diff --git a/src/main/java/it/gov/innovazione/ndc/service/EmailService.java b/src/main/java/it/gov/innovazione/ndc/service/EmailService.java
index 6376ddf..c547406 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/gov/innovazione/ndc/service/EmailService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/gov/innovazione/ndc/service/EmailService.java
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 package it.gov.innovazione.ndc.service;
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationStartedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
 import org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage;
 import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSender;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Slf4j
 class EmailService {
 
     private final JavaMailSender javaMailSender;
     @Value("${alerter.mail.sender}")
     private final String from;
+    @Value("${spring.mail.properties.mail.debug:false}")
+    private boolean mailDebug;
 
     void sendEmail(String to, String subject, String text) {
         SimpleMailMessage message = new SimpleMailMessage();
@@ -23,4 +29,12 @@ void sendEmail(String to, String subject, String text) {
         javaMailSender.send(message);
     }
 
+    @EventListener(ApplicationStartedEvent.class)
+    void debugSendMail() {
+        if (mailDebug) {
+            log.info("Sending test email");
+            sendEmail("servicedesk-schema@istat.it", "Test", "Test");
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index aa4c82f..b619891 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ spring.mail.username=${ALERTER_SMTP_USER:servicedesk-schema@istat.it}
 spring.mail.password=${ALERTER_SMTP_PASSWORD:}
 spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=${ALERTER_SMTP_AUTH:true}
 spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable=${ALERTER_SMTP_STARTTLS:true}
+spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.ssl.enable=${ALERTER_SMTP_SSL:false}
+spring.mail.properties.mail.debug=${JAVA_MAIL_DEBUG:false}