diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index a6a2657..910514b 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "knex": "^3.3.0",
     "node-cron": "^4.6.0",
     "node-html-parser": "^9.0.1",
+    "nodemailer": "^9.0.5",
     "pino": "^10.3.1",
     "pino-roll": "^4.0.0",
     "yaml": "^2.9.0"
diff --git a/packages/server/script-sandbox.js b/packages/server/script-sandbox.js
index ee5f662..6699cae 100644
--- a/packages/server/script-sandbox.js
+++ b/packages/server/script-sandbox.js
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import { getSecretPlaintext } from "./secrets-store.js";
 
 const hostRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
-const ALLOWED_MODULES = new Set(["axios", "jsonata", "node-html-parser", "rss-parser"]);
+const ALLOWED_MODULES = new Set([
+  "axios",
+  "jsonata",
+  "node-html-parser",
+  "nodemailer",
+  "rss-parser",
+]);
 
 const BUILTIN_NAMES = [
   "Infinity",
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/send-email.js b/packages/server/scripts/send-email.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e20a4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/send-email.js
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import nodemailer from "nodemailer";
+
+/**
+ * @param {import("nodemailer").TransportOptions} transportOptions
+ */
+function createTransport(transportOptions) {
+  return nodemailer.createTransport(transportOptions);
+}
+
+async function sendEmail(ctx) {
+  const config = ctx.config ?? {};
+  const host = config.host;
+  if (typeof host !== "string" || host.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("config.host is required");
+  }
+
+  const user = config.user;
+  if (typeof user !== "string" || user.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("config.user is required");
+  }
+
+  const passwordSecret = config.passwordSecret;
+  if (typeof passwordSecret !== "string" || passwordSecret.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("config.passwordSecret is required");
+  }
+
+  const to = ctx.data?.to;
+  if (typeof to !== "string" || to.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("data.to is required");
+  }
+
+  const subject = ctx.data?.subject;
+  if (typeof subject !== "string" || subject.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("data.subject is required");
+  }
+
+  const text = ctx.data?.text ?? ctx.data?.body ?? ctx.data?.message;
+  if (typeof text !== "string" || text.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("data.text is required (plain-text body)");
+  }
+
+  const password = $secrets.reveal(await $secrets.get(passwordSecret));
+  const from =
+    typeof config.from === "string" && config.from.length > 0 ? config.from : user;
+  const port = Number(config.port ?? 587);
+  const secure = config.secure === true;
+
+  log.info(
+    { host, port, secure, from, to, subjectLength: subject.length, textLength: text.length },
+    "send-email: sending plain-text message",
+  );
+
+  const transporter = createTransport({
+    host,
+    port,
+    secure,
+    auth: { user, pass: password },
+  });
+
+  const info = await transporter.sendMail({
+    from,
+    to,
+    subject,
+    text,
+  });
+
+  log.info({ messageId: info.messageId }, "send-email: message sent");
+
+  return {
+    sent: true,
+    messageId: info.messageId ?? null,
+    to,
+    subject,
+  };
+}
+
+sendEmail.meta = {
+  description: "Send a plain-text email via SMTP (nodemailer)",
+  config: {
+    host: {
+      type: "string",
+      required: true,
+      description: "SMTP server hostname (e.g. smtp.gmail.com)",
+    },
+    port: {
+      type: "number",
+      default: 587,
+      description: "SMTP port (587 for STARTTLS, 465 for SSL)",
+    },
+    secure: {
+      type: "boolean",
+      default: false,
+      description: "Use TLS on connect (true for port 465)",
+    },
+    user: {
+      type: "string",
+      required: true,
+      description: "SMTP auth username (usually the sender email)",
+    },
+    from: {
+      type: "string",
+      required: false,
+      description: "From address (defaults to user)",
+    },
+    passwordSecret: {
+      type: "string",
+      required: true,
+      description: "Named secret holding the SMTP password or app password",
+    },
+  },
+  input: {
+    to: { type: "string", required: true, description: "Recipient email address" },
+    subject: { type: "string", required: true, description: "Email subject" },
+    text: {
+      type: "string",
+      required: true,
+      description: "Plain-text body (aliases: body, message)",
+    },
+  },
+  output: {
+    sent: { type: "boolean", description: "Whether the message was sent" },
+    messageId: { type: "string", description: "SMTP message id when available" },
+    to: { type: "string" },
+    subject: { type: "string" },
+  },
+  example: {
+    data: {
+      to: "recipient@example.com",
+      subject: "Hello from scrunner",
+      text: "This is a plain-text test message.",
+    },
+    config: {
+      host: "smtp.gmail.com",
+      port: 587,
+      secure: false,
+      user: "you@gmail.com",
+      passwordSecret: "gmail_app_password",
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export default sendEmail;
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 18680c5..3fa30d0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ importers:
       node-html-parser:
         specifier: ^9.0.1
         version: 9.0.1
+      nodemailer:
+        specifier: ^9.0.5
+        version: 9.0.5
       pino:
         specifier: ^10.3.1
         version: 10.3.1
@@ -1607,6 +1610,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-D9UOmYG3UH1V+ENW56t5QXBwJw1YEY18ruVeus89Rw+SyIgjPkCO84bRzO3uNIYosJbNwiabWVn48o3uJLjxFQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
 
+  nodemailer@9.0.5:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-wvjiKvjczmsN7U/8006JOdXubgBk2XFAbioDMbT+sM7cPs0QrhJTa6KBRX7P5REGGkDcLUz/EarWidb8G8C1jQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=6.0.0'}
+
   nth-check@2.1.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-lqjrjmaOoAnWfMmBPL+XNnynZh2+swxiX3WUE0s4yEHI6m+AwrK2UZOimIRl3X/4QctVqS8AiZjFqyOGrMXb/w==}
 
@@ -3400,6 +3407,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   node-releases@2.0.53: {}
 
+  nodemailer@9.0.5: {}
+
   nth-check@2.1.1:
     dependencies:
       boolbase: 1.0.0