diff --git a/config-templates/config.php b/config-templates/config.php
index aecb8f0177e2c9491382f21a7bca5f202bf77c82..db81ed01ba05abf9ebd9ac464ae23a5f7547fdfa 100644
--- a/config-templates/config.php
+++ b/config-templates/config.php
@@ -75,6 +75,37 @@ $config = [
     'technicalcontact_name' => 'Administrator',
     'technicalcontact_email' => 'na@example.org',
 
+    /*
+     * (Optional) The method by which email is delivered.  Defaults to mail which utilizes the
+     * PHP mail() function.
+     *
+     * Valid options are: mail, sendmail and smtp.
+     */
+    //'mail.transport.method' => 'smtp',
+
+    /*
+     * Set the transport options for the transport method specified.  The valid settings are relative to the
+     * selected transport method.
+     */
+    //// smtp mail transport options
+    // 'mail.transport.options' => [
+    //     'host' => 'mail.example.org',
+    //     'port' => 25,
+    //     'username' => 'user@example.org', 'password' => '',
+    //     'security' => 'tls',
+    // ],
+    //// sendmail mail transport options
+    // 'mail.transport.options' => [
+    //     'path' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail'
+    // ],
+
+    /*
+     * (Optional) When using the Sendmail transport method, provide an alternate path to the Sendmail
+     * executable.
+     */
+    //'mail.sendmail.path' => '',
+
+
     /*
      * The envelope from address for outgoing emails.
      * This should be in a domain that has your application's IP addresses in its SPF record
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/EMail.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/EMail.php
index 44871505a30a8378d00d2f371e045709346c421c..9fe368661600c4079abaacffc5ba48d033e2be69 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/EMail.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/EMail.php
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class EMail
         $this->mail->Subject = $subject;
         $this->mail->setFrom($from ?: static::getDefaultMailAddress());
         $this->mail->addAddress($to ?: static::getDefaultMailAddress());
+
+        static::initFromConfig($this);
     }
 
 
@@ -143,6 +145,103 @@ class EMail
         $this->mail->send();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the method by which the email will be sent.  Currently supports what
+     * PHPMailer supports: sendmail, mail and smtp.
+     *
+     * @param string $transportMethod the transport method
+     * @param array $transportOptions options for the transport method
+     *
+     * @return void
+     *
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function setTransportMethod($transportMethod, array $transportOptions = [])
+    {
+        assert(is_string($transportMethod));
+        assert(is_array($transportOptions));
+
+
+        switch (strtolower($transportMethod)) {
+            // smtp transport method
+            case 'smtp':
+                $this->mail->isSMTP();
+
+                // set the host (required)
+                if (isset($transportOptions['host'])) {
+                    $this->mail->Host = $transportOptions['host'];
+                }
+                // throw an exception otherwise
+                else {
+                    throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Missing Required Email Transport Parameter 'host'");
+                }
+
+                // set the port (optional, assume standard SMTP port 25 if not provided)
+                $this->mail->Port = (isset($transportOptions['port'])) ? (int)$transportOptions['port'] : 25;
+
+                // smtp auth: enabled if username or password is set
+                if (isset($transportOptions['username']) || isset($transportOptions['password'])) {
+                    $this->mail->SMTPAuth = true;
+                }
+
+                // smtp auth: username
+                if (isset($transportOptions['username'])) {
+                    $this->mail->Username = $transportOptions['username'];
+                }
+
+                // smtp auth: password
+                if (isset($transportOptions['password'])) {
+                    $this->mail->Password = $transportOptions['password'];
+                }
+
+                // smtp security: encryption type
+                if (isset($transportOptions['secure'])) {
+                    $this->mail->SMTPSecure = $transportOptions['secure'];
+                }
+
+                // smtp security: enable or disable smtp auto tls
+                if (isset($transportOptions['autotls'])) {
+                    $this->mail->SMTPAutoTLS = (bool)$transportOptions['autotls'];
+                }
+                break;
+            //mail transport method
+            case 'mail':
+                $this->mail->isMail();
+                break;
+            // sendmail transport method
+            case 'sendmail':
+                $this->mail->isSendmail();
+
+                // override the default path of the sendmail executable
+                if (isset($transportOptions['path'])) {
+                    $this->mail->Sendmail = $transportOptions['path'];
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Invalid Mail Transport Method - Check 'mail.transport.method' Configuration Option");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the provided EMail object with the configuration provided from the SimpleSAMLphp configuration.
+     *
+     * @param EMail $EMail
+     * @return EMail
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    public static function initFromConfig(EMail $EMail)
+    {
+        assert($EMail instanceof EMail);
+
+        $config = Configuration::getInstance();
+        $EMail->setTransportMethod(
+            $config->getString('mail.transport.method', ''),
+            $config->getArrayize('mail.transport.options', [])
+        );
+
+        return $EMail;
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Generate the body of the e-mail