Implement real SMTP delivery and transactional email auth flow

Email delivery:

- Replaced logging-only email sender with aiosmtplib SMTP implementation.

- Added provider mode switch via EMAIL_PROVIDER (log/smtp).

- Added TLS/SSL and timeout controls for SMTP transport.

Auth registration flow:

- Made register/resend/reset email flows transactional with rollback on delivery failure.

- Return 503 when verification/reset email cannot be delivered.

Configuration:

- Extended settings and env templates for EMAIL_PROVIDER, SMTP_USE_SSL, SMTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS.

- Updated docker-compose environment mapping for new SMTP variables.

.env.docker.example

@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ SMTP_HOST=mailpit
 SMTP_PORT=1025
 SMTP_USERNAME=
 SMTP_PASSWORD=
+EMAIL_PROVIDER=log
 SMTP_USE_TLS=false
+SMTP_USE_SSL=false
+SMTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=10
 SMTP_FROM_EMAIL=no-reply@benyamessenger.local
 MAILPIT_SMTP_PORT=1025
 MAILPIT_UI_PORT=8025

.env.example

@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ SMTP_HOST=localhost
 SMTP_PORT=1025
 SMTP_USERNAME=
 SMTP_PASSWORD=
+EMAIL_PROVIDER=log
 SMTP_USE_TLS=false
+SMTP_USE_SSL=false
+SMTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=10
 SMTP_FROM_EMAIL=no-reply@benyamessenger.local
 
 LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE=10

app/auth/service.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from app.auth.schemas import (
 )
 from app.config.settings import settings
 from app.database.session import get_db
-from app.email.service import EmailService, get_email_service
+from app.email.service import EmailDeliveryError, EmailService, get_email_service
 from app.users.models import User
 from app.users.repository import create_user, get_user_by_email, get_user_by_id, get_user_by_username
 from app.utils.security import (
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ async def register_user(
     expires_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(hours=settings.email_verification_token_expire_hours)
     await auth_repository.delete_email_verification_tokens_for_user(db, user.id)
     await auth_repository.create_email_verification_token(db, user.id, verification_token, expires_at)
-    await db.commit()
+    try:
-
         await email_service.send_verification_email(payload.email, verification_token)
+    except EmailDeliveryError as exc:
+        await db.rollback()
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, detail="Unable to send verification email") from exc
+    await db.commit()
 
 
 async def verify_email(db: AsyncSession, payload: VerifyEmailRequest) -> None:
@@ -99,9 +102,12 @@ async def resend_verification_email(
     expires_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(hours=settings.email_verification_token_expire_hours)
     await auth_repository.delete_email_verification_tokens_for_user(db, user.id)
     await auth_repository.create_email_verification_token(db, user.id, verification_token, expires_at)
-    await db.commit()
+    try:
-
         await email_service.send_verification_email(user.email, verification_token)
+    except EmailDeliveryError as exc:
+        await db.rollback()
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, detail="Unable to send verification email") from exc
+    await db.commit()
 
 
 async def login_user(db: AsyncSession, payload: LoginRequest) -> TokenResponse:
@@ -168,9 +174,12 @@ async def request_password_reset(
     expires_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(hours=settings.password_reset_token_expire_hours)
     await auth_repository.delete_password_reset_tokens_for_user(db, user.id)
     await auth_repository.create_password_reset_token(db, user.id, reset_token, expires_at)
-    await db.commit()
+    try:
-
         await email_service.send_password_reset_email(user.email, reset_token)
+    except EmailDeliveryError as exc:
+        await db.rollback()
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, detail="Unable to send reset email") from exc
+    await db.commit()
 
 
 async def reset_password(db: AsyncSession, payload: ResetPasswordRequest) -> None:

app/config/settings.py

@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     smtp_port: int = 1025
     smtp_username: str = ""
     smtp_password: str = ""
+    email_provider: str = "log"
     smtp_use_tls: bool = False
+    smtp_use_ssl: bool = False
+    smtp_timeout_seconds: float = 10.0
     smtp_from_email: str = "no-reply@benyamessenger.local"
 
