diff --git a/api/contact.php b/api/contact.php
index 744f30e..47e0656 100644
--- a/api/contact.php
+++ b/api/contact.php
@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * Endpoint de traitement du formulaire de contact
- * Reçoit les données en JSON, valide, vérifie reCAPTCHA, envoie l'email
  */
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../includes/config.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../includes/functions.php';
 
-// Démarrer la session pour le CSRF
+ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+
 if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
     session_start();
 }
 
-// Headers
-header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
+//header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
 header('X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff');
 
-// Uniquement POST
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST') {
     http_response_code(405);
     echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Méthode non autorisée']);
     exit;
 }
 
-// Récupérer les données JSON
 $input = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
 
 if (!$input) {
@@ -33,29 +30,23 @@ if (!$input) {
 }
 
 try {
-    // 1. Valider le token CSRF
     if (!verifyCsrfToken($input['csrf_token'] ?? '')) {
         throw new Exception('Token de sécurité invalide. Veuillez rafraîchir la page.');
     }
 
-    // 2. Vérifier reCAPTCHA
     $recaptchaScore = verifyRecaptcha($input['recaptcha_token'] ?? '');
     if ($recaptchaScore < RECAPTCHA_THRESHOLD) {
         error_log("reCAPTCHA score trop bas: {$recaptchaScore}");
         throw new Exception('Vérification anti-spam échouée. Veuillez réessayer.');
     }
 
-    // 3. Valider et nettoyer les données
     $data = validateContactData($input);
 
-    // 4. Envoyer l'email
     $sent = sendContactEmail($data);
-
     if (!$sent) {
         throw new Exception('Erreur lors de l\'envoi du message. Veuillez réessayer plus tard.');
     }
 
-    // 5. Succès
     echo json_encode([
         'success' => true,
         'message' => 'Votre message a bien été envoyé ! Je vous répondrai dans les meilleurs délais.'
diff --git a/api/contact.php.old b/api/contact.php.old
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..744f30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/contact.php.old
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Endpoint de traitement du formulaire de contact
+ * Reçoit les données en JSON, valide, vérifie reCAPTCHA, envoie l'email
+ */
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../includes/config.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../includes/functions.php';
+
+// Démarrer la session pour le CSRF
+if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
+    session_start();
+}
+
+// Headers
+header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
+header('X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff');
+
+// Uniquement POST
+if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST') {
+    http_response_code(405);
+    echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Méthode non autorisée']);
+    exit;
+}
+
+// Récupérer les données JSON
+$input = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+
+if (!$input) {
+    http_response_code(400);
+    echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Données invalides']);
+    exit;
+}
+
+try {
+    // 1. Valider le token CSRF
+    if (!verifyCsrfToken($input['csrf_token'] ?? '')) {
+        throw new Exception('Token de sécurité invalide. Veuillez rafraîchir la page.');
+    }
+
+    // 2. Vérifier reCAPTCHA
+    $recaptchaScore = verifyRecaptcha($input['recaptcha_token'] ?? '');
+    if ($recaptchaScore < RECAPTCHA_THRESHOLD) {
+        error_log("reCAPTCHA score trop bas: {$recaptchaScore}");
+        throw new Exception('Vérification anti-spam échouée. Veuillez réessayer.');
+    }
+
+    // 3. Valider et nettoyer les données
+    $data = validateContactData($input);
+
+    // 4. Envoyer l'email
+    $sent = sendContactEmail($data);
+
+    if (!$sent) {
+        throw new Exception('Erreur lors de l\'envoi du message. Veuillez réessayer plus tard.');
+    }
+
+    // 5. Succès
+    echo json_encode([
+        'success' => true,
+        'message' => 'Votre message a bien été envoyé ! Je vous répondrai dans les meilleurs délais.'
+    ]);
+
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    http_response_code(400);
+    echo json_encode([
+        'success' => false,
+        'error' => $e->getMessage()
+    ]);
+}
diff --git a/assets/css/input.css b/assets/css/input.css
index b11bead..def3246 100644
--- a/assets/css/input.css
+++ b/assets/css/input.css
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
   .input {
     @apply w-full px-4 py-3
            bg-surface border border-border rounded-lg
-           text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted
+           text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted
            transition-all duration-150
            focus:outline-none focus:border-primary focus:shadow-input-focus;
   }
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 130b9da..ca5c0be 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "type": "project",
   "require": {
     "php": ">=8.0",
-    "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.6"
+    "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.6",
+    "phpmailer/phpmailer": "^7.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index bd32a60..f707931 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "adbddd7a48b14ed78896b2d6c5ef28e9",
+    "content-hash": "ef9466a44690e608fe2d148c314ef38c",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "graham-campbell/result-type",
@@ -68,6 +68,88 @@
             ],
             "time": "2025-12-27T19:43:20+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "phpmailer/phpmailer",
+            "version": "v7.0.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.git",
+                "reference": "ebf1655bd5b99b3f97e1a3ec0a69e5f4cd7ea088"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/zipball/ebf1655bd5b99b3f97e1a3ec0a69e5f4cd7ea088",
+                "reference": "ebf1655bd5b99b3f97e1a3ec0a69e5f4cd7ea088",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "ext-ctype": "*",
+                "ext-filter": "*",
+                "ext-hash": "*",
+                "php": ">=5.5.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": "^1.0",
+                "doctrine/annotations": "^1.2.6 || ^1.13.3",
+                "php-parallel-lint/php-console-highlighter": "^1.0.0",
+                "php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint": "^1.3.2",
+                "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility": "^10.0.0@dev",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.13.5",
+                "yoast/phpunit-polyfills": "^1.0.4"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "decomplexity/SendOauth2": "Adapter for using XOAUTH2 authentication",
+                "directorytree/imapengine": "For uploading sent messages via IMAP, see gmail example",
+                "ext-imap": "Needed to support advanced email address parsing according to RFC822",
+                "ext-mbstring": "Needed to send email in multibyte encoding charset or decode encoded addresses",
+                "ext-openssl": "Needed for secure SMTP sending and DKIM signing",
+                "greew/oauth2-azure-provider": "Needed for Microsoft Azure XOAUTH2 authentication",
+                "hayageek/oauth2-yahoo": "Needed for Yahoo XOAUTH2 authentication",
+                "league/oauth2-google": "Needed for Google XOAUTH2 authentication",
+                "psr/log": "For optional PSR-3 debug logging",
+                "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "To support UTF-8 if the Mbstring PHP extension is not enabled (^1.2)",
+                "thenetworg/oauth2-azure": "Needed for Microsoft XOAUTH2 authentication"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "LGPL-2.1-only"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Marcus Bointon",
+                    "email": "phpmailer@synchromedia.co.uk"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Jim Jagielski",
+                    "email": "jimjag@gmail.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Andy Prevost",
+                    "email": "codeworxtech@users.sourceforge.net"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Brent R. Matzelle"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "PHPMailer is a full-featured email creation and transfer class for PHP",
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/v7.0.2"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/Synchro",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2026-01-09T18:02:33+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phpoption/phpoption",
             "version": "1.9.5",
diff --git a/includes/config.php b/includes/config.php
index e32e2ec..9d948ae 100644
--- a/includes/config.php
+++ b/includes/config.php
@@ -55,5 +55,17 @@ define('RECAPTCHA_THRESHOLD', 0.5); // Score minimum (0.0 à 1.0)
 // Contact
 define('CONTACT_EMAIL', $_ENV['CONTACT_EMAIL'] ?? '');
 
