diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6ea621..06e2616 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
             <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/config/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/config/AppConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74514c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSender;
+import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl;
+
+@Configuration
+public class AppConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public JavaMailSender javaMailService() {
+        JavaMailSenderImpl javaMailSender = new JavaMailSenderImpl();
+        javaMailSender.setHost("smtp.ebi.ac.uk");
+        javaMailSender.setPort(25);
+        return javaMailSender;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/controller/submissionws/SubmissionController.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/controller/submissionws/SubmissionController.java
index 251ec70..1d45f07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/controller/submissionws/SubmissionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/controller/submissionws/SubmissionController.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.controller.BaseController;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.entity.Submission;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.entity.SubmissionAccount;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.model.SubmissionStatus;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.LsriTokenService;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.SubmissionService;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.WebinTokenService;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> markSubmissionUploaded(@RequestHeader("Authorization")
         }
 
         Submission submission = this.submissionService.markSubmissionUploaded(submissionId);
+        submissionService.sendMailNotificationForStatusUpdate(submissionAccount, submissionId, SubmissionStatus.UPLOADED, true);
         return new ResponseEntity<>(stripUserDetails(submission), HttpStatus.OK);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/service/SubmissionService.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/service/SubmissionService.java
index ab54971..b5fd2db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/service/SubmissionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/service/SubmissionService.java
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.exception.SubmissionDoesNotExistException;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.entity.Submission;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.entity.SubmissionAccount;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.exception.SubmissionDoesNotExistException;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.model.SubmissionStatus;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.repository.SubmissionAccountRepository;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.repository.SubmissionDetailsRepository;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.repository.SubmissionRepository;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util.EmailNotificationHelper;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util.HTMLHelper;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util.MailSender;
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -25,17 +28,24 @@ public class SubmissionService {
 
     private final GlobusDirectoryProvisioner globusDirectoryProvisioner;
 
+    private final MailSender mailSender;
+
     @Value("${globus.uploadHttpDomain}")
     private String uploadHttpDomain;
 
+    private EmailNotificationHelper emailHelper;
+
     public SubmissionService(SubmissionRepository submissionRepository,
                              SubmissionAccountRepository submissionAccountRepository,
                              SubmissionDetailsRepository submissionDetailsRepository,
-                             GlobusDirectoryProvisioner globusDirectoryProvisioner) {
+                             GlobusDirectoryProvisioner globusDirectoryProvisioner,
+                             MailSender mailSender, EmailNotificationHelper emailHelper) {
         this.submissionRepository = submissionRepository;
         this.submissionAccountRepository = submissionAccountRepository;
         this.submissionDetailsRepository = submissionDetailsRepository;
         this.globusDirectoryProvisioner = globusDirectoryProvisioner;
+        this.mailSender = mailSender;
+        this.emailHelper = emailHelper;
     }
 
     public Submission initiateSubmission(SubmissionAccount submissionAccount) {
@@ -45,7 +55,7 @@ public Submission initiateSubmission(SubmissionAccount submissionAccount) {
 
         Optional<SubmissionAccount> optSubmissionAccount = submissionAccountRepository.findById(submissionAccount.getId());
         // if the user account is not present or if its primary email has changed, save/update the user account
-        if (!optSubmissionAccount.isPresent() || optSubmissionAccount.get().getPrimaryEmail() != submissionAccount.getPrimaryEmail()) {
+        if (!optSubmissionAccount.isPresent() || !optSubmissionAccount.get().getPrimaryEmail().equals(submissionAccount.getPrimaryEmail())) {
             submissionAccountRepository.save(submissionAccount);
         }
 
