diff --git a/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/__tests__/handler.test.ts b/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/__tests__/handler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f67d4e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/__tests__/handler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* tslint:disable:no-any */
+/* tslint:disable:no-duplicate-string */
+/* tslint:disable:no-big-function */
+/* tslint:disable: no-identical-functions */
+
+import { FiscalCode, NonEmptyString } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/strings";
+
+import { ActivityInput, getActivityFunction } from "../handler";
+
+import { fromLeft, taskEither } from "fp-ts/lib/TaskEither";
+
+import * as HtmlToText from "html-to-text";
+
+import { EmailAddress } from "io-functions-commons/dist/generated/definitions/EmailAddress";
+import * as mail from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/mailer";
+
+beforeEach(() => jest.clearAllMocks());
+
+const mockContext = {
+  log: {
+    // tslint:disable-next-line: no-console
+    error: console.error,
+    // tslint:disable-next-line: no-console
+    info: console.log,
+    // tslint:disable-next-line: no-console
+    verbose: console.log,
+    // tslint:disable-next-line: no-console
+    warn: console.warn
+  }
+} as any;
+
+const HTML_TO_TEXT_OPTIONS: HtmlToText.HtmlToTextOptions = {
+  ignoreImage: true, // ignore all document images
+  tables: true
+};
+
+const MAIL_FROM = "IO - l’app dei servizi pubblici <no-reply@io.italia.it>" as NonEmptyString;
+const defaultNotificationParams = {
+  HTML_TO_TEXT_OPTIONS,
+  MAIL_FROM
+};
+
+const input: ActivityInput = {
+  fiscalCode: "FRLFRC74E04B157I" as FiscalCode,
+  toAddress: "email@example.com" as EmailAddress
+};
+
+const lMailerTransporterMock = ({} as unknown) as mail.MailerTransporter;
+
+describe("SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity", () => {
+  it("should respond with 'SUCCESS' if the mail is sent", async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(mail, "sendMail").mockReturnValueOnce(taskEither.of("SUCCESS"));
+
+    const SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivityHandler = getActivityFunction(
+      lMailerTransporterMock,
+      defaultNotificationParams
+    );
+
+    const result = await SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivityHandler(
+      mockContext,
+      input
+    );
+
+    expect(result.kind).toBe("SUCCESS");
+  });
+
+  it("should respond with 'ERROR' if the mail is not sent", async () => {
+    const errorMessage: string = "Test Error";
+
+    jest
+      .spyOn(mail, "sendMail")
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(fromLeft(new Error(errorMessage)));
+
+    const SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivityHandler = getActivityFunction(
+      lMailerTransporterMock,
+      defaultNotificationParams
+    );
+
+    try {
+      await SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivityHandler(mockContext, input);
+    } catch (e) {
+      expect(e.message).toBe("Error while sending email: " + errorMessage);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/handler.ts b/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/handler.ts
index 4aa9ba44..31e55669 100644
--- a/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/handler.ts
+++ b/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/handler.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ import { Context } from "@azure/functions";
 import { NewMessage } from "io-functions-commons/dist/generated/definitions/NewMessage";
 import { readableReport } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/reporters";
 
-import { Either } from "fp-ts/lib/Either";
 import * as HtmlToText from "html-to-text";
-import { sendMail } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/utils/email";
 import { markdownToHtml } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/utils/markdown";
 import * as t from "io-ts";
 import { FiscalCode, NonEmptyString } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/strings";
 import * as NodeMailer from "nodemailer";
 import { EmailAddress } from "../generated/definitions/EmailAddress";
 
+import { sendMail } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/mailer";
+
 // TODO: switch text based on user's preferred_language
 const userDataDeleteMessage = NewMessage.decode({
   content: {
@@ -93,25 +93,22 @@ export const getActivityFunction = (
         notificationDefaultParams.HTML_TO_TEXT_OPTIONS
       );
 
