diff --git a/.github/workflows/send_email.yml b/.github/workflows/send_email.yml
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+name: Send Email 
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      message:
+        description: 'Message to send'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      email:
+        description: 'Email address to send to'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      private_key:
+        required: true
+      user:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  send_email:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: install ssh keys
+      run: |
+        install -m 600 -D /dev/null ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+        echo "${{ secrets.private_key }}" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+        ssh-keyscan -H ${{ vars.CGAL_SEND_EMAIL_SSH_HOST }} > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - name: send email via ssh
+      run: |
+        echo "${{ inputs.message }}" | ssh  ${{ secrets.user }}@${{ vars.CGAL_SEND_EMAIL_SSH_HOST }} "/sbin/sendmail -t ${{ inputs.email }}"