@@ -85,9 +95,17 @@ public boolean checkUserHasAccessToSubmission(SubmissionAccount account, String
         Optional<Submission> optSubmission = submissionRepository.findById(submissionId);
         if (optSubmission.isPresent()) {
             SubmissionAccount submissionAccount = optSubmission.get().getSubmissionAccount();
-            return submissionAccount.getId() == account.getId();
+            return submissionAccount.getId().equals(account.getId());
         } else {
             throw new SubmissionDoesNotExistException("Given submission with id " + submissionId + " does not exist");
         }
     }
+
+    public void sendMailNotificationForStatusUpdate(SubmissionAccount submissionAccount, String submissionId,
+                                                    SubmissionStatus submissionStatus, boolean success) {
+        String sendTo = submissionAccount.getPrimaryEmail();
+        String subject = emailHelper.getSubjectForSubmissionStatusUpdate(submissionStatus, success);
+        String body = emailHelper.getTextForSubmissionStatusUpdate(submissionAccount, submissionId, submissionStatus, success);
+        mailSender.sendEmail(sendTo, subject, body);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/EmailNotificationHelper.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/EmailNotificationHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76146d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/EmailNotificationHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.entity.SubmissionAccount;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.model.SubmissionStatus;
+
+@Component
+public class EmailNotificationHelper {
+    private static final String EVA_HELPDESK_EMAIL = "eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk";
+
+    public String getSubjectForSubmissionStatusUpdate(SubmissionStatus submissionStatus, boolean success) {
+        String result = (success == true) ? "SUCCESS" : "FAILED";
+        return String.format("EVA Submission Update: %s %s", submissionStatus, result);
+    }
+
+    public String getTextForSubmissionStatusUpdate(SubmissionAccount submissionAccount, String submissionId,
+                                       SubmissionStatus submissionStatus, boolean success) {
+        String result;
+        String resultColor;
+        if (success) {
+            result = "SUCCESS";
+            resultColor = "green";
+        } else {
+            result = "FAILED";
+            resultColor = "red";
+        }
+
+        String notificationText = new HTMLHelper()
+                .addText("Dear " + submissionAccount.getFirstName() + ",")
+                .addGap(1)
+                .addText("Here is the update for your submission: ")
+                .addGap(1)
+                .addText("submission ID: " + submissionId)
+                .addLineBreak()
+                .addText("Submission Status: " + submissionStatus)
+                .addLineBreak()
+                .addText("Result: ")
+                .addBoldTextWithColor(result, resultColor)
+                .addGap(2)
+                .build();
+
+        notificationText += getNotificationFooter();
+
+        return notificationText;
+    }
+
+    public String getNotificationFooter() {
+        return new HTMLHelper()
+                .addTextWithSize("Please don't reply to this email.", 10)
+                .addLineBreak()
+                .addTextWithSize("For any issues/support please contact us at ", 10)
+                .addEmailLinkWithSize(EVA_HELPDESK_EMAIL, EVA_HELPDESK_EMAIL, 10)
+                .addLineBreak()
+                .addTextWithSize("European Variation Archive: EMBL-EBI", 10)
+                .build();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/HTMLHelper.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/HTMLHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78997bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/HTMLHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util;
+
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+public class HTMLHelper {
+    private final StringBuilder htmlBuilder;
+
+    public HTMLHelper() {
+        htmlBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addLineBreak() {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<br />");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addGap(int count) {
+        htmlBuilder.append(IntStream.range(0, count+1).boxed().map(i -> "<br />").collect(Collectors.joining("")));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addText(String text) {
+        htmlBuilder.append(text);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addTextWithSize(String text, int size) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<span style=\"font-size:" + size + "px;\">" + text + "</span>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addTextWithColor(String text, String color) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<span style=\"color:" + color + ";\">" + text + "</span>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addBoldText(String text) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<b>" + text + "</b>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addLink(String url, String text) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<a href=\"" + url + "\">" + text + "</a>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addEmailLink(String email, String text) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<a href=\"mailto:" + email + "\">" + text + "</a>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addEmailLinkWithSize(String email, String text, int size) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<span style=\"font-size:" + size + "px;\"> <a href=\"mailto:" + email + "\">" + text + "</a> </span>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HTMLHelper addBoldTextWithColor(String text, String color) {
+        htmlBuilder.append("<b><span style=\"color:" + color + ";\">" + text + "</span></b>");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public String build() {
+        return htmlBuilder.toString();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/MailSender.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/MailSender.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1715ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/util/MailSender.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSender;
+import org.springframework.mail.javamail.MimeMessageHelper;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.mail.MessagingException;
+import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
+
+@Component
+public class MailSender {
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MailSender.class);
+    private final JavaMailSender javaMailSender;
+    private final String DEFAULT_SENDER = "eva_submissions@ebi.ac.uk";
+
+    @Autowired
+    MailSender(JavaMailSender javaMailSender) {
+        this.javaMailSender = javaMailSender;
+    }
+
+    public void sendEmail(String to, String subject, String body) {
+        sendEmail(DEFAULT_SENDER, to, subject, body);
+    }
+
+    public void sendEmail(String from, String to, String subject, String body) {
+        MimeMessage message = javaMailSender.createMimeMessage();
+        MimeMessageHelper helper = new MimeMessageHelper(message);
+        try {
+            helper.setFrom(from);
+            helper.setTo(to);
+            helper.setSubject(subject);
+            helper.setText(body, true);
+            javaMailSender.send(message);
+        } catch (MessagingException e) {
+            logger.error("Error sending mail: " + e);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java
index 9bdf97d..51516ed 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.LoginMethod;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.LsriTokenService;
 import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.WebinTokenService;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util.MailSender;
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ public class SubmissionWSIntegrationTest {
     @MockBean
     private GlobusDirectoryProvisioner globusDirectoryProvisioner;
 