+// SMTP
+define('SMTP_HOST', $_ENV['SMTP_HOST'] ?? '127.0.0.1');
+define('SMTP_PORT', (int) $_ENV['SMTP_PORT'] ?? '1025');
+define('SMTP_USERNAME', $_ENV['SMTP_USERNAME'] ?? '');
+define('SMTP_PASSWORD', $_ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD'] ?? '');
+define('SMTP_ENCRYPTION', $_ENV['SMTP_ENCRYPTION'] ?? 'none'); // none|tls|ssl
+
+define('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS', $_ENV['MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS'] ?? SMTP_USERNAME);
+define('MAIL_FROM_NAME', $_ENV['MAIL_FROM_NAME'] ?? 'Portfolio - Contact');
+
 // Sécurité
 define('APP_SECRET', $_ENV['APP_SECRET'] ?? '');
+
+
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index bd64a46..1e18796 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  * Fonctions helpers du portfolio
  */
 
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception as MailerException;
+
 /**
  * Inclut un template avec des données
  * @param string $name Nom du template (sans .php)
@@ -410,6 +415,127 @@ function validateContactData(array $input): array
  * @return bool True si envoyé avec succès
  */
 function sendContactEmail(array $data): bool
+{
+    // Vérifier config minimale
+    if (!defined('CONTACT_EMAIL') || empty(CONTACT_EMAIL)) {
+        error_log('CONTACT_EMAIL non configuré');
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!defined('SMTP_HOST') || !defined('SMTP_PORT')) {
+        error_log('SMTP_HOST/SMTP_PORT non configurés');
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Autoload PHPMailer (Composer)
+    $autoload = __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+    if (!file_exists($autoload)) {
+        error_log('PHPMailer autoload introuvable. As-tu installé Composer ?');
+        return false;
+    }
+    require_once $autoload;
+
+    $categorieLabels = [
+        'projet' => 'Projet freelance',
+        'poste'  => 'Proposition de poste',
+        'autre'  => 'Autre demande'
+    ];
+
+    $categorie = $categorieLabels[$data['categorie']] ?? 'Autre';
+    $entreprise = $data['entreprise'] ?: 'Non renseignée';
+
+    $subject = "[Portfolio] {$categorie} - {$data['objet']}";
+
+    $body = "═══════════════════════════════════════════\n";
+    $body .= "NOUVEAU MESSAGE - PORTFOLIO\n";
+    $body .= "═══════════════════════════════════════════\n\n";
+    $body .= "DE: {$data['prenom']} {$data['nom']}\n";
+    $body .= "EMAIL: {$data['email']}\n";
+    $body .= "ENTREPRISE: {$entreprise}\n";
+    $body .= "CATÉGORIE: {$categorie}\n\n";
+    $body .= "───────────────────────────────────────────\n";
+    $body .= "OBJET: {$data['objet']}\n";
+    $body .= "───────────────────────────────────────────\n\n";
+    $body .= "MESSAGE:\n\n";
+    $body .= "{$data['message']}\n\n";
+    $body .= "═══════════════════════════════════════════\n";
+    $body .= "Envoyé le {$data['date']}\n";
+    $body .= "IP: {$data['ip']}\n";
+    $body .= "═══════════════════════════════════════════";
+
+    $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
+
+    try {
+        // Mode SMTP
+        $mail->isSMTP();
+        $mail->Host = SMTP_HOST;
+        $mail->Port = SMTP_PORT;
+
+        // Auth SMTP si configurée
+        $hasAuth = !empty(SMTP_USERNAME) && !empty(SMTP_PASSWORD);
+        $mail->SMTPAuth = $hasAuth;
+
+        if ($hasAuth) {
+            $mail->Username = SMTP_USERNAME;
+            $mail->Password = SMTP_PASSWORD;
+        }
+
+        // Encryption
+        $enc = strtolower((string) SMTP_ENCRYPTION);
+        if ($enc === 'tls') {
+            $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS;
+        } elseif ($enc === 'ssl') {
+            $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS;
+        } else {
+            // none
+            $mail->SMTPSecure = false;
+            $mail->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
+        }
+
+        $mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';
+        $mail->Encoding = 'base64';
+
+        // Expéditeur (doit être un alias autorisé si Proton)
+        $fromAddress = defined('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS') ? MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS : SMTP_USERNAME;
+        $fromName = defined('MAIL_FROM_NAME') ? MAIL_FROM_NAME : 'Portfolio - Contact';
+
+        if (empty($fromAddress)) {
+            error_log('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS/SMTP_USERNAME vide : impossible de définir From');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $mail->setFrom($fromAddress, $fromName);
+
+        // Reply-To = email du visiteur
+        if (!empty($data['email'])) {
+            $mail->addReplyTo($data['email'], trim(($data['prenom'] ?? '') . ' ' . ($data['nom'] ?? '')));
+        }
+
+        // Destinataire
+        $mail->addAddress(CONTACT_EMAIL);
+
+        $mail->Subject = $subject;
+        $mail->Body = $body;
+        $mail->isHTML(false);
+
+        $mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
