diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c75fdda3..31381b9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,3 +113,20 @@ This feed can be paged through using the parameters `per_page` and `page`, like
 ```
 https://pdc-discovery-staging.princeton.edu/discovery/pppl_reporting_feed.json?per_page=2&page=3
 ```
+
+## Mail
+
+### Mail on Development
+Mailcatcher is a gem that can also be installed locally.  See the [mailcatcher documentation](https://mailcatcher.me/) for how to run it on your machine.
+
+### Mail on Staging
+To See mail that has been sent on the staging server you can utilize capistrano to open up both mailcatcher consoles in your browser.
+
+```
+cap staging  mailcatcher:console
+```
+
+Look in your default browser for the consoles
+
+### Mail on Production
+Emails on production are sent via [Pony Express](https://github.com/pulibrary/pul-it-handbook/blob/f54dfdc7ada1ff993a721f6edb4aa1707bb3a3a5/services/smtp-mail-server.md).
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index fe3cc105..5179caea 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -30,3 +30,21 @@
 # Uncomment to re-index on every deploy. Only needed when we're actively
 # updating how indexing happens.
 # after "deploy:published", "pdc_discovery:reindex"
+
+namespace :mailcatcher do
+  desc "Opens Mailcatcher Consoles"
+  task :console do
+    on roles(:app) do |host|
+      mail_host = host.hostname
+      user = "pulsys"
+      port = rand(9000..9999)
+      puts "Opening #{mail_host} Mailcatcher Console on port #{port} as user #{user}"
+      Net::SSH.start(mail_host, user) do |session|
+        session.forward.local(port, "localhost", 1080)
+        puts "Press Ctrl+C to end Console connection"
+        `open http://localhost:#{port}/`
+        session.loop(0.1) { true }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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