diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29af2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+PORT=5000
+
+AUTOMAILER_ID = "mailerID@mailserver.domain"
+AUTOMAILER_APP_PASSWD = "mailerpasswd"
+
+JWTSECRET="somerandomstring"
+
+ADMIN_USER = "ADMIN_USER"
+ADMIN_PASSWD = "SOME_ADMIN_PASSWD"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4800e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DB_USERNAME='your_local_db_username'
+DB_PASSWORD='your_local_db_password'
+DB_NAME='your_local_db_name'
+
+CAPTCHA_SECRET = "6LeIxAcTAAAAAGG-vFI1TnRWxMZNFuojJ4WifJWe"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02e54d1..0571787 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-# Back-end server template
+# Express-Sequelize backend server template
 
-- Run npm i to install all dependencies first
-- Env config: .env, .env.development, .env.staging, .env.production
-- npm run staging_prep and npm run staging to deploy on Render after configuring a new web service on Render dashboard
\ No newline at end of file
+### To get started:
+- Clone this repo: `git clone https://gitlab.com/ctf-tech-2023/backend-template`
+- Reset the git remote repo URL: `git remote rm origin`
+- Set new git remote URL: `git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/ctf-tech-2023/new-repo-name`
+
+### Project setup:
+
+- Edit `package.json` to reflect the new name and URLs
+- Run `npm i` to install all dependencies
+- Before running `sequelize-cli` commands while developing, make sure to set `$env:NODE_ENV='development'` on Windows, or `NODE_ENV=development` on Linux/MacOS
+- Env config:
+  - **.env** - All things common to all environments (port, mailer creds, JWT secret, admin data access creds, etc.)
+  - **.env.development** - Development environment (dev captcha secret, dev DB details)
+  - **.env.staging** - Staging environment (dev captcha secret, staging DB conn. string) - **for sysadmins**
+  - **.env.production** - Production environment (production captcha secret, prod DB conn. string) - **for sysadmins**
+- Staging: `npm run staging_prep` and `npm run staging` to deploy on Render after configuring a new web service on Render dashboard
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6459ebc..0d77d5b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
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-  "name": "induction-api-2023",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "name": "backend-template",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "name": "induction-api-2023",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "name": "backend-template",
+      "version": "1.3.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
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@@ -4117,9 +4117,9 @@
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3fbe2da..78ca6db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "backend-template",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
-  "description": "Template for back-end server using Express, Node, and Sequelize.",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "description": "Template for back-end server using Express and Sequelize.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development nodemon --exitcrash index.js",
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://gitlab.com/ctf-tech-2023/backend-template.git"
   },
-  "author": "",
+  "author": "Kaushik Ravishankar <rknarayan02@gmail.com>",
   "license": "ISC",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://gitlab.com/ctf-tech-2023/backend-template/issues"
diff --git a/utils/mailer.js b/utils/mailer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73b0619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/mailer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const mailer = require("nodemailer");
+const logger = require("./logger")(module);
+
+// Creates a mailer transporter object with authentication and base config
+const transport = mailer.createTransport({
+	host: "smtp.gmail.com",
+	port: 465,
+	secure: true,
+	service: "gmail",
+	auth: {
+		user: process.env.AUTOMAILER_ID,
+		pass: process.env.AUTOMAILER_APP_PASSWD,
+	}
+});
+
+/**
+ * Sends a mail from web user to a mail inside organization
+ * @param {string} mailTarget Target mail - must be within organization
+ * @param {string} mailSubject Mail subject
+ * @param {{name: string, email: string, message: string}} userData User details: name, email, and message
+ */
+const inboundMailer = (mailTarget, mailSubject, userData) => {
+	if (!mailTarget.endsWith("cegtechforum.in")) {
+		throw new Error("Invalid target mail domain.");
+	}
+
+	const message = {
+		to: mailTarget,
+		subject: mailSubject,
+		html:
+			"<p>Name: " + userData.name + "</p><p>Email: " + userData.email + "</p><br/><p>Message:<br/>" + userData.message + "</p>"
+	};
+
+	transport.sendMail(message, (err, info) => {
+		if (err) {
+			logger.error("Failure: QUERY mail NOT sent", { err, userData });
+		} else {
+			logger.info("Success: QUERY mail sent", { info });
+		}
+	});
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+	inboundMailer
+}