diff --git a/src/mailer.ts b/src/mailer.ts
index d1f31c2..ea3a775 100644
--- a/src/mailer.ts
+++ b/src/mailer.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,17 @@
-import fs from "fs";
-import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
-import { MailOptions } from 'nodemailer/lib/json-transport';
-import Mail from 'nodemailer/lib/mailer';
 import { config } from './config';
-import { MailServerConfigError } from './errors/MailErrors';
 
 /**
  * This class is responsible for all things mail sending.
  * This uses the mail emplates from src/static/mail_templates
  */
 export class Mailer {
-    private transport: Mail;
 
     /**
      * The class's default constructor.
      * Creates the transporter and tests the connection.
      */
     constructor() {
-        this.transport = nodemailer.createTransport({
-            host: config.mail_server,
-            port: config.mail_port,
-            auth: {
-                user: config.mail_user,
-                pass: config.mail_password
-            }
-        });
 
-        this.transport.verify(function (error, success) {
-            if (error) {
-                throw new MailServerConfigError();
-            }
-        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -39,17 +20,7 @@ export class Mailer {
      * @param token The requested password reset token - will be combined with the app_url to generate a password reset link.
      */
     public async sendResetMail(to_address: string, token: string) {
-        const reset_link = `${config.app_url}/reset/${(Buffer.from(token)).toString("base64")}`
-        const body_html = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/static/mail_templates/pw-reset.html', { encoding: 'utf8' }).replace("{{reset_link}}", reset_link).replace("{{recipient_mail}}", to_address).replace("{{copyright_owner}}", "LfK!").replace("{{link_imprint}}", `${config.app_url}/imprint`).replace("{{link_privacy}}", `${config.app_url}/privacy`);
-        const body_txt = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/static/mail_templates/pw-reset.html', { encoding: 'utf8' }).replace("{{reset_link}}", reset_link).replace("{{recipient_mail}}", to_address).replace("{{copyright_owner}}", "LfK!").replace("{{link_imprint}}", `${config.app_url}/imprint`).replace("{{link_privacy}}", `${config.app_url}/privacy`);
 
-        const mail: MailOptions = {
-            to: to_address,
-            subject: "LfK! Password Reset",
-            text: body_txt,
-            html: body_html
-        };
-        await this.sendMail(mail);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -57,23 +28,7 @@ export class Mailer {
      * @param to_address The address the test mail will be sent to - this is the configured from-address by default.
      */
     public async sendTestMail(to_address: string = config.mail_from) {
-        const body_html = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/static/mail_templates/test.html', { encoding: 'utf8' }).replace("{{recipient_mail}}", to_address).replace("{{copyright_owner}}", "LfK!").replace("{{link_imprint}}", `${config.app_url}/imprint`).replace("{{link_privacy}}", `${config.app_url}/privacy`);
-        const body_txt = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/static/mail_templates/test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' }).replace("{{recipient_mail}}", to_address).replace("{{copyright_owner}}", "LfK!").replace("{{link_imprint}}", `${config.app_url}/imprint`).replace("{{link_privacy}}", `${config.app_url}/privacy`);
-        const mail: MailOptions = {
-            to: to_address,
-            subject: "LfK! Test Mail",
-            text: body_txt,
-            html: body_html
-        };
-        await this.sendMail(mail);
+
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Wrapper function for sending a mail via this object's transporter.
-     * @param mail MailOptions object containing the 
-     */
-    public async sendMail(mail: MailOptions) {
-        mail.from = config.mail_from;
-        await this.transport.sendMail(mail);
-    }
 }