diff --git a/config.toml.example b/config.toml.example
index 35328ee..6257146 100644
--- a/config.toml.example
+++ b/config.toml.example
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ passphrase = "sup3rs3cur3"
 # If you want to receive crash reports (so you can restart the bot
 # when it breaks down), you should specify a contact email address:
 #contact = "your_mail@riseup.net"
+# Mailing list where you want to send warnings to
+#list = "nbg_ticketfrei@lists.links-tech.org"
 
 [logging]
 # The directory where logs should be stored.
diff --git a/mailbot.py b/mailbot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec81b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mailbot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sendmail
+import datetime
+import email
+import logger
+import pytoml as toml
+import imaplib
+import sys
+
+class Mailbot(object):
+    """
+    Bot which sends Mails if mentioned via twitter/mastodon, and tells
+    other bots that it received mails.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config, logger):
+        """
+        Creates a Bot who listens to mails and forwards them to other
+        bots.
+
+        :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
+        """
+        self.config = config
+        self.logger = logger
+
+        try:
+            self.mailinglist = self.config["mail"]["list"]
+        except KeyError:
+            self.mailinglist = None
+
+        self.mailbox = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(self.config["mail"]["imapserver"])
+        # context = ssl.create_default_context()
+        # print(self.mailbox.starttls(ssl_context=context))  # print is a debug
+        try:
+            rv, data = self.mailbox.login(self.config["mail"]["user"],
+                                     self.config["mail"]["passphrase"])
+        except imaplib.IMAP4.error:
+            logmsg = "Login to mail server failed."
+            logmsg = logmsg + logger.generate_tb(sys.exc_info())
+            logger.log(logmsg)
+            logger.shutdown(logmsg)
+
+    def listen(self):
+        """
+        listen for mails which contain goodwords but no badwords.
+        :return:
+        """
+        rv, data = self.mailbox.select("Inbox")
+        if rv == 'OK':
+            rv, data = self.mailbox.search(None, "ALL")
+            print(data)
+            rv, data = self.mailbox.search(None, "ALL")
+            if rv != 'OK':
+                print("No messages found!")
+                return
+
+            for num in data[0].split():
+                rv, data = self.mailbox.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
+                if rv != 'OK':
+                    print("ERROR getting message", num)
+                    return
+                msg = email.message_from_bytes(data[0][1])
+                hdr = email.header.make_header(email.header.decode_header(msg['Subject']))
+                subject = str(hdr)
+                print('Message %s: %s' % (num, subject))
+                print('Raw Date:', msg['Date'])
+                # Now convert to local date-time
+                date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
+                if date_tuple:
+                    local_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+                        email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))
+                    print ("Local Date:", local_date.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"))
+                #print(msg.as_string())
+                author = msg.get("From")  # get mail author from email header
+                text = msg.get_payload()
+                print(author)
+                print(text)
+        # :todo check if they match trigger
+        # :todo return a nice list of warning messages
+
+    def send_warning(self, statuses):
+        """
+        sends warnings by twitter & mastodon to a mailing list.
+        """
+        for status in statuses:
+            mailer = sendmail.Mailer(self.config)
+            mailer.send(status, self.mailinglist, "Warnung: Kontrolleure gesehen")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # read config in TOML format (https://github.com/toml-lang/toml#toml)
+    with open('config.toml') as configfile:
+        config = toml.load(configfile)
+
+    logger = logger.Logger(config)
+
+    m = Mailbot(config, logger)
+    m.listen()
+
diff --git a/retweetbot.py b/retweetbot.py
index 6d97974..85a4e68 100755
--- a/retweetbot.py
+++ b/retweetbot.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
         Initializes the bot and loads all the necessary data.
 
         :param trigger: object of the trigger
-        :param config: object of the config
+        :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
         :param logger: object of the logger
         :param historypath: Path to the file with ID of the last retweeted
             Tweet
diff --git a/sendmail.py b/sendmail.py
index 0486bfd..2b06afe 100755
--- a/sendmail.py
+++ b/sendmail.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import smtplib
+import ssl
 import pytoml as toml
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ class Mailer(object):
 
         # starts a client session with the SMTP server
         self.s = smtplib.SMTP(config["mail"]["mailserver"])
-        self.s.starttls()
+        context = ssl.create_default_context()
+        self.s.starttls(context=context)
         self.s.login(config["mail"]["user"], config["mail"]["passphrase"])
 
     def send(self, text, recipient, subject, attachment=None):