diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/database/Queries.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/database/Queries.java
index 33a4707..2dc67dc 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/database/Queries.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/database/Queries.java
@@ -482,4 +482,26 @@ public class Queries {
 
         return userNames;
     }
+
+    public static UUID getPlayerUUID(String playerName) {
+        String query = "SELECT UUID FROM utility_users WHERE Username  = ?";
+        UUID uuid = null;
+        try {
+            Connection connection = DatabaseConnection.getConnection();
+
+            PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(query);
+
+            statement.setString(1, playerName);
+
+            ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery();
+
+            while (resultSet.next()) {
+                uuid = UUID.fromString(resultSet.getString("UUID"));
+            }
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return uuid;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatUser.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatUser.java
index fce0860..c9d853c 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatUser.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatUser.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.alttd.chat.database.Queries;
 import com.alttd.chat.objects.channels.Channel;
 import com.alttd.chat.util.Utility;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Mail.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Mail.java
index 6f3acfa..d90f177 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Mail.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Mail.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class Mail {
 
-    private final UUID uuid; // the player
-    private final UUID sender; // the sender
-    private final long sendTime; // any other option for this? does the db store recordcreation and edit time?
-    private long readTime; // any other option for this?
-    private final String message; // do we want staff to edit this after being send but being unread?
+    private final UUID uuid;
+    private final UUID sender;
+    private final long sendTime;
+    private long readTime;
+    private final String message;
 
     public Mail(UUID player, UUID sender, long sendTime, long readTime, String message) {
         this.uuid = player;
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public class Mail {
     public Mail(UUID player, UUID sender, String message) {
         this.uuid = player;
         this.sender = sender;
-        this.sendTime = System.nanoTime();
-        this.readTime = System.nanoTime();
+        this.sendTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        this.readTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         this.message = message;
     }
 
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/commands/SendMail.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/commands/MailCommand.java
similarity index 98%
rename from velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/commands/SendMail.java
rename to velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/commands/MailCommand.java
index 0310363..61f6f57 100755
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/commands/SendMail.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/commands/MailCommand.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-public class SendMail {
+public class MailCommand {
 
-    public SendMail(ProxyServer proxyServer) {
+    public MailCommand(ProxyServer proxyServer) {
 
         RequiredArgumentBuilder<CommandSource, String> playerNode = RequiredArgumentBuilder
                 .<CommandSource, String>argument("player", StringArgumentType.string())
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ChatHandler.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ChatHandler.java
index 58031e8..702afd0 100755
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ChatHandler.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ChatHandler.java
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 package com.alttd.velocitychat.handlers;
 
-import com.alttd.chat.util.Utility;
-import com.alttd.velocitychat.VelocityChat;
 import com.alttd.chat.config.Config;
 import com.alttd.chat.managers.ChatUserManager;
 import com.alttd.chat.managers.PartyManager;
 import com.alttd.chat.objects.ChatUser;
+import com.alttd.chat.objects.Mail;
 import com.alttd.chat.objects.Party;
 import com.alttd.chat.util.ALogger;
+import com.alttd.chat.util.Utility;
+import com.alttd.velocitychat.VelocityChat;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteArrayDataOutput;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ServerConnection;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.Template;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
 
@@ -113,29 +113,64 @@ public class ChatHandler {
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * constructs a mail object and notifies all involved players about it
-     * / mail send playerA,playerB,playerC message
-     */
     public void sendMail(CommandSource commandSource, String recipient, String message) {
-        UUID uuid;
-        if (commandSource instanceof Player) {
-            uuid = ((Player) commandSource).getUniqueId();
-        } else {
-            uuid = Config.CONSOLEUUID;
+        UUID uuid = Config.CONSOLEUUID;;
+        String senderName = Config.CONSOLENAME;
+        UUID targetUUID;
+        if (commandSource instanceof Player player) {
+            uuid = player.getUniqueId();
+            senderName = player.getUsername();
         }
         Optional<Player> optionalPlayer = VelocityChat.getPlugin().getProxy().getPlayer(recipient);
-
-        //Mail mail = new Mail()
-        // todo construct the mail and notify the player if online?
+        if (optionalPlayer.isEmpty()) {
+            targetUUID = ServerHandler.getPlayerUUID(recipient);
+            if (targetUUID == null) {
+                commandSource.sendMessage(Utility.parseMiniMessage("<red>A player with this name hasn't logged in recently.")); // TOOD load from config
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            targetUUID = optionalPlayer.get().getUniqueId();
+        }
+        Mail mail = new Mail(uuid, targetUUID, message);
+        ChatUser chatUser = ChatUserManager.getChatUser(targetUUID);
+        chatUser.addMail(mail);
+        // TODO load from config
+        String finalSenderName = senderName;
+        optionalPlayer.ifPresent(player -> player.sendMessage(Utility.parseMiniMessage("<yellow>New mail from " + finalSenderName)));
     }
 
