diff --git a/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb
index b837ced2..c70ada69 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb
@@ -170,9 +170,13 @@ class BbbController < ApplicationController
         rec_info = rec_info[:recordings].first
         RecordingCreatedJob.perform_later(token, parse_recording_for_view(rec_info))
 
+        # send an email to the owner of this recording, if defined
+        owner = User.find_by(encrypted_id: token)
+        RecordingReadyEmailJob.perform_later(owner) if owner.present?
+
         # TODO: remove the webhook now that the meeting and recording are done
         # remove only if the meeting is not running, otherwise the hook is needed
-        # if ENV['GREENLIGHT_USE_WEBHOOKS']
+        # if Rails.configuration.use_webhooks
         #   webhook_remove("#{base_url}/callback")
         # end
       else
diff --git a/app/jobs/recording_ready_email_job.rb b/app/jobs/recording_ready_email_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..465f0f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/recording_ready_email_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# BigBlueButton open source conferencing system - http://www.bigbluebutton.org/.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 BigBlueButton Inc. and by respective authors (see below).
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# BigBlueButton is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+# PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+class RecordingReadyEmailJob < ApplicationJob
+  queue_as :default
+
+  def perform(user)
+    if user.email.present?
+      NotificationMailer.recording_ready_email(user).deliver
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/lib/bbb_api.rb b/app/lib/bbb_api.rb
index 2f0d923b..35f3c450 100644
--- a/app/lib/bbb_api.rb
+++ b/app/lib/bbb_api.rb
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ module BbbApi
           "meta_#{BbbApi::META_LISTED}": false,
           "meta_#{BbbApi::META_TOKEN}": meeting_token
         }
+        meeting_options.merge!(
+          { "meta_#{BbbApi::META_HOOK_URL}": options[:hook_url] }
+        ) if options[:hook_url]
 
-        if ENV['GREENLIGHT_USE_WEBHOOKS']
+        if Rails.configuration.use_webhooks
           webhook_register(options[:hook_url], meeting_id)
-        else
-          meeting_options.merge!(
-            { "meta_#{BbbApi::META_HOOK_URL}": options[:hook_url] }
-          ) if options[:hook_url]
         end
 
         # Create the meeting
diff --git a/app/mailers/notification_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/notification_mailer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c73a0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/mailers/notification_mailer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# BigBlueButton open source conferencing system - http://www.bigbluebutton.org/.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 BigBlueButton Inc. and by respective authors (see below).
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# BigBlueButton is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+# PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+class NotificationMailer < ActionMailer::Base
+  default from: Rails.configuration.smtp_from
+
+  def recording_ready_email(user)
+    @user = user
+    @room_url = resource_url(resource: "rooms", id: user.encrypted_id)
+    mail(to: user.email, subject: t('.subject'))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index c1a77b10..01a16ce4 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   def self.from_omniauth(auth_hash)
     user = find_or_initialize_by(uid: auth_hash['uid'], provider: auth_hash['provider'])
     user.username = self.send("#{auth_hash['provider']}_username", auth_hash) rescue nil
+    user.email = self.send("#{auth_hash['provider']}_email", auth_hash) rescue nil
     user.name = auth_hash['info']['name']
     user.save!
     user
@@ -30,10 +31,18 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     auth_hash['info']['nickname']
   end
 
+  def self.twitter_email(auth_hash)
+    auth_hash['info']['email']
+  end
+
   def self.google_username(auth_hash)
     auth_hash['info']['email'].split('@').first
   end
 
