diff --git a/server/Gemfile b/server/Gemfile
index 10d6088a..5c69e2c1 100644
--- a/server/Gemfile
+++ b/server/Gemfile
@@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ end
 # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2"  # For image variants if you decide to use Active Storage
 
 # NOTE: Removed unused or commented-out gems for better readability.
+gem "premailer-rails"
diff --git a/server/Gemfile.lock b/server/Gemfile.lock
index 3e6300ba..dfb91848 100644
--- a/server/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/server/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1664,6 +1664,8 @@ GEM
       fiber-local
       json
     crass (1.0.6)
+    css_parser (1.17.1)
+      addressable
     csv (3.3.0)
     date (3.3.4)
     declarative (0.0.20)
@@ -1805,6 +1807,7 @@ GEM
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.0)
     hana (1.3.7)
     hashie (5.0.0)
+    htmlentities (4.3.4)
     httpclient (2.8.3)
     hubspot-api-client (18.0.0)
       json (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.0)
@@ -1913,6 +1916,14 @@ GEM
     pg (1.5.4)
     pg_query (5.0.0)
       google-protobuf (>= 3.22.3)
+    premailer (1.23.0)
+      addressable
+      css_parser (>= 1.12.0)
+      htmlentities (>= 4.0.0)
+    premailer-rails (1.12.0)
+      actionmailer (>= 3)
+      net-smtp
+      premailer (~> 1.7, >= 1.7.9)
     protocol-hpack (1.4.3)
     protocol-http (0.26.1)
     protocol-http1 (0.18.0)
@@ -2124,6 +2135,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parallel
   pg (~> 1.1)
   pg_query
+  premailer-rails
   puma (>= 5.0)
   rack-cors
   rails (~> 7.1.1)
diff --git a/server/app/mailers/sync_run_mailer.rb b/server/app/mailers/sync_run_mailer.rb
index 4b983aba..0671f232 100644
--- a/server/app/mailers/sync_run_mailer.rb
+++ b/server/app/mailers/sync_run_mailer.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 class SyncRunMailer < ApplicationMailer
-  default from: ENV['SMTP_USERNAME']
+  default from: Rails.configuration.x.mail_from
 
   def status_email
     @sync_run = params[:sync_run]
+    @sync = @sync_run.sync
     @sync_status = @sync_run.status
-    mail(to: params[:recipient], subject: "Sync run status update")
+    @source_connector_name = @sync_run.sync.source.name
+    @destination_connector_name = @sync_run.sync.destination.name
+    host = Rails.configuration.action_mailer.default_url_options[:host]
+    @sync_run_url = "#{host}/activate/syncs/#{@sync.id}/run/#{@sync_run.id}"
+    mail(to: params[:recipient], subject: "Sync run status update") do |format|
+      format.html { render layout: false }
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/server/app/models/application_record.rb b/server/app/models/application_record.rb
index 08dc5379..c9dc8988 100644
--- a/server/app/models/application_record.rb
+++ b/server/app/models/application_record.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 
 class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
   primary_abstract_class
+
+  def notification_email_enabled?
+    Rails.configuration.action_mailer.perform_deliveries &&
+      Rails.configuration.action_mailer.smtp_settings[:user_name].present?
+  end
 end
diff --git a/server/app/models/sync_run.rb b/server/app/models/sync_run.rb
index 870cb184..fca78571 100644
--- a/server/app/models/sync_run.rb
+++ b/server/app/models/sync_run.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class SyncRun < ApplicationRecord
 
   after_initialize :set_defaults, if: :new_record?
   after_discard :perform_post_discard_sync_run
+  after_commit :send_status_email, if: :status_changed_to_success_or_failed?
 