-      const sendResult: Either<
-        Error,
-        NodeMailer.SendMailOptions
-      > = await sendMail(lMailerTransporter, {
+      // trigger email delivery
+      await sendMail(lMailerTransporter, {
         from: notificationDefaultParams.MAIL_FROM,
         html: documentHtml,
         subject: content.subject,
         text: bodyText,
         to: toAddress
-      });
-
-      if (sendResult.isLeft()) {
-        const error = sendResult.value;
-        // track the event of failed delivery
-        context.log.error(`${logPrefix}|ERROR=${error.message}`);
-        throw new Error(`Error while sending email: ${error.message}`);
-      }
-
-      context.log.verbose(`${logPrefix}|RESULT=SUCCESS`);
+      })
+        .bimap(
+          error => {
+            context.log.error(`${logPrefix}|ERROR=${error.message}`);
+            throw new Error(`Error while sending email: ${error.message}`);
+          },
+          () => context.log.verbose(`${logPrefix}|RESULT=SUCCESS`)
+        )
+        .run();
 
       return success();
     }
diff --git a/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/index.ts b/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/index.ts
index 4f6ae30d..752ae268 100644
--- a/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/index.ts
+++ b/SendUserDataDeleteEmailActivity/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import * as HtmlToText from "html-to-text";
-import { MultiTransport } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/utils/nodemailer";
-import * as NodeMailer from "nodemailer";
+import { getMailerTransporter } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/mailer";
 import { getConfigOrThrow } from "../utils/config";
-import {
-  getMailerTransporter,
-  getTransportsForConnections
-} from "../utils/email";
 import { getActivityFunction } from "./handler";
 
 const config = getConfigOrThrow();
@@ -18,26 +13,7 @@ const HTML_TO_TEXT_OPTIONS: HtmlToText.HtmlToTextOptions = {
   tables: true
 };
 
-// if we have a valid multi transport configuration, configure a
-// Multi transport, or else fall back to the default logic
-const mailerTransporter =
-  typeof config.MAIL_TRANSPORTS !== "undefined"
-    ? NodeMailer.createTransport(
-        MultiTransport({
-          transports: getTransportsForConnections(config.MAIL_TRANSPORTS)
-        })
-      )
-    : getMailerTransporter({
-        isProduction: config.isProduction,
-        ...(typeof config.SENDGRID_API_KEY !== "undefined"
-          ? {
-              sendgridApiKey: config.SENDGRID_API_KEY
-            }
-          : {
-              mailupSecret: config.MAILUP_SECRET,
-              mailupUsername: config.MAILUP_USERNAME
-            })
-      });
+const mailerTransporter = getMailerTransporter(config);
 
 const index = getActivityFunction(mailerTransporter, {
   HTML_TO_TEXT_OPTIONS,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9f63efe..90bb1944 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "durable-functions": "^1.4.3",
     "express": "^4.15.3",
     "fp-ts": "1.17.0",
-    "io-functions-commons": "^14.6.0",
+    "io-functions-commons": "^16.0.0",
     "html-to-text": "^5.1.1",
     "io-functions-express": "^0.1.0",
     "io-ts": "1.8.5",
diff --git a/utils/__tests__/config.test.ts b/utils/__tests__/config.test.ts
index 07621b8b..6dde3033 100644
--- a/utils/__tests__/config.test.ts
+++ b/utils/__tests__/config.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Either } from "fp-ts/lib/Either";
-import { NonEmptyString } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/strings";
-import { MailerConfig } from "../config";
+import { MailerConfig } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/mailer";
 
 const aMailFrom = "example@test.com";
 
diff --git a/utils/config.ts b/utils/config.ts
index 24f7d42d..5fda1f2d 100644
--- a/utils/config.ts
+++ b/utils/config.ts
@@ -5,88 +5,11 @@
  * The configuration is evaluate eagerly at the first access to the module. The module exposes convenient methods to access such value.
  */
 
-import { MailMultiTransportConnectionsFromString } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/utils/multi_transport_connection";
+import { MailerConfig } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/mailer";
 import * as t from "io-ts";
 import { readableReport } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/reporters";
 import { NonEmptyString } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/strings";
 