+    @MockBean
+    private MailSender mailSender;
+
     @Container
     static PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgreSQLContainer = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:9.6")
             .withInitScript("init.sql");
@@ -230,6 +234,7 @@ public void testMarkSubmissionUploaded() throws Exception {
         String userToken = "webinUserToken";
         SubmissionAccount submissionAccount = getWebinUserAccount();
         when(webinTokenService.getWebinUserAccountFromToken(anyString())).thenReturn(submissionAccount);
+        doNothing().when(mailSender).sendEmail(anyString(), anyString(), anyString());
 
         String submissionId = createNewSubmissionEntry(submissionAccount);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/unit/EmailNotificationHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/unit/EmailNotificationHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..647e97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/unit/EmailNotificationHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.unit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.entity.SubmissionAccount;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.model.SubmissionStatus;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.service.LoginMethod;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util.EmailNotificationHelper;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+public class EmailNotificationHelperTest {
+    private EmailNotificationHelper emailNotificationHelper;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setup() {
+        emailNotificationHelper = new EmailNotificationHelper();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetSubjectForSubmissionStatusUpdate() {
+        String expectedSubject = "EVA Submission Update: UPLOADED SUCCESS";
+        String actualSubject = emailNotificationHelper.getSubjectForSubmissionStatusUpdate(SubmissionStatus.UPLOADED, true);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedSubject, actualSubject);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetTextForSubmissionStatusUpdateSuccess() {
+        SubmissionAccount submissionAccount = new SubmissionAccount("johndoe@example.com",
+                LoginMethod.WEBIN.toString(), "John", "Doe", "john@example.com");
+        String expectedText = "Dear John," +
+                "<br /><br />" +
+                "Here is the update for your submission: " +
+                "<br /><br />" +
+                "submission ID: 12345<br />" +
+                "Submission Status: UPLOADED<br />" +
+                "Result: <b><span style=\"color:green;\">SUCCESS</span></b>" +
+                "<br /><br /><br />" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Please don't reply to this email.</span><br />" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\">For any issues/support please contact us at </span>" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\"> <a href=\"mailto:eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk\">eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk</a> " +
+                "</span><br /><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">European Variation Archive: EMBL-EBI</span>";
+
+        String actualText = emailNotificationHelper.getTextForSubmissionStatusUpdate(submissionAccount,
+                "12345", SubmissionStatus.UPLOADED, true);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedText, actualText);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetTextForSubmissionStatusUpdateFailure() {
+        SubmissionAccount submissionAccount = new SubmissionAccount("johndoe@example.com",
+                LoginMethod.WEBIN.toString(), "John", "Doe", "john@example.com");
+        String expectedText = "Dear John," +
+                "<br /><br />" +
+                "Here is the update for your submission: " +
+                "<br /><br />" +
+                "submission ID: 12345<br />" +
+                "Submission Status: UPLOADED<br />" +
+                "Result: <b><span style=\"color:red;\">FAILED</span></b>" +
+                "<br /><br /><br />" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Please don't reply to this email.</span><br />" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\">For any issues/support please contact us at </span>" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\"> <a href=\"mailto:eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk\">eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk</a> " +
+                "</span><br /><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">European Variation Archive: EMBL-EBI</span>";
+
+        String actualText = emailNotificationHelper.getTextForSubmissionStatusUpdate(submissionAccount,
+                "12345", SubmissionStatus.UPLOADED, false);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedText, actualText);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNotificationFooter(){
