diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index 5c63057..42628bf 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -48,3 +48,13 @@ MYSQL_PASSWORD=password
 POSTGRES_DB=mork-db
 POSTGRES_USER=fun
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pass
+
+# Emails
+EMAIL_HOST=mailcatcher
+EMAIL_HOST_USER=
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
+EMAIL_PORT=1025
+EMAIL_USE_TLS=False
+EMAIL_FROM=from@fun-mooc.fr
+EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT=100/m
+EMAIL_MAX_RETRIES=3
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3cce4f9..cf13756 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 
 # -- Docker
-COMPOSE          = bin/compose
-COMPOSE_RUN      = $(COMPOSE) run --rm --no-deps
+COMPOSE         = bin/compose
+COMPOSE_EXEC    = $(COMPOSE) exec
+COMPOSE_RUN     = $(COMPOSE) run --rm --no-deps
 COMPOSE_RUN_API = $(COMPOSE_RUN) api
 
 # -- MySQL
@@ -77,11 +78,11 @@ logs-celery: ## display celery logs (follow mode)
 .PHONY: logs-celery
 
 purge-celery: ## purge celery tasks
-	@$(COMPOSE_EXEC) celery celery -A mork.celery_app purge
+	@$(COMPOSE_EXEC) celery celery -A mork.celery.celery_app purge
 .PHONY: purge-celery
 
 flower: ## run flower
-	@$(COMPOSE_EXEC) celery celery -A mork.celery_app flower
+	@$(COMPOSE_EXEC) celery celery -A mork.celery.celery_app flower
 .PHONY: flower
 
 run: ## run the whole stack
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 08d91b0..8b44764 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,28 +36,30 @@ services:
       - .:/app
 
   celery:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      target: "${MORK_IMAGE_BUILD_TARGET:-development}"
-      args:
-        DOCKER_USER: ${DOCKER_USER:-1000}
-    command: ["celery", "-A", "mork.celery_app", "worker", "-l", "DEBUG", "-n", "mork@%h"]
+    image: mork:development
+    command: ["celery", "-A", "mork.celery.celery_app", "worker", "-l", "DEBUG", "-n", "mork@%h"]
     env_file:
       - .env
     ports:
-      - "${MORK_CELERY_SERVER_PORT:-5555}"
+      - "5555:5555"
     volumes:
       - ./src:/app
       - ./bin/seed_edx_database.py:/opt/src/seed_edx_database.py
     depends_on:
       - api
       - redis
+      - mailcatcher
       - mysql
       - postgresql
 
   dockerize:
     image: jwilder/dockerize
 
+  mailcatcher:
+    image: sj26/mailcatcher:latest
+    ports:
+      - "1081:1080"
+
   mysql:
     image: mysql:5.7
     ports:
diff --git a/src/mork/api/models.py b/src/mork/api/models.py
index 19ee8ee..4109d91 100644
--- a/src/mork/api/models.py
+++ b/src/mork/api/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from mork.celery.tasks import delete_inactive_users, warn_inactive_users
+
 
 @unique
 class TaskStatus(str, Enum):
@@ -37,3 +39,9 @@ class TaskResponse(BaseModel):
 
     id: str
     status: TaskStatus
+
+
+TASK_TYPE_TO_FUNC = {
+    TaskType.EMAILING: warn_inactive_users,
+    TaskType.DELETION: delete_inactive_users,
+}
diff --git a/src/mork/api/routes/tasks.py b/src/mork/api/routes/tasks.py
index 951f500..de51fb0 100644
--- a/src/mork/api/routes/tasks.py
+++ b/src/mork/api/routes/tasks.py
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Response, status
 
 from mork.api.auth import authenticate_api_key
-from mork.api.models import TaskCreate, TaskResponse, TaskStatus, TaskType
-from mork.worker.tasks import TASK_TYPE_TO_FUNC
+from mork.api.models import (
+    TASK_TYPE_TO_FUNC,
+    TaskCreate,
+    TaskResponse,
+    TaskStatus,
+    TaskType,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/mork/worker/__init__.py b/src/mork/celery/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mork/worker/__init__.py
rename to src/mork/celery/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/mork/worker/celery_app.py b/src/mork/celery/celery_app.py
similarity index 83%
rename from src/mork/worker/celery_app.py
rename to src/mork/celery/celery_app.py
index 1f02b78..b222c04 100644
--- a/src/mork/worker/celery_app.py
+++ b/src/mork/celery/celery_app.py
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 
 from celery import Celery
 