   aasm column: :status, whiny_transitions: true do
     state :pending, initial: true
@@ -89,4 +90,24 @@ def update_success
     complete!
     sync.complete!
   end
+
+  def send_status_email
+    return unless notification_email_enabled?
+
+    recipients.each do |recipient|
+      SyncRunMailer.with(sync_run: self, recipient:).status_email.deliver_now
+    end
+  end
+
+  def recipients
+    if ENV["RECIPIENT_EMAIL"].present?
+      [ENV["RECIPIENT_EMAIL"]]
+    else
+      sync.workspace.workspace_users.admins.map { |workspace_user| workspace_user.user.email }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def status_changed_to_success_or_failed?
+    saved_change_to_status? && (status == "success" || status == "failed")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/server/app/views/sync_run_mailer/status_email.html.erb b/server/app/views/sync_run_mailer/status_email.html.erb
index 71bbb07f..54753a6c 100644
--- a/server/app/views/sync_run_mailer/status_email.html.erb
+++ b/server/app/views/sync_run_mailer/status_email.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+<!-- app/views/sync_run_mailer/status_email.html.erb -->
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
   <style>
-    <% color = @sync_status == "success" ? '#33C0A7' : '#F54C3D' %>
     .email-body {
       background-color: #333;
       color: white;
@@ -17,25 +17,23 @@
       display: inline-block;
       padding: 10px 20px;
       margin: 20px 0;
-      background-color: <%= color %>;
+      background-color: <%= @sync_status == "success" ? '#33C0A7' : '#F54C3D' %>;
       color: white;
       text-decoration: none;
       font-weight: bold;
       border-radius: 5px;
     }
     .status {
-      color: <%= color %>;
+      color: <%= @sync_status == "success" ? '#33C0A7' : '#F54C3D' %>;
       font-weight: bold;
     }
   </style>
 </head>
 <body>
   <div class="email-body">
-    <p>Salesforce to SFTP Test job was <%= @sync_status == "success" ? '<span class="status">successful</span>' : '<span class="status">failure</span>' %>. 
-       Please click the Sync Run link below to view more details.
-    </p>
+    <p><%= @source_connector_name %> to <%= @destination_connector_name %> job was <span class="status"><%= @sync_status == "success" ? "successful" : "failure" %></span>. Please click the Sync Run link below to view more details.</p>
     <div class="button-container">
-      <a href="<%= @url %>" class="button">Sync Run</a>
+      <a href="<%= @sync_run_url %>" class="button">Sync Run</a>
     </div>
   </div>
 </body>
diff --git a/server/config/application.rb b/server/config/application.rb
index 2307648c..e9283072 100644
--- a/server/config/application.rb
+++ b/server/config/application.rb
@@ -47,19 +47,20 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # Skip views, helpers and assets when generating a new resource.
     config.api_only = true
     config.middleware.insert_before Rails::Rack::Logger, MultiwovenServer::QuietLogger
-    # email setup
+
     config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
     config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
-    host = ENV.fetch('SMTP_HOST', 'multiwoven.com') # Replace 'multiwoven.com' with SMTP_HOST value if needed
+    config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
+    host = ENV.fetch('SMTP_HOST', 'multiwoven.com')
     config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: host }
-    config.x.mail_from = %("Multiwoven" <noreply@multiwoven.com>)
-    ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
-      address: ENV['SMTP_ADDRESS'],
-      port: ENV.fetch('SMTP_PORT', '587'), # '587' is the default value if SMTP_PORT is not set
-      authentication: :plain,
+    config.x.mail_from = "#{ENV.fetch('BRAND_NAME', 'Multiwoven')} <#{ENV.fetch('SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL', 'noreply@multiwoven.com')}>"
+    config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
+      address:  ENV['SMTP_ADDRESS'],
+      port: ENV.fetch('SMTP_PORT', '587'),
+      authentication: :login,
       user_name: ENV['SMTP_USERNAME'],
       password: ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD'],
+      enable_starttls_auto: true
     }
-    config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: ENV['UI_HOST'] || 'localhost:8000' }
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/config/initializers/premailer_rails.rb b/server/config/initializers/premailer_rails.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d29a0323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/config/initializers/premailer_rails.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Premailer::Rails.config.merge!(
+  adapter: :nokogiri,
+  generate_text_part: false
+)
diff --git a/server/spec/mailers/sync_run_mailer_spec.rb b/server/spec/mailers/sync_run_mailer_spec.rb
index 4c1b6318..6269c843 100644
--- a/server/spec/mailers/sync_run_mailer_spec.rb
+++ b/server/spec/mailers/sync_run_mailer_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe SyncRunMailer, type: :mailer do
-  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+  describe "#status_email" do
+    let(:source) do
+      create(:connector, connector_type: "source", connector_name: "Snowflake")
+    end
+    let(:destination) { create(:connector, connector_type: "destination") }
+    let!(:catalog) { create(:catalog, connector: destination) }
+    let(:sync) { create(:sync, source:, destination:) }
+    let(:sync_run) do
+      create(:sync_run, sync:, workspace: sync.workspace, source:, destination:, model: sync.model, status: "success")
+    end
+    let(:sync_run_pending) do
+      create(:sync_run, sync:, workspace: sync.workspace, source:, destination:, model: sync.model, status: "pending")
+    end
+    let(:recipient) { "test@example.com" }
+    let(:mail) { SyncRunMailer.with(sync_run:, recipient:).status_email }
+
+    it "renders the headers" do
+      expect(mail.subject).to eq("Sync run status update")
+      expect(mail.to).to eq([recipient])
+      expect(mail.from).to eq(["noreply@multiwoven.com"])
+    end
+
+    it "renders the body" do
+      expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(sync_run.status)
+      expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(sync.source.name)
+      expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(sync.destination.name)
+      host = Rails.configuration.action_mailer.default_url_options[:host]
+      url = "#{host}/activate/syncs/#{sync.id}/run/#{sync_run.id}"
+      expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(url)
+    end
+
+    it "assigns @sync_run_url" do
+      expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(sync_run.sync.id.to_s)
+      expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(sync_run.id.to_s)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/server/spec/models/sync_run_spec.rb b/server/spec/models/sync_run_spec.rb
index 64f21caa..06758dfe 100644
--- a/server/spec/models/sync_run_spec.rb
+++ b/server/spec/models/sync_run_spec.rb
@@ -148,4 +148,32 @@
       expect(sync_record.sync_run_id).to be_nil
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#send_status_email" do
+    let(:source) do
+      create(:connector, connector_type: "source", connector_name: "Snowflake")
+    end
+    let(:destination) { create(:connector, connector_type: "destination") }
+    let!(:catalog) { create(:catalog, connector: destination) }
+    let(:sync) { create(:sync, sync_interval: 3, sync_interval_unit: "hours", source:, destination:) }
+    let(:sync_run) { create(:sync_run, sync:, status: :pending) }
+
+    it "calls send_status_email after commit when status changes to success" do
+      allow(sync_run).to receive(:send_status_email)
+      sync_run.update!(status: :success)
+      expect(sync_run).to have_received(:send_status_email)
+    end
+
+    it "calls send_status_email after commit when status changes to failed" do
+      allow(sync_run).to receive(:send_status_email)
+      sync_run.update!(status: :failed)
+      expect(sync_run).to have_received(:send_status_email)
+    end
+
+    it "does not call send_status_email if status does not change to success or failed" do
+      allow(sync_run).to receive(:send_status_email)
+      sync_run.update!(status: :in_progress)
+      expect(sync_run).not_to have_received(:send_status_email)
+    end
+  end
 end