diff --git a/app/models/emails.js b/app/models/emails.js
index 0a9b195b84..3018df7a90 100644
--- a/app/models/emails.js
+++ b/app/models/emails.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const punycode = require('node:punycode');
 const { Buffer } = require('node:buffer');
 const { isIP } = require('node:net');
 
+const Axe = require('axe');
 const Boom = require('@hapi/boom');
 const SpamScanner = require('spamscanner');
 const _ = require('lodash');
@@ -51,11 +52,11 @@ const BYTES_15MB = bytes('15MB');
 const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
   streamTransport: true,
   buffer: true,
-  logger: true
+  logger: new Axe({
+    silent: true
+  })
 });
 
-transporter.logger = logger;
-
 const scanner = new SpamScanner({
   logger,
   clamscan: env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
diff --git a/helpers/get-transporter.js b/helpers/get-transporter.js
index 6ba72dded2..ac8bef9e85 100644
--- a/helpers/get-transporter.js
+++ b/helpers/get-transporter.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const { callbackify } = require('node:util');
 const { isIP } = require('node:net');
 const punycode = require('node:punycode');
 
+const Axe = require('axe');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const isFQDN = require('is-fqdn');
 const isSANB = require('is-string-and-not-blank');
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ async function getTransporter(connectionMap = new Map(), options = {}, err) {
       : {}),
     secure: false,
     secured: false,
-    logger: true, // NOTE: we remap this to our own logger below
+    logger: new Axe({ silent: true }),
     host: mx.host,
     port: mx.port,
     connection: mx.socket,
@@ -218,9 +219,6 @@ async function getTransporter(connectionMap = new Map(), options = {}, err) {
     tls
   });
 
-  // remap because shared logger does not use logger properly
-  transporter.logger = logger;
-
   const pool = {
     truthSource,
     mx,