diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 9c378bd19..986314661 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 root = true
 
 [*]
-indent_style = tab
+indent_style = space
 end_of_line = lf
 charset = utf-8
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db7117b47..110a7c47d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "mongoose": "^4.6.5",
     "morgan": "^1.7.0",
     "nodemailer": "^2.6.4",
+    "nodemailer-sendgrid-transport": "^0.2.0",
     "prompt": "^1.0.0",
     "uuid": "^2.0.3"
   },
diff --git a/services/mailer.js b/services/mailer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1dd5f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/mailer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
+const sgTransport = require('nodemailer-sendgrid-transport');
+const options = {
+  auth: {
+    api_key: process.env.TALK_SENDGRID_APIKEY
+  }
+};
+
+const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(sgTransport(options));
+
+transporter.sendMail({
+  from: 'support@mrdavis.com',
+  to: 'riley.davis@gmail.com',
+  subject: 'this is only a test',
+  text: 'this is the body of the email maybe?',
+  html: `<table>
+          <thead>
+            <tr><th>foo</th><th>bar</th><tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr>
+              <td>riley</td><td>davis</td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>`
+});
+
+const mailer = {
+  /**
+   * sendSimple
+   *
+   * @param {Object} {from, to, subject, text = '', html = ''}
+   * @returns
+     */
+  sendSimple ({from, to, subject, text = '', html = ''}) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (!from) {
+        reject('sendSimple requires a from address');
+      }
+      if (!to) {
+        reject('sendSimple requires a comma-separated list of "to" addresses');
+      }
+      if (!subject) {
+        reject('sendSimple requires a subject for the email');
+      }
+
+      return resolve(transporter.sendMail({from, to, subject, text, html}));
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = mailer;