diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 893a81c6..fe3cff02 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ${MONDEY_SSL_CERT:-./cert.pem}:/mondey_ssl_cert.pem
       - ${MONDEY_SSL_KEY:-./key.pem}:/mondey_ssl_key.pem
-#  email:
-#    image: "boky/postfix"
-#    environment:
-#      - ALLOW_EMPTY_SENDER_DOMAINS="true"
-#    networks:
-#      - mondey-network
+  email:
+    image: "boky/postfix"
+    environment:
+      - ALLOW_EMPTY_SENDER_DOMAINS="true"
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index d7191075..07727750 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ ARG MONDEY_API_URL
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY package*.json ./
+COPY package.json ./
+
+COPY pnpm-lock.yaml ./
 
 RUN npm install -g pnpm && pnpm install
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/locales/de.json b/frontend/src/locales/de.json
index 13c06751..8c6b1501 100644
--- a/frontend/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/frontend/src/locales/de.json
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
 		"submitButtonLabel": "Absenden",
 		"selectPlaceholder": "Bitte auswählen",
 		"successMessage": "Bitte überprüfen sie ihr E-Mail Postfach",
+		"emailValidationMessage": "Ihre E-Mail-Adresse wurde bestätigt und Sie können sich jetzt anmelden.",
+		"emailValidationError": "Ungültiger oder abgelaufener E-Mail-Validierungslink",
 		"goHome": "Zur Hauptseite"
 	},
 	"login": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/verify/[[code]]/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/verify/[[code]]/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67f7553c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/verify/[[code]]/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+import { page } from "$app/stores";
+import { verifyVerify } from "$lib/client/services.gen";
+import UserLogin from "$lib/components/UserLogin.svelte";
+import {
+	CheckCircleOutline,
+	ExclamationCircleOutline,
+} from "flowbite-svelte-icons";
+import { onMount } from "svelte";
+import { _ } from "svelte-i18n";
+
+onMount(async () => {
+	const { data, error } = await verifyVerify({
+		body: { token: $page.params.code },
+	});
+	if ((!error && data) || error?.detail === "VERIFY_USER_ALREADY_VERIFIED") {
+		success = true;
+		return;
+	}
+	console.log(error);
+	success = false;
+});
+
+let success: boolean = $state(false);
+</script>
+
+<div class="m-2 mx-auto flex flex-col w-full items-center justify-center p-2 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400">
+    {#if success}
+        <div class="flex flex-row">
+            <CheckCircleOutline size="xl" color="green" class="m-2"/>
+            <div class="m-2 p-2">
+                {$_('registration.emailValidationMessage')}
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <UserLogin/>
+    {:else}
+        <div class="flex flex-row">
+        <ExclamationCircleOutline size="xl" color="red" class="m-2"/>
+        <div class="m-2 p-2">
+            {$_('registration.emailValidationError')}
+        </div>
+        </div>
+    {/if}
+</div>
diff --git a/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/settings.py b/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/settings.py
index af2a7acd..df99559d 100644
--- a/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/settings.py
+++ b/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/settings.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
     PRIVATE_FILES_PATH: str = "private"
     ENABLE_CORS: bool = True
     HOST: str = "localhost"
+    SMTP_HOST: str = "email:587"
     PORT: int = 8000
     RELOAD: bool = True
     LOG_LEVEL: str = "debug"
diff --git a/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/users.py b/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/users.py
index da5a0823..f213105d 100644
--- a/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/users.py
+++ b/mondey_backend/src/mondey_backend/users.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# TODO: 17th Oct. 2024: remove the artificial verification setting again as soon as
-# the email verification server has been implemented. See 'README' block @ line 33f
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
+import smtplib
+from email.message import EmailMessage
 from typing import Annotated
 
 from fastapi import Depends
@@ -18,29 +18,30 @@
 
 from .databases.users import AccessToken
 from .databases.users import User
-from .databases.users import async_session_maker
 from .databases.users import get_access_token_db
 from .databases.users import get_user_db
 from .settings import app_settings
 
 
+def send_email_validation_link(email: str, token: str) -> None:
+    msg = EmailMessage()
+    msg["From"] = "no-reply@mondey.lkeegan.dev"
+    msg["To"] = email
+    msg["Subject"] = "MONDEY-Konto aktivieren"
+    msg.set_content(
+        f"Bitte klicken Sie hier, um Ihr MONDEY-Konto zu aktivieren:\n\nhttps://mondey.lkeegan.dev/verify/{token}\n\n-----\n\nPlease click here to activate your MONDEY account:\n\nhttps://mondey.lkeegan.dev/verify/{token}"
+    )
+    with smtplib.SMTP(app_settings.SMTP_HOST) as s:
+        s.send_message(msg)
+
+
 class UserManager(IntegerIDMixin, BaseUserManager[User, int]):
     reset_password_token_secret = app_settings.SECRET
     verification_token_secret = app_settings.SECRET
 
     async def on_after_register(self, user: User, request: Request | None = None):
-        # README: Sets the verified flag artificially to allow users to work without an
-        # actual verification process for now. this can go again as soon as we have an email server for verification.
-        async with async_session_maker() as session:
-            user_db = await session.get(User, user.id)
-            if user_db:
-                user_db.is_verified = True
-                await session.commit()
-                await session.refresh(user_db)
-
-                print(f"User {user_db.id} has registered.")
-                print(f"User is verified? {user_db.is_verified}")
-        # end README
+        logging.info(f"User {user.email} registered.")
+        await self.request_verify(user, request)
 
     async def on_after_forgot_password(
         self, user: User, token: str, request: Request | None = None
@@ -50,7 +51,10 @@ async def on_after_forgot_password(
     async def on_after_request_verify(
         self, user: User, token: str, request: Request | None = None
     ):
-        print(f"Verification requested for user {user.id}. Verification token: {token}")
+        logging.info(
+            f"Verification requested for user {user.id}. Verification token: {token}"
+        )
+        send_email_validation_link(user.email, token)
 
 
 async def get_user_manager(
diff --git a/mondey_backend/tests/routers/test_auth.py b/mondey_backend/tests/routers/test_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..938b6abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mondey_backend/tests/routers/test_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import smtplib
+from email.message import EmailMessage
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+
+class SMTPMock:
+    last_message: EmailMessage | None = None
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        pass
+
+    def send_message(self, msg: EmailMessage, **kwargs):
+        SMTPMock.last_message = msg
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def smtp_mock(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(smtplib, "SMTP", SMTPMock)
+    return SMTPMock
+
+
+def test_register_new_user(public_client: TestClient, smtp_mock: SMTPMock):
+    assert smtp_mock.last_message is None
+    email = "u1@asdgdasf.com"
+    response = public_client.post(
+        "/auth/register", json={"email": email, "password": "p1"}
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    msg = smtp_mock.last_message
+    assert msg is not None
+    assert "aktivieren" in msg.get("Subject").lower()
+    assert msg.get("To") == email
+    assert "/verify/" in msg.get_content()
+    response = public_client.post("/auth/verify", json={"token": "invalid-token"})
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    token = msg.get_content().split("\n\n")[1].rsplit("/")[-1]
+    response = public_client.post("/auth/verify", json={"token": token})
+    assert response.status_code == 200