diff --git a/Controllers/AdminController.cs b/Controllers/AdminController.cs
index 6197bba..a704d34 100644
--- a/Controllers/AdminController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/AdminController.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using CarCareTracker.Models;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Mail;
 
 namespace CarCareTracker.Controllers
 {
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ namespace CarCareTracker.Controllers
         public IActionResult GenerateNewToken(string emailAddress)
         {
             var result = _loginLogic.GenerateUserToken(emailAddress);
+            //send an email test block.
+            SendEmail(emailAddress);
             return Json(result);
         }
         public IActionResult DeleteToken(int tokenId)
@@ -32,5 +36,31 @@ namespace CarCareTracker.Controllers
             var result = _loginLogic.DeleteUserToken(tokenId);
             return Json(result);
         }
+        private bool SendEmail(string emailAddress)
+        {
+            var mailConfig = new MailConfig();
+            string to = emailAddress;
+            string from = mailConfig.EmailFrom;
+            var server = mailConfig.EmailServer;
+            MailMessage message = new MailMessage(from, to);
+            message.Subject = "Using the new SMTP client.";
+            message.Body = @"Using this new feature, you can send an email message from an application very easily.";
+            SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient(server);
+            client.EnableSsl = mailConfig.UseSSL;
+            client.Port = mailConfig.Port;
+            client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(mailConfig.Username, mailConfig.Password);
+
+            try
+            {
+                client.Send(message);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in CreateTestMessage2(): {0}",
+                    ex.ToString());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Logic/LoginLogic.cs b/Logic/LoginLogic.cs
index 22a425c..cefd889 100644
--- a/Logic/LoginLogic.cs
+++ b/Logic/LoginLogic.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ namespace CarCareTracker.Logic
                 {
                     Id = -1,
                     UserName = credentials.UserName,
-                    IsAdmin = true
+                    IsAdmin = true,
+                    IsRootUser = true
                 };
             }
             else
diff --git a/Models/Configuration/MailConfig.cs b/Models/Configuration/MailConfig.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23243e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Models/Configuration/MailConfig.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace CarCareTracker.Models
+{
+    public class MailConfig
+    {
+        public string EmailServer { get; set; }
+        public string EmailFrom { get; set; }
+        public bool UseSSL { get; set; }
+        public int Port { get; set; }
+        public string Username { get; set; }
+        public string Password { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Models/Login/UserData.cs b/Models/Login/UserData.cs
index 29e5505..6fb77a1 100644
--- a/Models/Login/UserData.cs
+++ b/Models/Login/UserData.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
         public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
         public string Password { get; set; }
         public bool IsAdmin { get; set; }
+        public bool IsRootUser { get; set; } = false;
     }
 }
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