diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03d0bf1..23e6f73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /coverage
 /dist
 /node_modules
+.idea
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54aeee1..cc9df47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,10 +79,17 @@ export default {
       message: {
         to: 'foo@bar.de',
       },
+      transport: 'smtp', // smtp | sendmail
       smtp: {
         host: "smtp.example.com",
         port: 587,
       },
+      sendmail: {
+        sendmail: true,
+        newline: 'unix',
+        path: '/usr/sbin/sendmail',
+        secure: true,
+      },
     }],
   ],
   // or use the top-level option:
@@ -90,10 +97,17 @@ export default {
     message: {
       to: 'foo@bar.de',
     },
+    transport: 'smtp', // smtp | sendmail
     smtp: {
       host: "smtp.example.com",
       port: 587,
     },
+    sendmail: {
+      sendmail: true,
+      newline: 'unix',
+      path: '/usr/sbin/sendmail',
+      secure: true,
+    },
   },
   // or use runtimeConfig
   runtimeConfig: {
@@ -101,10 +115,17 @@ export default {
       message: {
         to: 'foo@bar.de',
       },
+      transport: 'smtp', // smtp | sendmail
       smtp: {
         host: "smtp.example.com",
         port: 587,
       },
+      sendmail: {
+        sendmail: true,
+        newline: 'unix',
+        path: '/usr/sbin/sendmail',
+        secure: true,
+      },
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 56f98f8..8a9d53d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -34,15 +34,20 @@ export default function (moduleOptions, nuxt) {
     nuxt.options[isNuxt3 ? 'runtimeConfig' : 'privateRuntimeConfig'];
 
   const options = {
+    transport: 'smtp',
     ...runtimeConfig.mail,
     ...nuxt.options.mail,
     ...moduleOptions,
   };
 
-  if (!options.smtp) {
+  if (options.transport === 'smtp' && !options.smtp) {
     throw new Error('SMTP config is missing.');
   }
 
+  if (options.transport === 'sendmail' && !options.sendmail) {
+    throw new Error('Sendmail config is missing.');
+  }
+
   if (
     (Array.isArray(options.message) && options.message.length === 0) ||
     !options.message
diff --git a/src/index.spec.js b/src/index.spec.js
index 39c6618..6fb5c26 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.js
+++ b/src/index.spec.js
@@ -282,6 +282,65 @@ export default {
       await kill(nuxt.pid);
     }
   },
+  async 'config by index sendmail'() {
+    /*
+     * To pass this test you need to set up the Postfix locally and configure the relay host to the test mailServer
+     * in the /etc/postfix/main.cf
+     * ...
+     * relayhost = [127.0.0.1]:3001
+     * ...
+     *
+     */
+    await outputFiles({
+      'nuxt.config.js': endent`
+        export default {
+          modules: [
+            ['../src/index.js', {
+              message: [{ to: 'foo@bar.com' }, { to: 'johndoe@gmail.com' }],
+              transport: 'sendmail',
+              smtp: { port: 3001 },
+              sendmail: { sendmail: true, newline: 'unix', path: '/usr/sbin/sendmail', secure: true },
+            }],
+          ],
+        }
+      `,
+      'pages/index.vue': endent`
+        <template>
+          <div />
+        </template>
+
+        <script setup>
+        const mail = useMail()
+
+        await mail.send({
+          from: 'a@b.de',
+          subject: 'Incredible',
+          text: 'This is an incredible test message',
+          config: 1,
+        })
+        </script>
+      `,
+    });
+
+    const port = await getPort();
+    const nuxt = execaCommand('nuxt dev', { env: { PORT: port } });
+
+    try {
+      await nuxtDevReady(port);
+
+      const [capture] = await Promise.all([
+        this.mailServer.captureOne('johndoe@gmail.com'),
+        this.page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}`),
+      ]);
+
+      expect(capture.email.body).toEqual('This is an incredible test message');
+      expect(capture.email.headers.subject).toEqual('Incredible');
+      expect(capture.email.headers.from).toEqual('a@b.de');
+      expect(capture.email.headers.to).toEqual('johndoe@gmail.com');
+    } finally {
+      await kill(nuxt.pid);
+    }
+  },
   async 'config by name'() {
     await outputFiles({
       'nuxt.config.js': endent`
diff --git a/src/server-handler.post.js b/src/server-handler.post.js
index 60051cc..f204a3b 100644
--- a/src/server-handler.post.js
+++ b/src/server-handler.post.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
 import options from '#mail/options.mjs';
 import send from '#mail/send.mjs';
 
-const transport = nodemailer.createTransport(options.smtp);
+const transportType = options.transport || 'smtp';
+const transport = nodemailer.createTransport(options[transportType]);
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async event => {
   try {