diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
index 6ffc9e1235..ee430949df 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,25 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
+            <version>${javax.mail.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+            <version>${javax.activation.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <logback.contrib.version>0.1.5</logback.contrib.version>
         <docx4j.version>3.3.5</docx4j.version>
+        <javax.mail.version>1.4.7</javax.mail.version>
+        <javax.activation.version>1.1.1</javax.activation.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 37ae2adbb0..76ddc2e3ee 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,47 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
+    <appender name="emailAppender" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SMTPAppender">
+        <smtpHost>OUR-SMTP-HOST-ADDRESS</smtpHost>
+        <!-- one or more recipients are possible -->
+        <to>EMAIL-RECIPIENT-1</to>
+        <to>EMAIL-RECIPIENT-2</to>
+        <from>SENDER-EMAIL-ADDRESS</from>
+        <subject>BAELDUNG: %logger{20} - %msg</subject>
+        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="emailAppenderCustomBufferSize" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SMTPAppender">
+        <smtpHost>OUR-SMTP-HOST-ADDRESS</smtpHost>
+        <to>EMAIL-RECIPIENT</to>
+        <from>SENDER-EMAIL-ADDRESS</from>
+        <subject>BAELDUNG: %logger{20} - %msg</subject>
+        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.html.HTMLLayout"/>
+        <cyclicBufferTracker class="ch.qos.logback.core.spi.CyclicBufferTracker">
+            <!-- only 5 log entries on email -->
+            <bufferSize>5</bufferSize>
+        </cyclicBufferTracker>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="emailAppenderGmail" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SMTPAppender">
+        <smtpHost>smtp.gmail.com</smtpHost>
+        <smtpPort>587</smtpPort>
+        <STARTTLS>true</STARTTLS>
+        <asynchronousSending>false</asynchronousSending>
+        <username>SENDER-EMAIL@gmail.com</username>
+        <password>GMAIL-ACCT-PASSWORD</password>
+        <to>EMAIL-RECIPIENT</to>
+        <from>SENDER-EMAIL@gmail.com</from>
+        <subject>BAELDUNG: %logger{20} - %msg</subject>
+        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.html.HTMLLayout"/>
+    </appender>
+
     <root level="info">
         <appender-ref ref="map"/>
         <appender-ref ref="out"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="emailAppender"/>
     </root>
 
 </configuration>
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