     public void readMail(CommandSource commandSource, String targetPlayer, boolean unread) {
-
+        UUID uuid = ServerHandler.getPlayerUUID(targetPlayer);
+        if (uuid == null) {
+            commandSource.sendMessage(Utility.parseMiniMessage("<red>A player with this name hasn't logged in recently.")); // TOOD load from config
+            return;
+        }
+        ChatUser chatUser = ChatUserManager.getChatUser(uuid);
+        commandSource.sendMessage(getMails(chatUser.getMails(), false));
     }
 
     public void readMail(CommandSource commandSource, boolean unread) {
+        if (commandSource instanceof Player player) {
+            ChatUser chatUser = ChatUserManager.getChatUser(player.getUniqueId());
+            commandSource.sendMessage(getMails(chatUser.getMails(), unread));
+        }
+    }
 
+    private Component getMails(List<Mail> mails, boolean mark) {
+        Component component = Component.empty();
+        for (Mail mail : mails) {
+            if (mail.isUnRead() && mark) mail.setReadTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
+            ChatUser chatUser = ChatUserManager.getChatUser(mail.getSender());
+            List<Template> templates = new ArrayList<>(List.of(
+                    Template.template("staffprefix", chatUser.getStaffPrefix()),
+                    Template.template("name", chatUser.getDisplayName()),
+                    Template.template("message", "<pre>" + mail.getMessage() + "<pre>"),
+                    Template.template("sendtime", new Date(mail.getSendTime()).toString())
+            ));
+            Component mailMessage = Utility.parseMiniMessage("", templates);
+            component = component.append(Component.newline()).append(mailMessage);
+        }
+        return component;
     }
 
     public void partyChat(String partyId, UUID uuid, Component message) {
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ServerHandler.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ServerHandler.java
index 5295b2b..af4cdd1 100755
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ServerHandler.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/handlers/ServerHandler.java
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
 package com.alttd.velocitychat.handlers;
 
+import com.alttd.chat.database.Queries;
+import com.alttd.chat.objects.ChatUser;
 import com.alttd.velocitychat.VelocityChat;
 import com.alttd.chat.config.ServerConfig;
 import com.alttd.velocitychat.data.ServerWrapper;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteArrayDataOutput;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.RegisteredServer;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.scheduler.ScheduledTask;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 public class ServerHandler {
 
     private VelocityChat plugin;
 
     private static List<ServerWrapper> servers;
+    private static Map<String, UUID> serverPlayers;
+    public ScheduledTask cleanupTask; // add a better way to catch NULL uuid? early return? get from another source? ...
 
     public ServerHandler() {
         plugin = VelocityChat.getPlugin();
+        serverPlayers = new TreeMap<>();
         initialize();
     }
 
@@ -33,6 +38,11 @@ public class ServerHandler {
         for (RegisteredServer registeredServer : plugin.getProxy().getAllServers()) {
             servers.add(new ServerWrapper(registeredServer, new ServerConfig(registeredServer.getServerInfo().getName())));
         }
+
+        cleanupTask = plugin.getProxy().getScheduler().buildTask(plugin, () -> {
+            serverPlayers.values().removeIf(Objects::isNull);
+        }).repeat(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS).schedule();
+
     }
 
     public void sendGlobalChat(String uuid, String message) {
@@ -65,4 +75,12 @@ public class ServerHandler {
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    public static UUID getPlayerUUID(String playerName) {
+        return serverPlayers.computeIfAbsent(playerName, k -> Queries.getPlayerUUID(playerName));
+    }
+
+    public static void addPlayerUUID(String playerName, UUID uuid) {
+        serverPlayers.putIfAbsent(playerName, uuid);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/listeners/ProxyPlayerListener.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/listeners/ProxyPlayerListener.java
index ac18e2d..ac282b8 100755
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/listeners/ProxyPlayerListener.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/velocitychat/listeners/ProxyPlayerListener.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public class ProxyPlayerListener {
 
     @Subscribe(order = PostOrder.FIRST)
     public void onPlayerLogin(LoginEvent event) {
-        UUID uuid = event.getPlayer().getUniqueId();
+        Player player = event.getPlayer();
+        UUID uuid = player.getUniqueId();
         Party party = PartyManager.getParty(event.getPlayer().getUniqueId());
         if (party == null) return;
         ByteArrayDataOutput out = ByteStreams.newDataOutput();
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ public class ProxyPlayerListener {
         VelocityChat.getPlugin().getProxy().getAllServers().forEach(registeredServer -> registeredServer.sendPluginMessage(VelocityChat.getPlugin().getChannelIdentifier(), out.toByteArray()));
         // TODO setup ChatUser on Proxy
         //VelocityChat.getPlugin().getChatHandler().addPlayer(new ChatPlayer(event.getPlayer().getUniqueId()));
+
+        ServerHandler.addPlayerUUID(player.getUsername(), uuid);
     }
 
     @Subscribe