+        String expectedFooter = "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Please don't reply to this email.</span><br />" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\">For any issues/support please contact us at </span>" +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:10px;\"> <a href=\"mailto:eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk\">eva-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk</a> " +
+                "</span><br /><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">European Variation Archive: EMBL-EBI</span>";
+
+        String actualFooter = emailNotificationHelper.getNotificationFooter();
+
+        assertEquals(expectedFooter, actualFooter);
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/unit/HTMLHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/unit/HTMLHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f89dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/unit/HTMLHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.unit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import uk.ac.ebi.eva.submission.util.HTMLHelper;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class HTMLHelperTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddLineBreak() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<br />";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addLineBreak().build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddGap() {
+        // adding a gap of 3 lines means you need to add 4 <br /> tags,
+        // one for taking the cursor to the new line and the rest for the actual gap
+        String expectedHTML = "<br /><br /><br /><br />";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addGap(3).build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddText() {
+        String expectedHTML = "sample text";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addText("sample text").build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddTextWithSize() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<span style=\"font-size:5px;\">sample text</span>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addTextWithSize("sample text", 5).build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddTextWithColour() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<span style=\"color:red;\">sample text</span>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addTextWithColor("sample text", "red").build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddBoldText() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<b>sample text</b>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addBoldText("sample text").build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddLink() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<a href=\"abc@example.com\">abc</a>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addLink("abc@example.com", "abc").build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddEmailLink() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<a href=\"mailto:abc@example.com\">abc@example.com</a>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addEmailLink("abc@example.com", "abc@example.com").build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddEmailLinkWithSize() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<span style=\"font-size:5px;\"> <a href=\"mailto:abc@example.com\">abc@example.com</a> </span>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addEmailLinkWithSize("abc@example.com", "abc@example.com", 5).build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void addBoldTextWithColour() {
+        String expectedHTML = "<b><span style=\"color:red;\">sample text</span></b>";
+        String actualHTML = new HTMLHelper().addBoldTextWithColor("sample text", "red").build();
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTML);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultiLineHTML() {
+        String expectedHTML = "Dear John," +
+                "<br /><br />" +
+                "Here is the update for your submission: " +
+                "<br /><br />" +
+                "submission id: 12345<br />" +
+                "Submission Status: UPLOADED<br />" +
+                "Result: <b><span style=\"color:red;\">FAILED</span></b>" +
+                "<br /><br /><br />";
+        String actualHTMl = new HTMLHelper()
+                .addText("Dear " + "John" + ",")
+                .addGap(1)
+                .addText("Here is the update for your submission: ")
+                .addGap(1)
+                .addText("submission id: " + 12345)
+                .addLineBreak()
+                .addText("Submission Status: " + "UPLOADED")
+                .addLineBreak()
+                .addText("Result: ")
+                .addBoldTextWithColor("FAILED", "red")
+                .addGap(2)
+                .build();
+
+        assertEquals(expectedHTML, actualHTMl);
+    }
+
+}