-// exclude a specific value from a type
-// as strict equality is performed, allowed input types are constrained to be values not references (object, arrays, etc)
-// tslint:disable-next-line max-union-size
-const AnyBut = <A extends string | number | boolean | symbol, O = A>(
-  but: A,
-  base: t.Type<A, O> = t.any
-) =>
-  t.brand(
-    base,
-    (
-      s
-    ): s is t.Branded<
-      t.TypeOf<typeof base>,
-      { readonly AnyBut: unique symbol }
-    > => s !== but,
-    "AnyBut"
-  );
-
-// configuration to send email
-export type MailerConfig = t.TypeOf<typeof MailerConfig>;
-export const MailerConfig = t.intersection([
-  // common required fields
-  t.interface({
-    MAIL_FROM: NonEmptyString
-  }),
-  // the following union includes the possible configuration variants for different mail transports we use in prod
-  // undefined values are kept for easy usage
-  t.union([
-    // Using sendgrid
-    // we allow mailup values as well, as sendgrid would be selected first if present
-    // see here for the rationale: https://github.com/pagopa/io-functions-admin/pull/89#commitcomment-42917672
-    t.intersection([
-      t.interface({
-        MAILHOG_HOSTNAME: t.undefined,
-        MAIL_TRANSPORTS: t.undefined,
-        NODE_ENV: t.literal("production"),
-        SENDGRID_API_KEY: NonEmptyString
-      }),
-      t.partial({
-        MAILUP_SECRET: NonEmptyString,
-        MAILUP_USERNAME: NonEmptyString
-      })
-    ]),
-    // using mailup
-    t.interface({
-      MAILHOG_HOSTNAME: t.undefined,
-      MAILUP_SECRET: NonEmptyString,
-      MAILUP_USERNAME: NonEmptyString,
-      MAIL_TRANSPORTS: t.undefined,
-      NODE_ENV: t.literal("production"),
-      SENDGRID_API_KEY: t.undefined
-    }),
-    // Using multi-transport definition
-    // Optional multi provider connection string
-    // The connection string must be in the format:
-    //   [mailup:username:password;][sendgrid:apikey:;]
-    // Note that multiple instances of the same provider can be provided.
-    t.interface({
-      MAILHOG_HOSTNAME: t.undefined,
-      MAILUP_SECRET: t.undefined,
-      MAILUP_USERNAME: t.undefined,
-      MAIL_TRANSPORTS: MailMultiTransportConnectionsFromString,
-      NODE_ENV: t.literal("production"),
-      SENDGRID_API_KEY: t.undefined
-    }),
-    // the following states that a mailhog configuration is optional and can be provided only if not in prod
-    t.interface({
-      MAILHOG_HOSTNAME: NonEmptyString,
-      MAILUP_SECRET: t.undefined,
-      MAILUP_USERNAME: t.undefined,
-      MAIL_TRANSPORTS: t.undefined,
-      NODE_ENV: AnyBut("production", t.string),
-      SENDGRID_API_KEY: t.undefined
-    })
-  ])
-]);
-
 // global app configuration
 export type IConfig = t.TypeOf<typeof IConfig>;
 export const IConfig = t.intersection([
diff --git a/utils/email.ts b/utils/email.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f44e55a..00000000
--- a/utils/email.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-import { catOptions } from "fp-ts/lib/Array";
-import { none, some } from "fp-ts/lib/Option";
-
-import { MailUpTransport } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/utils/mailup";
-import { MailMultiTransportConnections } from "io-functions-commons/dist/src/utils/multi_transport_connection";
-
-import { agent } from "italia-ts-commons";
-import {
-  AbortableFetch,
-  setFetchTimeout,
-  toFetch
-} from "italia-ts-commons/lib/fetch";
-import { Millisecond } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/units";
-
-import { NonEmptyString } from "italia-ts-commons/lib/strings";
-
-import * as NodeMailer from "nodemailer";
-import nodemailerSendgrid = require("nodemailer-sendgrid");
-import Mail = require("nodemailer/lib/mailer");
-import { getConfigOrThrow } from "./config";
-
-// 5 seconds timeout by default
-const DEFAULT_EMAIL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
-
-// Must be an https endpoint so we use an https agent
-const abortableFetch = AbortableFetch(agent.getHttpsFetch(process.env));
-const fetchWithTimeout = setFetchTimeout(
-  DEFAULT_EMAIL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS as Millisecond,
-  abortableFetch
-);
-
-interface IMailUpOptions {
-  mailupSecret: NonEmptyString;
-  mailupUsername: NonEmptyString;
-}
-
-interface ISendGridOptions {
-  sendgridApiKey: NonEmptyString;
-}
-
-type MailTransportOptions = (IMailUpOptions | ISendGridOptions) & {
-  isProduction: boolean;
-};
-
-export function getMailerTransporter(opts: MailTransportOptions): Mail {
-  const config = getConfigOrThrow();
-  return opts.isProduction
-    ? NodeMailer.createTransport(
-        "sendgridApiKey" in opts
-          ? nodemailerSendgrid({
-              apiKey: opts.sendgridApiKey
-            })
-          : MailUpTransport({
-              creds: {
-                Secret: opts.mailupSecret,
-                Username: opts.mailupUsername
-              },
-              // HTTPS-only fetch with optional keepalive agent
-              fetchAgent: toFetch(fetchWithTimeout)
-            })
-      )
-    : // For development we use mailhog to intercept emails
-      // Use the `docker-compose.yml` file to run the mailhog server
-      NodeMailer.createTransport({
-        host: config.MAILHOG_HOSTNAME || "localhost",
-        port: 1025,
-        secure: false
-      });
-}
-
-/**
- * Converts an array of mail transport connections into their corresponding
- * nodemailer transports
- */
-export function getTransportsForConnections(
-  configs: MailMultiTransportConnections
-): ReadonlyArray<NodeMailer.Transport> {
-  return catOptions(
-    configs.map(config => {
-      // configure mailup
-      if (
-        config.transport === "mailup" &&
-        NonEmptyString.is(config.password) &&
-        NonEmptyString.is(config.username)
-      ) {
-        return some(
-          MailUpTransport({
-            creds: {
-              Secret: config.password,
-              Username: config.username
-            },
-            // HTTPS-only fetch with optional keepalive agent
-            fetchAgent: toFetch(fetchWithTimeout)
-          })
-        );
-      }
-
-      // sendgrid uses username as api key
-      if (
-        config.transport === "sendgrid" &&
-        NonEmptyString.is(config.username)
-      ) {
-        return some(
-          nodemailerSendgrid({
-            apiKey: config.username
-          })
-        );
-      }
-
-      // default ignore
-      return none;
-    })
-  );
-}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6b79638b..03507a16 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -851,14 +851,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.3.tgz#3dca0e3f33b200fc7d1139c0cd96c1268cadfd9d"
   integrity sha512-tHq6qdbT9U1IRSGf14CL0pUlULksvY9OZ+5eEgl1N7t+OA3tGvNpxJCzuKQlsNgCVwbAs670L1vcVQi8j9HjnA==
 
