diff --git a/apxtri/models/Notifications.js b/apxtri/models/Notifications.js
index 57057a9..ffbc44e 100644
--- a/apxtri/models/Notifications.js
+++ b/apxtri/models/Notifications.js
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ Notifications.sendmail = async (data, tribe) => {
     confsmtp = conftrib.smtp;
     if (!data.from || data.from == conf.emailcontact) data.from = conftrib.emailcontact;
   }
+ // console.log(confsmtp)
   const transporter = await nodemailer.createTransport(confsmtp);
   if (data.filelist) {
     data.attachments = [];
@@ -365,10 +366,16 @@ Notifications.sendmail = async (data, tribe) => {
       };
   }
   //console.log("data:", data);
-  const res = await transporter.sendMail(data);
-  //console.log(res)
+  let res;
+  let error;
+  try{
+   res = await transporter.sendMail(data);
+  }catch(err){
+    console.log(err)
+    error=err
+  }
   if (
-    res.accepted &&
+    res && res.accepted &&
     data.to.split(",").reduce((acc, m) => acc && res.accepted.includes(m), true)
   ) {
     data.accepted = res.accepted;
@@ -379,12 +386,12 @@ Notifications.sendmail = async (data, tribe) => {
       msg: "successfullsentemail",
       data,
     };
-  } else if (res.accepted && res.rejected) {
+  } else if ( res && res.accepted && res.rejected) {
     data.accepted = res.accepted;
     data.rejected = res.rejected;
     return { status: 410, ref: "Notifications", msg: "errsendmail", data };
   } else {
-    data.errmailer = res.err;
+    data.errmailer = error;
     return { status: 417, ref: "Notifications", msg: "errsendmail", data };
   }
 };