diff --git a/server/app-builder.js b/server/app-builder.js
index a9243f4a..2733d8eb 100644
--- a/server/app-builder.js
+++ b/server/app-builder.js
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ function createApp(appType) {
                     data: []
                 };
 
-                return status(err.status || 500).json(resp);
+                return res.status(err.status || 500).json(resp);
 
             } else {
                 if (err instanceof interoperableErrors.NotLoggedInError) {
diff --git a/server/lib/privilege-helpers.js b/server/lib/privilege-helpers.js
index 14a2f00d..d1f4671c 100644
--- a/server/lib/privilege-helpers.js
+++ b/server/lib/privilege-helpers.js
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra-promise');
 const tryRequire = require('try-require');
 const posix = tryRequire('posix');
 
+// process.getuid and process.getgid are not supported on Windows 
+process.getuid = process.getuid || (() => 100);
+process.getgid = process.getuid || (() => 100);
+
 function _getConfigUidGid(userKey, groupKey, defaultUid, defaultGid) {
     let uid = defaultUid;
     let gid = defaultGid;
diff --git a/server/lib/template-sender.js b/server/lib/template-sender.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40ccd0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/lib/template-sender.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const contextHelpers = require('./context-helpers');
+const mailers = require('./mailers');
+const templates = require('../models/templates');
+
+class TemplateSender {
+    constructor({ templateId, maxMails = 100 } = {}) {
+        if (!templateId) {
+            throw new Error('Cannot create template sender without templateId');
+        }
+
+        this.templateId = templateId;
+        this.maxMails = maxMails;
+    }
+
+    async send(options) {
+        this._validateMailOptions(options);
+
+        const [mailer, template] = await Promise.all([
+            mailers.getOrCreateMailer(),
+            templates.getById(
+                contextHelpers.getAdminContext(),
+                this.templateId,
+                false
+            )
+        ]);
+
+        const html = this._substituteVariables(
+            template.html,
+            options.variables
+        );
+        return mailer.sendTransactionalMail(
+            {
+                to: options.email,
+                subject: options.subject
+            },
+            {
+                html: { template: html },
+                locale: options.locale
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    _validateMailOptions(options) {
+        let { email, locale } = options;
+
+        if (!email || email.length === 0) {
+            throw new Error('Missing email');
+        }
+        if (typeof email === 'string') {
+            email = email.split(',');
+        }
+        if (email.length > this.maxMails) {
+            throw new Error(
+                `Cannot send more than ${this.maxMails} emails at once`
+            );
+        }
+        if (!locale) {
+            throw new Error('Missing locale');
+        }
+    }
+
+    _substituteVariables(html, variables) {
+        if (!variables) return html;
+        return Object.keys(variables).reduce((res, key) => {
+            return res.replace(
+                new RegExp(`\\[${key}\\]`, 'gmi'),
+                variables[key]
+            );
+        }, html);
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = TemplateSender;
diff --git a/server/routes/api.js b/server/routes/api.js
index 2dc81884..9fcc2863 100644
--- a/server/routes/api.js
+++ b/server/routes/api.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const contextHelpers = require('../lib/context-helpers');
 const shares = require('../models/shares');
 const slugify = require('slugify');
 const passport = require('../lib/passport');
+const TemplateSender = require('../lib/template-sender');
 const campaigns = require('../models/campaigns');
 
 class APIError extends Error {
@@ -285,5 +286,31 @@ router.getAsync('/rss/fetch/:campaignCid', passport.loggedIn, async (req, res) =
     return res.json();
 });
 
+router.postAsync('/templates/:templateId/send', async (req, res) => {
+    const input = {};
+    Object.keys(req.body).forEach(key => {
+        input[
+            (key || '')
+                .toString()
+                .trim()
+                .toUpperCase()
+        ] = req.body[key] || '';
+    });
+
+    try {
+        const templateSender = new TemplateSender({
+            templateId: req.params.templateId
+        });
+        const info = await templateSender.send({
+            email: input.EMAIL,
+            subject: input.SUBJECT,
+            locale: req.locale,
+            variables: input.VARIABLES
+        });
+        res.status(200).json({ data: info });
+    } catch (e) {
+        throw new APIError(e.message, 400);
+    }
+});
 
 module.exports = router;