From 906ea764ac8fb0eb7b01d6142e4cef20b8791fa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maro <mail@mgoth.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:35:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: configure Payload SMTP email adapter

---
 lib/email/payloadAdapter.ts | 15 +++++++++++++++
 payload.config.ts           |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/email/payloadAdapter.ts

diff --git a/lib/email/payloadAdapter.ts b/lib/email/payloadAdapter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24180a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/email/payloadAdapter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { PayloadEmailAdapter } from "payload";
+import { getMailFrom, getMailTransport } from "./transport";
+
+/** Connects Payload's built-in auth emails to the same SMTP transport as ANOUMA's own emails. */
+export const payloadEmailAdapter: PayloadEmailAdapter = () => ({
+  name: "anouma-smtp",
+  defaultFromAddress: process.env.SMTP_USER || "support@anouma.org",
+  defaultFromName: "ANOUMA",
+  sendEmail: async (message) => {
+    return getMailTransport().sendMail({
+      ...message,
+      from: message.from || getMailFrom(),
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/payload.config.ts b/payload.config.ts
index aea81b8..7271f48 100644
--- a/payload.config.ts
+++ b/payload.config.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { BookingSettings } from "@/globals/BookingSettings";
 import { SEOSettings } from "@/globals/SEOSettings";
 import { CookieSettings } from "@/globals/CookieSettings";
 import { AnalyticsSettings } from "@/globals/AnalyticsSettings";
+import { payloadEmailAdapter } from "@/lib/email/payloadAdapter";
 
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
     AnalyticsSettings,
   ],
   editor: lexicalEditor(),
+  email: payloadEmailAdapter,
   graphQL: {
     disablePlaygroundInProduction: true,
     disableIntrospectionInProduction: true,