From 6ad90874cfc18672a2c21ddc28c218d74c04ba90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas van den Aakster <bvdaakster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:39:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor `sendEmail` to improve type safety and align with
 `BaseEmail` interface

- Replace `Email` with `BaseEmail` for stricter type validation.
- Update `SendEmailOptions` and `sendEmail` typing for improved extensibility.
---
 package.json     | 2 +-
 src/sendEmail.ts | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2079d14..1c4829a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xtr-dev/payload-mailing",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.1.10",
   "description": "Template-based email system with scheduling and job processing for PayloadCMS",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/sendEmail.ts b/src/sendEmail.ts
index aeb28bd..0d76ade 100644
--- a/src/sendEmail.ts
+++ b/src/sendEmail.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Payload } from 'payload'
 import { getMailing, renderTemplate, parseAndValidateEmails } from './utils/helpers.js'
 import {Email} from "./payload-types.js"
+import {BaseEmail} from "./types/index.js"
 
 // Options for sending emails
-export interface SendEmailOptions<T extends Email = Email> {
+export interface SendEmailOptions<T extends BaseEmail = BaseEmail> {
   // Template-based email
   template?: {
     slug: string
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export interface SendEmailOptions<T extends Email = Email> {
  * })
  * ```
  */
-export const sendEmail = async <T extends Email = Email>(
+export const sendEmail = async <T extends BaseEmail = BaseEmail>(
   payload: Payload,
   options: SendEmailOptions<T>
 ): Promise<T> => {