diff --git a/mail_env_whitelist/__init__.py b/mail_env_whitelist/__init__.py
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+++ b/mail_env_whitelist/__init__.py
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+from . import models
diff --git a/mail_env_whitelist/__manifest__.py b/mail_env_whitelist/__manifest__.py
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+++ b/mail_env_whitelist/__manifest__.py
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+{
+    "name": "Mail env whitelist",
+    "version": "14.0.1.0.0",
+    "license": "AGPL-3",
+    "author": "Akretion",
+    "website": "https://github.com/akretion/ak-odoo-incubator",
+    "category": "Custom",
+    "summary": "send email on stagging env when the receiver is in the whitelist",
+    "depends": ["mail"],
+    "data": [
+        "data/ir_config_parameter_data.xml",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/mail_env_whitelist/data/ir_config_parameter_data.xml b/mail_env_whitelist/data/ir_config_parameter_data.xml
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+++ b/mail_env_whitelist/data/ir_config_parameter_data.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<odoo noupdate="1">
+    <record id="test_env_email_to_whitelist" model="ir.config_parameter">
+        <field name="key">mail_env_whitelist.test_env_email_to_whitelist</field>
+        <field name="value" />
+    </record>
+</odoo>
diff --git a/mail_env_whitelist/models/__init__.py b/mail_env_whitelist/models/__init__.py
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+++ b/mail_env_whitelist/models/__init__.py
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+from . import ir_mail_server
diff --git a/mail_env_whitelist/models/ir_mail_server.py b/mail_env_whitelist/models/ir_mail_server.py
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+++ b/mail_env_whitelist/models/ir_mail_server.py
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+# Copyright 2023 Akretion (https://www.akretion.com).
+# @author Matthieu SAISON <matthieu.saison@akretion.com>
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
+
+import re
+
+from odoo import _, api, models
+from odoo.exceptions import UserError
+from odoo.tools.config import config
+
+
+class IrMailServer(models.Model):
+    _inherit = "ir.mail_server"
+
+    @api.model
+    def send_email(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
+        if config["running_env"] != "prod":
+            whitelist = self.env["ir.config_parameter"].get_param(
+                "mail_env_whitelist.test_env_email_to_whitelist"
+            )
+            if not whitelist:
+                raise UserError(
+                    _(
+                        "Whitelist is not configured. Configure the following parameter "
+                        "'mail_env_whitelist.test_env_email_to_whitelist'"
+                    )
+                )
+            for key in ["To", "cc", "Bcc"]:
+                if message[key]:
+                    for email in message[key].split(";"):
+                        match = re.search("<(.*)>", email)
+                        if match:
+                            # in case of full syntax "foo" <foo@exemple.org>
+                            # extract the email
+                            email = match.group(1)
+                        email = email.lower()
+                        if email not in whitelist:
+                            raise UserError(
+                                _("Test env: following mail is not allowed %s") % email
+                            )
+        return super().send_email(message, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/setup/mail_env_whitelist/odoo/addons/mail_env_whitelist b/setup/mail_env_whitelist/odoo/addons/mail_env_whitelist
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+++ b/setup/mail_env_whitelist/odoo/addons/mail_env_whitelist
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+../../../../mail_env_whitelist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup/mail_env_whitelist/setup.py b/setup/mail_env_whitelist/setup.py
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+++ b/setup/mail_env_whitelist/setup.py
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+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['setuptools-odoo'],
+    odoo_addon=True,
+)