-app = Celery("mork")
+app = Celery("mork", include=["mork.celery.tasks"])
 
 # Using a string here means the worker doesn't have to serialize
 # the configuration object to child processes.
 # - namespace='CELERY' means all celery-related configuration keys
 #   should have a `CELERY_` prefix.
 app.config_from_object("mork.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
-
-# Load task modules.
-app.autodiscover_tasks()
diff --git a/src/mork/celery/tasks.py b/src/mork/celery/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34e85b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mork/celery/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"""Mork Celery tasks."""
+
+import smtplib
+from datetime import datetime
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+from logging import getLogger
+from smtplib import SMTPException
+
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from mork.celery.celery_app import app
+from mork.conf import settings
+from mork.database import MorkDB
+from mork.exceptions import EmailAlreadySent, EmailSendError
+from mork.models import EmailStatus
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@app.task
+def warn_inactive_users():
+    """Celery task to warn inactive users by email."""
+    pass
+
+
+@app.task
+def delete_inactive_users():
+    """Celery task to delete inactive users accounts."""
+    pass
+
+
+@app.task(
+    bind=True,
+    rate_limit=settings.EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT,
+    retry_kwargs={"max_retries": settings.EMAIL_MAX_RETRIES},
+)
+def send_email_task(self, email_address: str, username: str):
+    """Celery task that sends an email to the specified user."""
+    # Check that user has not already received a warning email
+    if check_email_already_sent(email_address):
+        raise EmailAlreadySent("An email has already been sent to this user")
+
+    try:
+        send_email(email_address, username)
+    except EmailSendError as exc:
+        logger.exception(exc)
+        raise self.retry(exc=exc) from exc
+
+    # Write flag that email was correctly sent to this user
+    mark_email_status(email_address)
+
+
+def check_email_already_sent(email_adress: str):
+    """Check if an email has already been sent to the user."""
+    db = MorkDB()
+    query = select(EmailStatus.email).where(EmailStatus.email == email_adress)
+    result = db.session.execute(query).scalars().first()
+    db.session.close()
+    return result
+
+
+def send_email(email_address: str, username: str):
+    """Initialize connection to SMTP and send a warning email."""
+    html = f"""\
+    <html>
+    <body>
+        <h1>Hello {username},</h1>
+        Your account will be closed soon! If you want to keep it, please log in!
+    </body>
+    </html>
+    """
+
+    # Create a multipart message and set headers
+    message = MIMEMultipart()
+    message["From"] = settings.EMAIL_FROM
+    message["To"] = email_address
+    message["Subject"] = "Your account will be closed soon"
+
+    # Attach the HTML part
+    message.attach(MIMEText(html, "html"))
+
+    # Send the email
+    with smtplib.SMTP(
+        host=settings.EMAIL_HOST, port=settings.EMAIL_PORT
+    ) as smtp_server:
+        if settings.EMAIL_USE_TLS:
+            smtp_server.starttls()
+        if settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER and settings.EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD:
+            smtp_server.login(
+                user=settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER,
+                password=settings.EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD,
+            )
+        try:
+            smtp_server.sendmail(
+                from_addr=settings.EMAIL_FROM,
+                to_addrs=email_address,
+                msg=message.as_string(),
+            )
+        except SMTPException as exc:
+            logger.error(f"Sending email failed: {exc} ")
+            raise EmailSendError("Failed sending an email") from exc
+
+
+def mark_email_status(email_address: str):
+    """Mark the email status in database."""
+    db = MorkDB()
+    db.session.add(EmailStatus(email=email_address, sent_date=datetime.now()))
+    db.session.commit()
+    db.session.close()
diff --git a/src/mork/conf.py b/src/mork/conf.py
index 8c350aa..c6bb1b6 100644
--- a/src/mork/conf.py
+++ b/src/mork/conf.py
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     EDX_DB_PORT: int = 3306
     EDX_DB_DEBUG: bool = False
 
