diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c431a1099..ccb987447 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.8-rc30] - unstable
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed
+
 ## [1.0.8-rc29] - unstable
 
 ### Added
@@ -19,6 +27,14 @@
 
 * [PostIt] Mise a jour d'Avalonia vers 12.1.4.
 
+### Fixed
+
+* [Yavsc.Api, Yavsc.Server] Une demande de rendez-vous ne provoque plus
+  d'erreur 500 (NullReferenceException dans MailSender) : l'API lie
+  desormais la section Smtp, le modele appsettings-api fournit Site.Owner
+  et Smtp, et un envoi sans configuration mail complete est journalise
+  puis ignore.
+
 
 ## [1.0.8-rc28] - unstable
 
diff --git a/contrib/template.appsettings-api.json b/contrib/template.appsettings-api.json
index b364eeef1..afe693a4f 100644
--- a/contrib/template.appsettings-api.json
+++ b/contrib/template.appsettings-api.json
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@
       "https://preprod-blogs.$DOMAIN"
     ],
     "Bills": "bills",
-    "TempDir": "temp"
+    "TempDir": "temp",
+    "Owner": {
+      "Name": "Paul Schneider",
+      "EMail": "paul@pschneider.fr"
+    }
+  },
+  "Smtp": {
+    "Host": "mercure.pschneider.fr",
+    "Port": 465,
+    "UserName": "paul",
+    "Password": "$SMTP_PASSWORD"
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
diff --git a/src/Yavsc.Api/Program.cs b/src/Yavsc.Api/Program.cs
index 9ea2f7354..03afcf58f 100644
--- a/src/Yavsc.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Yavsc.Api/Program.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using Yavsc.Models;
 using Yavsc;
 using Yavsc.Server.Helpers;
 using Yavsc.Services;
+using Yavsc.Settings;
 using Yavsc.Server.Hubs;
 using Yavsc.Api.Services;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ internal class Program
         // Binds the "Site" section (Bills, TempDir, Avatars, …) used by
         // the document-generation flow and BillingController.
         services.Configure<SiteSettings>(builder.Configuration.GetSection("Site"));
+        services.Configure<SmtpSettings>(builder.Configuration.GetSection("Smtp"));
         services.AddPodcasts(builder.Configuration);
         services.AddInvoicing(builder.Configuration);
 
diff --git a/src/Yavsc.Server/Services/MailSender.cs b/src/Yavsc.Server/Services/MailSender.cs
index 9a6c60ed9..1a678a549 100644
--- a/src/Yavsc.Server/Services/MailSender.cs
+++ b/src/Yavsc.Server/Services/MailSender.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ namespace Yavsc.Services
             try
             {
                 logger.LogInformation($"SendEmail for {email} : {subject}");
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(siteSettings?.Owner?.EMail)
+                    || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(smtpSettings?.Host))
+                {
+                    logger.LogError("Email not sent: mail configuration is incomplete (Site:Owner:EMail and Smtp:Host are required). To={To}, Subject={Subject}", email, subject);
+                    return string.Empty;
+                }
                 MimeMessage msg = new();
                 msg.From.Add(BuildMailboxAddress(siteSettings.Owner.Name, siteSettings.Owner.EMail));
                 msg.To.Add(BuildMailboxAddress(name, email));
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ namespace Yavsc.Services
             }
             catch (FormatException ex)
             {
-                logger.LogError(ex, "Refusing to send email because the recipient or sender address is malformed. To={To}, From={From}", email, siteSettings.Owner.EMail);
+                logger.LogError(ex, "Refusing to send email because the recipient or sender address is malformed. To={To}, From={From}", email, siteSettings?.Owner?.EMail);
                 logger.LogError(ex.Message);
                 if (ex.InnerException!=null)
                     logger.LogError(ex.InnerException.Message);
diff --git a/src/test/Yavsc.Org.Tests/NonRegression/EMailling.cs b/src/test/Yavsc.Org.Tests/NonRegression/EMailling.cs
index eed2e9e18..d71e7682d 100644
--- a/src/test/Yavsc.Org.Tests/NonRegression/EMailling.cs
+++ b/src/test/Yavsc.Org.Tests/NonRegression/EMailling.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ namespace Yavsc.Org.Tests
             Assert.Equal(string.Empty, result);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SendEmailAsync_skips_when_owner_is_not_configured()
+        {
+            var factory = new RejectingSmtpClientFactory();
+            var sender = new MailSender(
+                Options.Create(new SiteSettings { Authority = "example.com" }),
+                Options.Create(new SmtpSettings()),
+                NullLoggerFactory.Instance,
+                new TestStringLocalizer(),
+                factory);
+
+            var result = await sender.SendEmailAsync("Alice", "alice@example.com", "Rdv", "hello");
+
+            Assert.Equal(string.Empty, result);
+        }
+
         private sealed class RejectingSmtpClientFactory : ISmtpClientFactory
         {
             public Yavsc.Interfaces.ISmtpClient CreateClient() => new RejectingSmtpClient();