diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0fcc40a..de4fe8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__/
-token
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+config.json
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diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a52bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "token": "groupme api token",
+    "smtp_server": "mail.example.com",
+    "smtp_username": "groupme@example.com",
+    "smtp_password": "your_password",
+    "from_addr": "groupme@example.com",
+    "to_addr": "user@example.com"
+}
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diff --git a/groupme_sync/__main__.py b/groupme_sync/__main__.py
index e8b3fcd..f9521e0 100644
--- a/groupme_sync/__main__.py
+++ b/groupme_sync/__main__.py
@@ -1,14 +1,41 @@
 from sys import argv
+import json
 
 from .groupme import GroupMe
+from .emailwrap import send_email
 
 def main() -> None:
     filename = argv[1]
     with open(filename, "r") as file:
-        token = file.readlines()[0].rstrip()
+        data = json.loads(file.read())
     
-    chats = GroupMe(token)
+    chats = GroupMe(data["token"])
     for message in chats:
+        title = "[GroupMe] {} sent a message in {}".format(message["name"], message["group_name"])
+        body = """
+        Greetings,
+
+        {} sent a message in group {} -- it reads as follows:
+
+        {}
+
+        Much regards,
+        the internal beepboop.systems mail system
+        """.format(
+            message["name"],
+            message["group_name"],
+            message["text"]
+        )
+
+        send_email(
+            title=title,
+            body=body,
+            smtp_server=data["smtp_server"],
+            smtp_username=data["smtp_username"],
+            smtp_password=data["smtp_password"],
+            from_addr=data["from_addr"],
+            to_addr=data["to_addr"],
+        )
         print(message)
 
 main()
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diff --git a/groupme_sync/emailwrap.py b/groupme_sync/emailwrap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b416669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/groupme_sync/emailwrap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import smtplib
+import ssl
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+
+def send_email(title: str, body: str,
+    smtp_server: str, smtp_username: str, smtp_password: str,
+    from_addr: str, to_addr: str):
+    """
+    Send an email to an SMTP server with starttls, and some other
+    stuff. If you need to do anything different, just write your
+    own implementation.
+    """
+    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
+
+    with smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, port=587) as server:
+        server.starttls(context=ctx)
+        server.ehlo()
+        server.login(smtp_username, smtp_password)
+
+        message = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
+        message["Subject"] = title
+        message["From"] = from_addr
+        message["To"] = to_addr
+        part = MIMEText(body, "plain")
+        message.attach(part)
+
+        server.sendmail(
+            from_addr, to_addr, message.as_string()
+        )
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