diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f0b6bc7..b8a1585 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
 oslo.config>=8.1.0
 oslo.log>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 openstacksdk>0.28.0
-pymysql
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+pymysql
+
+email
+smtplib
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diff --git a/staffeln/common/notify.py b/staffeln/common/notify.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19f8440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staffeln/common/notify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Email notification package
+# This should be upgraded by integrating with mail server to send batch
+import smtplib
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+import staffeln.conf
+
+CONF = staffeln.conf.CONF
+
+
+def sendEmail(src_email, src_pwd, dest_email, subject, content, smtp_server_domain, smtp_server_port):
+    try:
+        message = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
+        message["Subject"] = subject
+        message["From"] = src_email
+        message["To"] = dest_email
+        part = MIMEText(content, "html")
+        message.attach(part)
+
+        s = smtplib.SMTP(host=smtp_server_domain, port=smtp_server_port)
+        s.ehlo()
+        s.starttls()
+        # we can comment this auth func when use the trusted ip without authentication against the smtp server
+        s.login(src_email, src_pwd)
+        s.sendmail(src_email, dest_email, message.as_string())
+        s.close()
+        return True
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(str(e))
+        return False
+
+def SendNotification(content, receiver=None):
+    subject = "Backup result"
+
+    html = "<h3>${CONTENT}</h3>"
+    html = html.replace("${CONTENT}", content)
+
+    if receiver == None:
+        return
+    if len(receiver) == 0:
+        return
+
+    res = sendEmail(src_email=CONF.notification.sender_email,
+                        src_pwd=CONF.notification.sender_pwd,
+                        dest_email=CONF.notification.receiver,
+                        subject=subject,
+                        content=html,
+                        smtp_server_domain=CONF.notification.smtp_server_domain,
+                        smtp_server_port=CONF.notification.smtp_server_port)
diff --git a/staffeln/conf/notify.py b/staffeln/conf/notify.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85207b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staffeln/conf/notify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from staffeln.i18n import _
+
+notify_group = cfg.OptGroup(
+    "notification",
+    title="Notification options",
+    help="Options under this group are used to define notification settings.",
+)
+
+email_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt(
+        "template",
+        default="<h3>${CONTENT}</h3>",
+        help=_("This html template is used to email the backup result."),
+    ),
+    cfg.ListOpt(
+        "receiver",
+        default=[],
+        help=_("The receivers of the bakcup result by email."
+               "A list of addresses to receive backup result emails to.  A bare"
+               " string will be treated as a list with 1 address."),
+    ),
+    cfg.StrOpt(
+        "sender_email",
+        help=_("Log in on an SMTP server that requires authentication."
+               "The user name to authenticate with."
+               ),
+    ),
+    cfg.StrOpt(
+        "sender_pwd",
+        help=_("Log in on an SMTP server that requires authentication."
+               "The password for the authentication."
+               ),
+    ),
+    cfg.StrOpt(
+        "smtp_server_domain",
+        default="smtp.gmail.com",
+        help=_("the name of the remote host to which to connect"),
+    ),
+    cfg.StrOpt(
+        "smtp_server_port",
+        default="587",
+        help=_("the port to which to connect"),
+    ),
+]
+
+
+def register_opts(conf):
+    conf.register_group(notify_group)
+    conf.register_opts(email_opts, group=notify_group)
+
+
+def list_opts():
+    return {notify_group: email_opts}