diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 4f390e37..061109f6 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	EndpointDetection          bool          `json:"endpoint_detection"`
 	AllowedEmailDomains        string        `yaml:"allowed_email_domains"`
 	EmailSenderAddr            string        `json:"email_sender_addr"`
-	EmailSenderAuth            string        `json:"email_sender_auth"`
-	EmailSenderType            string        `json:"email_sender_type"`
+	EmailSenderUser            string        `json:"email_sender_user"`
+	EmailSenderPassword        string        `json:"email_sender_password"`
 	SmtpHost                   string        `json:"smtp_host"`
 	SmtpPort                   int           `json:"smtp_port"`
 	MetricInterval             string        `yaml:"metric_interval"`
diff --git a/pro/email/email.go b/pro/email/email.go
index bd7c6344..f6a3e80a 100644
--- a/pro/email/email.go
+++ b/pro/email/email.go
@@ -16,24 +16,19 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	switch EmailSenderType(servercfg.EmailSenderType()) {
-	case Smtp:
-		smtpSender := &SmtpSender{
-			SmtpHost:    servercfg.GetSmtpHost(),
-			SmtpPort:    servercfg.GetSmtpPort(),
-			SenderEmail: servercfg.GetSenderEmail(),
-			SendUser:    servercfg.GetSenderUser(),
-			SenderPass:  servercfg.GetEmaiSenderAuth(),
-		}
-		if smtpSender.SendUser == "" {
-			smtpSender.SendUser = smtpSender.SenderEmail
-		}
-		client = smtpSender
 
-	case Resend:
-		client = NewResendEmailSenderFromConfig()
+	smtpSender := &SmtpSender{
+		SmtpHost:    servercfg.GetSmtpHost(),
+		SmtpPort:    servercfg.GetSmtpPort(),
+		SenderEmail: servercfg.GetSenderEmail(),
+		SendUser:    servercfg.GetSenderUser(),
+		SenderPass:  servercfg.GetEmaiSenderPassword(),
 	}
-	client = GetClient()
+	if smtpSender.SendUser == "" {
+		smtpSender.SendUser = smtpSender.SenderEmail
+	}
+	client = smtpSender
+
 }
 
 // EmailSender - an interface for sending emails based on notifications and mail templates
diff --git a/pro/email/resend.go b/pro/email/resend.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1125bc7e..00000000
--- a/pro/email/resend.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package email
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/servercfg"
-	"github.com/resendlabs/resend-go"
-)
-
-// ResendEmailSender - implementation of EmailSender using Resend (https://resend.com)
-type ResendEmailSender struct {
-	client ResendClient
-	from   string
-}
-
-// ResendClient - dependency interface for resend client
-type ResendClient interface {
-	Send(*resend.SendEmailRequest) (resend.SendEmailResponse, error)
-}
-
-// NewResendEmailSender - constructs a ResendEmailSender
-func NewResendEmailSender(client ResendClient, from string) ResendEmailSender {
-	return ResendEmailSender{client: client, from: from}
-}
-
-// NewResendEmailSender - constructs a ResendEmailSender from config
-// TODO let main.go handle this and use dependency injection instead of calling this function
-func NewResendEmailSenderFromConfig() ResendEmailSender {
-	key, from := servercfg.GetEmaiSenderAuth(), servercfg.GetSenderEmail()
-	resender := resend.NewClient(key)
-	return NewResendEmailSender(resender.Emails, from)
-}
-
-// SendEmail - sends an email using resend-go (https://github.com/resendlabs/resend-go)
-func (es ResendEmailSender) SendEmail(ctx context.Context, notification Notification, email Mail) error {
-	var (
-		from    = es.from
-		to      = notification.RecipientMail
-		subject = email.GetSubject(notification)
-		body    = email.GetBody(notification)
-	)
-	params := resend.SendEmailRequest{
-		From:    from,
-		To:      []string{to},
-		Subject: subject,
-		Html:    body,
-	}
-	_, err := es.client.Send(&params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed sending mail via resend: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/scripts/netmaker.default.env b/scripts/netmaker.default.env
index 196ad366..5d24dd8a 100644
--- a/scripts/netmaker.default.env
+++ b/scripts/netmaker.default.env
@@ -86,5 +86,4 @@ EMAIL_SENDER_ADDR=
 EMAIL_SENDER_USER=
 # sender smtp password
 EMAIL_SENDER_PASSWORD=
-# mail sender type (smtp or resend)
-EMAIL_SENDER_TYPE=smtp
+
diff --git a/scripts/nm-quick.sh b/scripts/nm-quick.sh
index 2a1d6759..bf8c2826 100755
--- a/scripts/nm-quick.sh
+++ b/scripts/nm-quick.sh
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ save_config() { (
 		"CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGIN" "DISPLAY_KEYS" "DATABASE" "SERVER_BROKER_ENDPOINT" "VERBOSITY"
 		"DEBUG_MODE"  "REST_BACKEND" "DISABLE_REMOTE_IP_CHECK" "TELEMETRY" "ALLOWED_EMAIL_DOMAINS" "AUTH_PROVIDER" "CLIENT_ID" "CLIENT_SECRET"
 		"FRONTEND_URL" "AZURE_TENANT" "OIDC_ISSUER" "EXPORTER_API_PORT" "JWT_VALIDITY_DURATION" "RAC_AUTO_DISABLE" "CACHING_ENABLED" "ENDPOINT_DETECTION"
-		"SMTP_HOST" "SMTP_PORT" "EMAIL_SENDER_ADDR" "EMAIL_SENDER_USER" "EMAIL_SENDER_PASSWORD" "EMAIL_SENDER_TYPE")
+		"SMTP_HOST" "SMTP_PORT" "EMAIL_SENDER_ADDR" "EMAIL_SENDER_USER" "EMAIL_SENDER_PASSWORD")
 	for name in "${toCopy[@]}"; do
 		save_config_item $name "${!name}"
 	done
diff --git a/servercfg/serverconf.go b/servercfg/serverconf.go
index f368bb88..98e5d5b4 100644
--- a/servercfg/serverconf.go
+++ b/servercfg/serverconf.go
@@ -279,32 +279,22 @@ func GetSenderUser() string {
 	v := ""
 	if fromEnv := os.Getenv("EMAIL_SENDER_USER"); fromEnv != "" {
 		v = fromEnv
-	} else if fromCfg := config.Config.Server.EmailSenderAddr; fromCfg != "" {
+	} else if fromCfg := config.Config.Server.EmailSenderUser; fromCfg != "" {
 		v = fromCfg
 	}
 	return v
 }
 
-func GetEmaiSenderAuth() string {
+func GetEmaiSenderPassword() string {
 	v := ""
 	if fromEnv := os.Getenv("EMAIL_SENDER_PASSWORD"); fromEnv != "" {
 		v = fromEnv
-	} else if fromCfg := config.Config.Server.EmailSenderAddr; fromCfg != "" {
+	} else if fromCfg := config.Config.Server.EmailSenderPassword; fromCfg != "" {
 		v = fromCfg
 	}
 	return v
 }
 
-func EmailSenderType() string {
-	s := ""
-	if fromEnv := os.Getenv("EMAIL_SENDER_TYPE"); fromEnv != "" {
-		s = fromEnv
-	} else if fromCfg := config.Config.Server.EmailSenderType; fromCfg != "" {
-		s = fromCfg
-	}
-	return s
-}
-
 // GetOwnerEmail - gets the owner email (saas)
 func GetOwnerEmail() string {
 	return os.Getenv("SAAS_OWNER_EMAIL")