-"@types/node-fetch@^2.5.6":
-  version "2.5.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.5.7.tgz#20a2afffa882ab04d44ca786449a276f9f6bbf3c"
-  integrity sha512-o2WVNf5UhWRkxlf6eq+jMZDu7kjgpgJfl4xVNlvryc95O/6F2ld8ztKX+qu+Rjyet93WAWm5LjeX9H5FGkODvw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-    form-data "^3.0.0"
-
 "@types/node@*":
   version "12.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.0.8.tgz#551466be11b2adc3f3d47156758f610bd9f6b1d8"
@@ -3685,7 +3677,7 @@ forever-agent@~0.6.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/forever-agent/-/forever-agent-0.6.1.tgz#fbc71f0c41adeb37f96c577ad1ed42d8fdacca91"
   integrity sha1-+8cfDEGt6zf5bFd60e1C2P2sypE=
 
-form-data@3.0.0, form-data@^3.0.0:
+form-data@3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/form-data/-/form-data-3.0.0.tgz#31b7e39c85f1355b7139ee0c647cf0de7f83c682"
   integrity sha512-CKMFDglpbMi6PyN+brwB9Q/GOw0eAnsrEZDgcsH5Krhz5Od/haKHAX0NmQfha2zPPz0JpWzA7GJHGSnvCRLWsg==
@@ -4537,13 +4529,12 @@ invert-kv@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/invert-kv/-/invert-kv-2.0.0.tgz#7393f5afa59ec9ff5f67a27620d11c226e3eec02"
   integrity sha512-wPVv/y/QQ/Uiirj/vh3oP+1Ww+AWehmi1g5fFWGPF6IpCBCDVrhgHRMvrLfdYcwDh3QJbGXDW4JAuzxElLSqKA==
 