+        $mail->Debugoutput = function ($str, $level) {
+            error_log("PHPMailer debug($level): $str");
+        };
+
+
+        // Timeouts/log (utile en debug)
+        $mail->Timeout = 10;
+
+        $mail->send();
+        return true;
+
+    } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+        error_log('Mail send unexpected error: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+/*function sendContactEmail(array $data): bool
 {
     $categorieLabels = [
         'projet' => 'Projet freelance',
@@ -460,4 +586,4 @@ function sendContactEmail(array $data): bool
     }
 
     return $result;
-}
+}*/
diff --git a/pages/contact.php b/pages/contact.php
index 20bff8e..ef2d883 100644
--- a/pages/contact.php
+++ b/pages/contact.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                                 type="text"
                                 id="nom"
                                 name="nom"
-                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
+                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
                                 required
                                 maxlength="100"
                                 autocomplete="family-name"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                                 type="text"
                                 id="prenom"
                                 name="prenom"
-                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
+                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
                                 required
                                 maxlength="100"
                                 autocomplete="given-name"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                                 type="email"
                                 id="email"
                                 name="email"
-                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
+                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
                                 required
                                 maxlength="255"
                                 autocomplete="email"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                                 type="text"
                                 id="entreprise"
                                 name="entreprise"
-                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
+                                class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
                                 maxlength="200"
                                 autocomplete="organization"
                                 placeholder="Nom de votre entreprise"
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                         <select
                             id="categorie"
                             name="categorie"
-                            class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
+                            class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
                             required
                         >
                             <option value="" disabled selected>Sélectionnez une catégorie...</option>
                             <option value="projet">Je souhaite parler de mon projet</option>
                             <option value="poste">Je souhaite vous proposer un poste</option>
-                            <option value="autre">Autre</option>
+                            <option value="autre">J'ai une autre idée en tête</option>
                         </select>
                         <p class="text-error text-sm mt-1 hidden" data-error="categorie"></p>
                     </div>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                             type="text"
                             id="objet"
                             name="objet"
-                            class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
+                            class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors"
                             required
                             maxlength="200"
                             placeholder="Résumez votre demande en quelques mots"
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ include_template('navbar', compact('currentPage'));
                         <textarea
                             id="message"
                             name="message"
-                            class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-primary placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors resize-y min-h-[150px]"
+                            class="w-full px-4 py-3 bg-surface-alt border border-border rounded-lg text-text-muted placeholder-text-muted focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary/50 focus:border-primary transition-colors resize-y min-h-[150px]"
                             required
                             maxlength="5000"
                             rows="6"