diff --git a/app/Notifications/Channels/EmailChannel.php b/app/Notifications/Channels/EmailChannel.php
index 8287fd24b..c9bf8d54a 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/Channels/EmailChannel.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/Channels/EmailChannel.php
@@ -2,102 +2,63 @@
 
 namespace App\Notifications\Channels;
 
-use App\Models\Team;
-use App\Services\ConfigurationRepository;
-use Exception;
-use Illuminate\Mail\Message;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
+use Resend;
 
 class EmailChannel
 {
-    private ConfigurationRepository $configRepository;
-
-    public function __construct(ConfigurationRepository $configRepository)
-    {
-        $this->configRepository = $configRepository;
-    }
+    public function __construct() {}
 
     public function send(SendsEmail $notifiable, Notification $notification): void
     {
-        try {
-            $team = data_get($notifiable, 'id');
-            $members = Team::find($team)->members;
-            $mailerType = $this->bootConfigs($notifiable);
+        $useInstanceEmailSettings = $notifiable->emailNotificationSettings->use_instance_email_settings;
+        if ($useInstanceEmailSettings) {
+            $settings = instanceSettings();
+        } else {
+            $settings = $notifiable->emailNotificationSettings;
+        }
+        $isResendEnabled = $settings->resend_enabled;
+        $isSmtpEnabled = $settings->smtp_enabled;
+        $recipients = $notifiable->getRecipients();
+        $mailMessage = $notification->toMail($notifiable);
 
-            $recipients = $notifiable->getRecipients();
-            if (count($recipients) === 0) {
-                throw new Exception('No email recipients found');
-            }
-            foreach ($recipients as $recipient) {
-                // check if the recipient is part of the team
-                if (! $members->contains('email', $recipient)) {
-                    $emailSettings = $notifiable->emailNotificationSettings;
-                    data_set($emailSettings, 'smtp_password', '********');
-                    data_set($emailSettings, 'resend_api_key', '********');
-                    send_internal_notification(sprintf(
-                        "Recipient is not part of the team: %s\nTeam: %s\nNotification: %s\nNotifiable: %s\nMailer Type: %s\nEmail Settings:\n%s",
-                        $recipient,
-                        $team,
-                        get_class($notification),
-                        get_class($notifiable),
-                        $mailerType,
-                        json_encode($emailSettings, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
-                    ));
-                    throw new Exception('Recipient is not part of the team');
-                }
-            }
+        if ($isResendEnabled) {
+            $resend = Resend::client($settings->resend_api_key);
+            $resend->emails->send([
+                'from' => $settings->smtp_from_address,
+                'to' => $recipients,
+                'subject' => $mailMessage->subject,
+                'html' => (string) $mailMessage->render(),
+            ]);
+        } elseif ($isSmtpEnabled) {
+            $encryption = match (strtolower($settings->smtp_encryption)) {
+                'starttls' => null,
+                'tls' => 'tls',
+                'none' => null,
+                default => null,
+            };
 
-            $mailMessage = $notification->toMail($notifiable);
-
-            Mail::mailer($mailerType)->send(
-                [],
-                [],
-                fn (Message $message) => $message
-                    ->to($recipients)
-                    ->subject($mailMessage->subject)
-                    ->html((string) $mailMessage->render())
+            $transport = new \Symfony\Component\Mailer\Transport\Smtp\EsmtpTransport(
+                $settings->smtp_host,
+                $settings->smtp_port,
+                $encryption
             );
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            $error = $e->getMessage();
-            if ($error === 'No email settings found.') {
-                throw $e;
-            }
-            $message = "EmailChannel error: {$e->getMessage()}. Failed to send email to:";
-            if (isset($recipients)) {
-                $message .= implode(', ', $recipients);
-            }
-            if (isset($mailMessage)) {
-                $message .= " with subject: {$mailMessage->subject}";
-            }
-            send_internal_notification($message);
-            throw $e;
+            $transport->setUsername($settings->smtp_username);
+            $transport->setPassword($settings->smtp_password);
+
+            $mailer = new \Symfony\Component\Mailer\Mailer($transport);
+
+            $fromEmail = $settings->smtp_from_address ?? 'noreply@localhost';
+            $fromName = $settings->smtp_from_name ?? 'System';
+            $from = new \Symfony\Component\Mime\Address($fromEmail, $fromName);
+
+            $email = (new \Symfony\Component\Mime\Email)
+                ->from($from)
+                ->to(...$recipients)
+                ->subject($mailMessage->subject)
+                ->html((string) $mailMessage->render());
+
+            $mailer->send($email);
         }
     }
-
-    private function bootConfigs($notifiable): string
-    {
-        $emailSettings = $notifiable->emailNotificationSettings;
-
-        if ($emailSettings->use_instance_email_settings) {
-            $type = set_transanctional_email_settings();
-            if (blank($type)) {
-                throw new Exception('No email settings found.');
-            }
-
-            return $type;
-        }
-
-        $this->configRepository->updateMailConfig($emailSettings);
-
-        if ($emailSettings->resend_enabled) {
-            return 'resend';
-        }
-
-        if ($emailSettings->smtp_enabled) {
-            return 'smtp';
-        }
-
-        throw new Exception('No email settings found.');
-    }
 }