model | mailSendResult = Just (BasicResult False errmsg) }
+            , Cmd.none
+            )
+
 
 
 -- view
@@ -793,7 +830,7 @@ view inav model =
                 , onClick ToggleMail
                 , href "#"
                 ]
-                [ i [ class "mail icon" ] []
+                [ i [ class "mail outline icon" ] []
                 ]
             ]
         , renderMailForm model
@@ -1258,4 +1295,23 @@ renderMailForm model =
             [ text "Send this item via E-Mail"
             ]
         , Html.map ItemMailMsg (Comp.ItemMail.view model.itemMail)
+        , div
+            [ classList
+                [ ( "ui message", True )
+                , ( "error"
+                  , Maybe.map .success model.mailSendResult
+                        |> Maybe.map not
+                        |> Maybe.withDefault False
+                  )
+                , ( "success"
+                  , Maybe.map .success model.mailSendResult
+                        |> Maybe.withDefault False
+                  )
+                , ( "invisible hidden", model.mailSendResult == Nothing )
+                ]
+            ]
+            [ Maybe.map .message model.mailSendResult
+                |> Maybe.withDefault ""
+                |> text
+            ]
         ]
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemMail.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemMail.elm
index 99e643ae..960d60ee 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemMail.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Comp/ItemMail.elm
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ type Msg
     | Send
 
 
+type alias MailInfo =
+    { conn : String
+    , mail : SimpleMail
+    }
+
+
 type FormAction
-    = FormSend SimpleMail
+    = FormSend MailInfo
     | FormCancel
     | FormNone
 
@@ -132,14 +138,19 @@ update msg model =
             ( model, FormCancel )
 
         Send ->
-            let
-                rec =
-                    String.split "," model.receiver
+            case ( model.formError, Comp.Dropdown.getSelected model.connectionModel ) of
+                ( Nothing, conn :: [] ) ->
+                    let
+                        rec =
+                            String.split "," model.receiver
 
-                sm =
-                    SimpleMail rec model.subject model.body model.attachAll []
-            in
-            ( model, FormSend sm )
+                        sm =
+                            SimpleMail rec model.subject model.body model.attachAll []
+                    in
+                    ( model, FormSend { conn = conn, mail = sm } )
+
+                _ ->
+                    ( model, FormNone )
 
 
 isValid : Model -> Bool