-io-functions-commons@^14.6.0:
-  version "14.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/io-functions-commons/-/io-functions-commons-14.6.0.tgz#c420cba54a7b4d01a97e5f75e295a3668a14cf6c"
-  integrity sha512-8vWY2aZgjCMZvQGKeiII+8wQYH7be1ghDG/jTu6+yE9/SDR90L2BFSwb4n1KihX5wugM3h5ne3UVhWVRV/S+tw==
+io-functions-commons@^16.0.0:
+  version "16.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/io-functions-commons/-/io-functions-commons-16.1.0.tgz#cf50145d1d9f6cf197e1fcfdbf9551c53047bc64"
+  integrity sha512-CT4aMqkRHbuG1vm99jNOcAfUhLZL8SynNSoI0mGFDxwf0bPupK4efz/0cV5zc6aZr1dA8kEThqhartk50V3wJQ==
   dependencies:
     "@azure/cosmos" "^3.7.2"
-    "@types/node-fetch" "^2.5.6"
     applicationinsights "^1.7.3"
     azure-storage "^2.10.3"
     cidr-matcher "^2.1.0"
@@ -4553,8 +4544,9 @@ io-functions-commons@^14.6.0:
     io-functions-express "^0.1.1"
     io-ts "1.8.5"
     italia-ts-commons "^7.0.1"
-    node-fetch "^2.6.0"
-    nodemailer "^4.6.7"
+    node-fetch "^2.6.1"
+    nodemailer "^6.4.13"
+    nodemailer-sendgrid "^1.0.3"
     referrer-policy "^1.1.0"
     rehype-stringify "^3.0.0"
     remark-frontmatter "^2.0.0"
@@ -6965,6 +6957,11 @@ node-fetch@^2.1.1, node-fetch@^2.2.0, node-fetch@^2.3.0, node-fetch@^2.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz#e633456386d4aa55863f676a7ab0daa8fdecb0fd"
   integrity sha512-8dG4H5ujfvFiqDmVu9fQ5bOHUC15JMjMY/Zumv26oOvvVJjM67KF8koCWIabKQ1GJIa9r2mMZscBq/TbdOcmNA==
 
+node-fetch@^2.6.1:
+  version "2.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz#045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052"
+  integrity sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw==
+
 node-int64@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-int64/-/node-int64-0.4.0.tgz#87a9065cdb355d3182d8f94ce11188b825c68a3b"
@@ -7022,16 +7019,16 @@ nodemailer-sendgrid@^1.0.3:
   dependencies:
     "@sendgrid/mail" "^6.2.1"
 
-nodemailer@^4.6.7:
-  version "4.7.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-4.7.0.tgz#4420e06abfffd77d0618f184ea49047db84f4ad8"
-  integrity sha512-IludxDypFpYw4xpzKdMAozBSkzKHmNBvGanUREjJItgJ2NYcK/s8+PggVhj7c2yGFQykKsnnmv1+Aqo0ZfjHmw==
-
 nodemailer@^6.4.11:
   version "6.4.11"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.4.11.tgz#1f00b4ffd106403f17c03f3d43d5945b2677046c"
   integrity sha512-BVZBDi+aJV4O38rxsUh164Dk1NCqgh6Cm0rQSb9SK/DHGll/DrCMnycVDD7msJgZCnmVa8ASo8EZzR7jsgTukQ==
 
+nodemailer@^6.4.13:
+  version "6.4.14"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.4.14.tgz#2ffb160b63ff0c15a979da75e1f82af85433d2a3"
+  integrity sha512-0AQHOOT+nRAOK6QnksNaK7+5vjviVvEBzmZytKU7XSA+Vze2NLykTx/05ti1uJgXFTWrMq08u3j3x4r4OE6PAA==
+
 nopt@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nopt/-/nopt-4.0.1.tgz#d0d4685afd5415193c8c7505602d0d17cd64474d"