diff --git a/pcomon/entry.py b/pcomon/entry.py
index a0d51ca..9ad1959 100644
--- a/pcomon/entry.py
+++ b/pcomon/entry.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from pcomon.messages import MessageDeliverer, Message
+from pcomon.messages import PCOMessageDeliverer, PCOMessage
 
 import json
 import sys
 
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
 read_messages = "/run/test/messages"
 
 def get_creds(filename: str) -> dict[str, str]:
@@ -33,14 +35,16 @@ def write_read_messages(read_messages: list[str], from_file: str = read_messages
             )
         )
 
-def send_email(msg: Message) -> None:
-    print(msg)
+def send_email(msg: PCOMessage) -> None:
+    p = Popen(["sendmail", "-t", "-oi"], stdin=PIPE)
+    p.communicate(msg.email.as_string().encode('utf-8', 'ignore'))
+    p.wait()
 
 def entry():
     creds_file = sys.argv[1]
     creds = get_creds(creds_file)
 
-    deliverer = MessageDeliverer(
+    deliverer = PCOMessageDeliverer(
         app_id=creds["PCO_APP_ID"],
         app_secret=creds["PCO_APP_SECRET"],
         person_id=creds["PCO_PERSON_ID"],
diff --git a/pcomon/messages.py b/pcomon/messages.py
index 8714e38..a39c44d 100644
--- a/pcomon/messages.py
+++ b/pcomon/messages.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import requests
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 
-from email.parser import BytesParser
+from email import message_from_string
 from email.message import Message
 from email.header import Header
 from email.utils import formataddr
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from typing import ClassVar
 api_domain = "https://api.planningcenteronline.com"
 
 @dataclass
-class Message:
+class PCOMessage:
     eml_content: str
     message_id: str
     from_name: str
@@ -21,27 +21,30 @@ class Message:
 
     @property
     def email(self):
-        parsed_email: Message = BytesParser(self.eml_content)
-        email_text = parsed_email.get_body(
-            preference_list=("plain", "html")
-        )
+        parsed_email: Message = message_from_string(self.eml_content)
+
+        for part in parsed_email.walk():
+            if part.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
+                email_text = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode('utf-8')
 
         message = Message()
-        msg['From'] = 'pcomon@mail.beepboop.systems'
-        msg['From'] = formataddr((
+        message['From'] = 'pcomon@mail.beepboop.systems'
+        message['From'] = formataddr((
             str(Header(self.from_name + " (via pcomon)", "utf-8")), "pcomon@mail.beepboop.systems"
         ))
-        msg['To'] = 'ryan@beepboop.systems'
-        msg['Subject'] = self.subject
-        msg.add_header("Content-Type", "text")
-        msg.set_payload(email_text)
+        message['To'] = 'ryan@beepboop.systems'
+        message['Subject'] = self.subject
+        message.add_header("Content-Type", "text")
+        message.set_payload(email_text)
+
+        return message
 
 @dataclass
-class MessageDeliverer:
+class PCOMessageDeliverer:
     app_id: str
     app_secret: str
     person_id: str
-    messages: ClassVar[list[Message]] = []
+    messages: ClassVar[list[PCOMessage]] = []
     has_fetched: ClassVar[bool] = False
 
     @property
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ class MessageDeliverer:
             msg_eml_content = requests.get(message["attributes"]["file"]["url"]).text
 
             self.messages.append(
-                Message(
+                PCOMessage(
                     eml_content=msg_eml_content,
                     message_id=message["id"],
                     from_name=message["attributes"]["from_name"],
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ class MessageDeliverer:
         self.has_fetched = True
 
     @property
-    def id_dictionary(self) -> dict[str, Message]:
+    def id_dictionary(self) -> dict[str, PCOMessage]:
         if not self.has_fetched:
             return ValueError("you need to call self.fetch_messages() first")
 
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ def main():
     app_secret = env["PCO_APP_SECRET"]
     person_id = env["PCO_PERSON_ID"]
 
-    deliverer = MessageDeliverer(app_id, app_secret, person_id)
+    deliverer = PCOMessageDeliverer(app_id, app_secret, person_id)
     deliverer.fetch_messages()
     print(deliverer.messages)