     login_rate_limit_per_minute: int = 10

app/email/service.py

@@ -1,22 +1,74 @@
 import logging
+from email.message import EmailMessage
+
+import aiosmtplib
 
 from app.config.settings import settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class EmailDeliveryError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class EmailService:
     async def send_verification_email(self, email: str, token: str) -> None:
         verify_link = f"{settings.frontend_base_url}/verify-email?token={token}"
         subject = "Verify your BenyaMessenger account"
-        body = f"Open this link to verify your account: {verify_link}"
+        text = (
-        logger.info("EMAIL to=%s subject=%s body=%s", email, subject, body)
+            "Welcome to BenyaMessenger.\n\n"
+            f"Verify your email by opening this link:\n{verify_link}\n\n"
+            "If you did not create this account, ignore this email."
+        )
+        html = (
+            "<p>Welcome to <b>BenyaMessenger</b>.</p>"
+            f"<p>Verify your email by opening this link:<br><a href='{verify_link}'>{verify_link}</a></p>"
+            "<p>If you did not create this account, ignore this email.</p>"
+        )
+        await self._send_email(email, subject, text, html)
 
     async def send_password_reset_email(self, email: str, token: str) -> None:
         reset_link = f"{settings.frontend_base_url}/reset-password?token={token}"
         subject = "Reset your BenyaMessenger password"
-        body = f"Open this link to reset your password: {reset_link}"
+        text = (
-        logger.info("EMAIL to=%s subject=%s body=%s", email, subject, body)
+            "Password reset request.\n\n"
+            f"Open this link to reset your password:\n{reset_link}\n\n"
+            "If you did not request this, ignore this email."
+        )
+        html = (
+            "<p>Password reset request.</p>"
+            f"<p>Open this link to reset your password:<br><a href='{reset_link}'>{reset_link}</a></p>"
+            "<p>If you did not request this, ignore this email.</p>"
+        )
+        await self._send_email(email, subject, text, html)
+
+    async def _send_email(self, recipient: str, subject: str, text: str, html: str) -> None:
+        if settings.email_provider.lower() != "smtp":
+            logger.info("EMAIL to=%s subject=%s body=%s", recipient, subject, text)
+            return
+
+        message = EmailMessage()
+        message["From"] = settings.smtp_from_email
+        message["To"] = recipient
+        message["Subject"] = subject
+        message.set_content(text)
+        message.add_alternative(html, subtype="html")
+
+        try:
+            await aiosmtplib.send(
+                message,
+                hostname=settings.smtp_host,
+                port=settings.smtp_port,
+                username=settings.smtp_username or None,
+                password=settings.smtp_password or None,
+                start_tls=settings.smtp_use_tls,
+                use_tls=settings.smtp_use_ssl,
+                timeout=settings.smtp_timeout_seconds,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.exception("SMTP delivery failed to=%s subject=%s", recipient, subject)
+            raise EmailDeliveryError("Email delivery failed") from exc
 
 
 def get_email_service() -> EmailService:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ x-app-env: &app-env
   SMTP_PORT: ${SMTP_PORT:-1025}
   SMTP_USERNAME: ${SMTP_USERNAME:-}
   SMTP_PASSWORD: ${SMTP_PASSWORD:-}
+  EMAIL_PROVIDER: ${EMAIL_PROVIDER:-log}
   SMTP_USE_TLS: ${SMTP_USE_TLS:-false}
+  SMTP_USE_SSL: ${SMTP_USE_SSL:-false}
+  SMTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: ${SMTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-10}
   SMTP_FROM_EMAIL: ${SMTP_FROM_EMAIL:-no-reply@benyamessenger.local}
   LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE: ${LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE:-10}
   REGISTER_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE: ${REGISTER_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE:-5}