diff --git a/services/reports/src/email/config.rs b/services/reports/src/email/config.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/reports/src/email/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use tracing::warn;
+
+use crate::report_types::ReportType;
+
+const ENV_POSTMARK_TOKEN: &str = "POSTMARK_TOKEN";
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum MailingGroup {
+  ErrorsReports,
+  InconsistencyReports,
+  MediaReports,
+}
+
+impl From<&ReportType> for MailingGroup {
+  fn from(value: &ReportType) -> Self {
+    use ReportType::*;
+    match value {
+      ErrorReport => Self::ErrorsReports,
+      MediaMission => Self::MediaReports,
+      ThreadInconsistency | EntryInconsistency | UserInconsistency => {
+        Self::InconsistencyReports
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct EmailConfig {
+  postmark_token: Option<String>,
+  /// E-mail that is used as a sender
+  pub sender_email: String,
+  /// Receiver e-mails for report types
+  pub mailing_groups: HashMap<MailingGroup, String>,
+}
+
+impl EmailConfig {
+  /// API key for Postmark
+  pub fn postmark_token(&self) -> &str {
+    // Postmark token is always defined for valid config
+    self
+      .postmark_token
+      .as_ref()
+      .expect("FATAL. Postmark token not defined")
+  }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for EmailConfig {
+  type Err = serde_json::Error;
+  fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+    let mut cfg: EmailConfig = serde_json::from_str(s)?;
+    // Token from env has higher priority
+    cfg.postmark_token = postmark_token_from_env().or(cfg.postmark_token);
+
+    if cfg.postmark_token.is_none() {
+      warn!("Email config provided but Postmark token not found. Emails will not be sent!");
+    }
+    Ok(cfg)
+  }
+}
+
+fn postmark_token_from_env() -> Option<String> {
+  std::env::var(ENV_POSTMARK_TOKEN)
+    .ok()
+    .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use super::*;
+
+  const RAW_CFG: &str = r#"{
+      "postmarkToken": "hello",
+      "senderEmail": "a@b.c",
+      "mailingGroups": {}
+    }"#;
+  const RAW_CFG_NO_TOKEN: &str =
+    r#"{"senderEmail": "a@b.c", "mailingGroups": {} }"#;
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_postmark_token() {
+    // make sure existing env var doesn't interrupt the test
+    if postmark_token_from_env().is_some() {
+      std::env::set_var(ENV_POSTMARK_TOKEN, "");
+    }
+
+    let cfg: EmailConfig =
+      RAW_CFG_NO_TOKEN.parse().expect("failed to parse config");
+    assert!(cfg.postmark_token.is_none());
+
+    let cfg: EmailConfig = RAW_CFG.parse().expect("failed to parse config");
+    assert!(cfg
+      .postmark_token
+      .as_ref()
+      .is_some_and(|token| token == "hello"));
+
+    // env should override
+    std::env::set_var(ENV_POSTMARK_TOKEN, "world");
+    let cfg: EmailConfig = RAW_CFG.parse().expect("failed to parse config");
+    assert!(cfg
+      .postmark_token
+      .as_ref()
+      .is_some_and(|token| token == "world"));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/reports/src/email/mod.rs b/services/reports/src/email/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/reports/src/email/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod config;
diff --git a/services/reports/src/main.rs b/services/reports/src/main.rs
--- a/services/reports/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/reports/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod config;
 pub mod constants;
 pub mod database;
+pub mod email;
 pub mod http;
 pub mod report_types;
 pub mod service;