+  def self.google_email(auth_hash)
+    auth_hash['info']['email']
+  end
+
   def room_url
     "/rooms/#{encrypted_id}"
   end
diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/recording_ready_email.html.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/recording_ready_email.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76712bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notification_mailer/recording_ready_email.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta content='text/html; charset=UTF-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' />
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p><%= t('.hi', name: @user.name) %></p>
+    <p><%= t('.phrase1') %></p>
+    <p><%= t('.phrase2', url: @room_url) %></p>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 4a9e08b6..ae422bc7 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -37,5 +37,36 @@ module Greenlight
     # BigBlueButton
     config.bigbluebutton_endpoint = ENV['BIGBLUEBUTTON_ENDPOINT']
     config.bigbluebutton_secret = ENV['BIGBLUEBUTTON_SECRET']
+
+    # GreenLight
+    config.use_webhooks = ENV['GREENLIGHT_USE_WEBHOOKS']
+    config.smtp_from = ENV['SMTP_FROM']
+    config.smtp_server = ENV['SMTP_SERVER']
+    config.smtp_domain = ENV['SMTP_DOMAIN']
+    config.smtp_port = ENV['SMTP_PORT'] || 587
+    config.smtp_username = ENV['SMTP_USERNAME']
+    config.smtp_password = ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD']
+    config.smtp_auth = ENV['SMTP_AUTH'] || "login"
+    config.smtp_starttls_auto = ENV['SMTP_STARTTLS_AUTO'].nil? ? true : ENV['SMTP_STARTTLS_AUTO']
+    config.smtp_tls = ENV['SMTP_TLS'].nil? ? false : ENV['SMTP_TLS']
+
+    # SMTP
+    config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: ENV['GREENLIGHT_DOMAIN'] }
+    config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
+    config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
+    config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
+    config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
+      :address =>              config.smtp_server,
+      :domain =>               config.smtp_domain,
+      :port =>                 config.smtp_port,
+      :user_name =>            config.smtp_username,
+      :password =>             config.smtp_password,
+      :authentication =>       config.smtp_auth,
+      :enable_starttls_auto => config.smtp_starttls_auto,
+      :tls =>                  config.smtp_tls
+    }
+    config.action_mailer.default_options = {
+      from: config.smtp_from
+    }
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/en-us.yml b/config/locales/en-us.yml
index 86365cbe..4a781a8c 100644
--- a/config/locales/en-us.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en-us.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ en-US:
       subject: "%{user} invited you to a meeting"
   my_room: my room
   no: No
+  notification_mailer:
+    recording_ready_email:
+      hi: "Hi, %{name}"
+      phrase1: "One of your recordings has just been made available."
+      phrase2: "Access the following website to view it and publish to other users: %{url}"
+      subject: "Your recording is ready!"
   oauth_signup: Signup for customized sessions
   past_recordings: Past Recordings
   footer_html: "%{greenlight_link} build %{version}, Powered by %{bbb_link}"
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161208185458_add_email_to_user.rb b/db/migrate/20161208185458_add_email_to_user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88e1da36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161208185458_add_email_to_user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# BigBlueButton open source conferencing system - http://www.bigbluebutton.org/.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 BigBlueButton Inc. and by respective authors (see below).
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# BigBlueButton is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+# PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+class AddEmailToUser < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :email, :string
+    add_index :users, :email, unique: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index c82f317c..a3ce761f 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161108224701) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161208185458) do
 
   create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string   "provider",     null: false
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161108224701) do
     t.datetime "updated_at",   null: false
     t.string   "username"
     t.string   "encrypted_id", null: false
+    t.string   "email"
+    t.index ["email"], name: "index_users_on_email", unique: true
     t.index ["encrypted_id"], name: "index_users_on_encrypted_id", unique: true
     t.index ["provider", "uid"], name: "index_users_on_provider_and_uid", unique: true
     t.index ["provider"], name: "index_users_on_provider"
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 1485f639..54626cb4 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ BIGBLUEBUTTON_SECRET=8cd8ef52e8e101574e400365b55e11a6
 # the application when recordings are done).
 GREENLIGHT_USE_WEBHOOKS=false
 
+# The web site domain, needed for emails mostly
+GREENLIGHT_DOMAIN=localhost
+
+# SMTP configurations
+SMTP_FROM=email@gmail.com
+SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com
+SMTP_DOMAIN=gmail.com
+SMTP_PORT=587
+SMTP_USERNAME=email@gmail.com
+SMTP_PASSWORD=my-secret-password
+# SMTP_TLS=false
+# SMTP_AUTH=login
+# SMTP_STARTTLS_AUTO=true
+
 # OmniAuth
 TWITTER_ID=
 TWITTER_SECRET=
diff --git a/test/mailers/previews/notification_mailer_preview.rb b/test/mailers/previews/notification_mailer_preview.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..135f99c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mailers/previews/notification_mailer_preview.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Preview all emails at http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers/example_mailer
+class NotificationMailerPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
+  def recording_ready_email_preview
+    NotificationMailer.recording_ready_email(User.first)
+  end
+end