+    # Emails
+    EMAIL_HOST: str = "mailcatcher"
+    EMAIL_HOST_USER: str = ""
+    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: str = ""
+    EMAIL_PORT: int = 1025
+    EMAIL_USE_TLS: bool = False
+    EMAIL_FROM: str = "from@fun-mooc.fr"
+    EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT: str = "100/m"
+    EMAIL_MAX_RETRIES: int = 3
+
     # Celery
     broker_url: str = Field("redis://redis:6379/0", alias="MORK_CELERY_BROKER_URL")
     result_backend: str = Field(
diff --git a/src/mork/exceptions.py b/src/mork/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d83b3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mork/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""Exceptions for Mork."""
+
+
+class EmailAlreadySent(Exception):
+    """Raised when an email has already been sent to this user."""
+
+
+class EmailSendError(Exception):
+    """Raised when an error occurs when sending an email."""
diff --git a/src/mork/worker/tasks.py b/src/mork/worker/tasks.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d83600..0000000
--- a/src/mork/worker/tasks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-"""Mork Celery tasks."""
-
-from logging import getLogger
-
-from mork.api.models import TaskType
-from mork.worker.celery_app import app
-
-logger = getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-@app.task
-def warn_inactive_users():
-    """Celery task to warn inactive users by email."""
-    pass
-
-
-@app.task
-def delete_inactive_users():
-    """Celery task to delete inactive users accounts."""
-    pass
-
-
-TASK_TYPE_TO_FUNC = {
-    TaskType.EMAILING: warn_inactive_users,
-    TaskType.DELETION: delete_inactive_users,
-}
diff --git a/tests/worker/test_tasks.py b/tests/worker/test_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce75dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/worker/test_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"""Tests for Mork Celery tasks."""
+
+import smtplib
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+from mork.celery.tasks import check_email_already_sent, mark_email_status, send_email
+from mork.exceptions import EmailSendError
+from mork.factories import EmailStatusFactory
+
+
+def test_check_email_already_sent(monkeypatch, db_session):
+    """Test the `check_email_already_sent` function."""
+    email_address = "test_email@example.com"
+
+    class MockMorkDB:
+        session = db_session
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mork.celery.tasks.MorkDB", MockMorkDB)
+    EmailStatusFactory.create_batch(3)
+
+    assert not check_email_already_sent(email_address)
+
+    EmailStatusFactory.create(email=email_address)
+    assert check_email_already_sent(email_address)
+
+
+def test_send_email(monkeypatch):
+    """Test the `send_email` function."""
+
+    mock_SMTP = MagicMock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mork.celery.tasks.smtplib.SMTP", mock_SMTP)
+
+    test_address = "john.doe@example.com"
+    test_username = "JohnDoe"
+    send_email(email_address=test_address, username=test_username)
+
+    assert mock_SMTP.return_value.__enter__.return_value.sendmail.call_count == 1
+
+
+def test_send_email_with_smtp_exception(monkeypatch):
+    """Test the `send_email` function with an SMTP exception."""
+
+    mock_SMTP = MagicMock()
+    mock_SMTP.return_value.__enter__.return_value.sendmail.side_effect = (
+        smtplib.SMTPException
+    )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mork.celery.tasks.smtplib.SMTP", mock_SMTP)
+
+    test_address = "john.doe@example.com"
+    test_username = "JohnDoe"
+
+    with pytest.raises(EmailSendError, match="Failed sending an email"):
+        send_email(email_address=test_address, username=test_username)
+
+
+def test_mark_email_status(monkeypatch, db_session):
+    """Test the `mark_email_status` function."""
+
+    class MockMorkDB:
+        session = db_session
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mork.celery.tasks.MorkDB", MockMorkDB)
+
+    # Write new email status entry
+    new_email = "test_email@example.com"
+    mark_email_status(new_email)
+    assert check_email_already_sent(new_email)