diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 30a7c04..582a25b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-RECAPTCHA_SECRET = "Your reCaptcha Secret Key"
\ No newline at end of file
+#This is an example of secret environmental variables
+#original environmental variable should be created with .env filename
+
+DB_HOST = "Your Database Host Name Here"
+DB_USER = "Your Database Username Here"
+DB_PASS = "Your Database Password Here"
+DB_NAME = "Your Database Name Here"
+RECAPTCHA_SECRET = "Your reCaptcha Secret/Private Site Key Here"
+SMTP_HOST = "Your SMTP Sender Host Name Here"
+SMTP_USER = "Your SMTP Sender Username Here"
+SMTP_PASS = "Your SMTP Sender Password Here"
+SMTP_SENDTO = "Your Email Inbox Address to Receive Emails"
+SMTP_PORT = 587
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/htdocs/assets/js/contactform-config.js b/htdocs/assets/js/contactform-config.js
index 110bee2..4fe629d 100644
--- a/htdocs/assets/js/contactform-config.js
+++ b/htdocs/assets/js/contactform-config.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         
                     success: function(response) {
                         if (response.alert && response.alertType) {
-                            console.log(response.alert);
+                            show_alert(response.alert, response.alertType);
                         }
                     },
                     error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     },
                     complete: function() {
                         $(sendBtn).html("SEND <i class='fa-regular fa-paper-plane ml-2'></i>");
-                        console.log("completed");
                     }
                 });
             }
diff --git a/htdocs/core/handle_contact.php b/htdocs/core/handle_contact.php
index 27a8193..cba96a6 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/handle_contact.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/handle_contact.php
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 require '../../connection.php';
 require 'query_functions.php';
 
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
+
 $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable('../../');
 $dotenv->load();
 
@@ -14,6 +18,40 @@ function form_input_filter($conn, $data){
     return $data;
 }
 
+function send_alert($alertMessage, $alertType) {
+    echo json_encode(array("alert" => $alertMessage, "alertType" => $alertType));
+}
+
+function send_contact_email($name, $email, $message) {
+    require_once ("vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/Exception.php");
+    require_once ("vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php");
+    require_once ("vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/SMTP.php");
+
+    $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
+
+    try {
+        $mail->isSMTP();
+        $mail->Host       = $_ENV['SMTP_HOST'];
+        $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;
+        $mail->Username   = $_ENV['SMTP_USER'];
+        $mail->Password   = $_ENV['SMTP_PASS'];
+        $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS;
+        $mail->Port       = $_ENV['SMTP_PORT'];
+    
+        $mail->setFrom($_ENV['SMTP_USER'], 'contact@neosubhamoy.com');
+        $mail->addAddress($_ENV['SMTP_SENDTO']);
+    
+        $mail->isHTML(true);
+        $mail->Subject = "New Contact Form Submission by $name";
+        $mail->Body    = "name: $name <br>email: $email <br>message: $message <br><a href='mailto:$email'>Quick Reply</a>";
+    
+        $mail->send();
+        return true;
+    } catch (Exception $e) {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
     if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' && isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
         $jsonData = file_get_contents('php://input');
@@ -31,21 +69,24 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
                 $responseData = json_decode($verifyResponse);
 
                 if($responseData->success) {
-                    
+                    if(send_contact_email($name, $email, $message)) {
+                        send_alert("Message Sent Successfully", "success");
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        send_alert("Something went wrong! Try again later", "danger");
+                    }
                 }
                 else {
-
+                    send_alert("Invalid reCaptcha! Please try again", "danger");
                 }
             }
             else {
-
+                send_alert("Please check-in reCaptcha", "info");
             }
         }
         else {
-
+            send_alert("Please fill-up all fields", "info");
         }
-        
-        echo json_encode(array("alert" => $alertMessage, "alertType" => $alertType));
     }
 }