diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f01fe3..9540532 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ mailingPlugin({
   richTextEditor: lexicalEditor(),  // optional custom editor
   onReady: async (payload) => {     // optional initialization hook
     console.log('Mailing plugin ready!')
+  },
+
+  // beforeSend hook - modify emails before sending
+  beforeSend: async (options, email) => {
+    // Add attachments, modify headers, etc.
+    options.attachments = [
+      { filename: 'invoice.pdf', content: pdfBuffer }
+    ]
+    options.headers = {
+      'X-Campaign-ID': email.campaignId
+    }
+    return options
   }
 })
 ```
@@ -255,6 +267,56 @@ mailingPlugin({
 })
 ```
 
+### beforeSend Hook
+
+Modify emails before they are sent to add attachments, custom headers, or make other changes:
+
+```typescript
+mailingPlugin({
+  // ... other config
+  beforeSend: async (options, email) => {
+    // Add attachments dynamically
+    if (email.invoiceId) {
+      const invoice = await generateInvoicePDF(email.invoiceId)
+      options.attachments = [
+        {
+          filename: `invoice-${email.invoiceId}.pdf`,
+          content: invoice.buffer,
+          contentType: 'application/pdf'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+
+    // Add custom headers
+    options.headers = {
+      'X-Campaign-ID': email.campaignId,
+      'X-Customer-ID': email.customerId,
+      'X-Priority': email.priority === 1 ? 'High' : 'Normal'
+    }
+
+    // Modify recipients based on conditions
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+      // Redirect all emails to test address in dev
+      options.to = ['test@example.com']
+      options.subject = `[TEST] ${options.subject}`
+    }
+
+    // Add BCC for compliance
+    if (email.requiresAudit) {
+      options.bcc = ['audit@company.com']
+    }
+
+    return options
+  }
+})
+```
+
+The `beforeSend` hook receives:
+- `options`: The nodemailer mail options that will be sent
+- `email`: The full email document from the database
+
+You must return the modified options object.
+
 ### Initialization Hooks
 
 Control plugin initialization order and add post-initialization logic:
@@ -266,7 +328,7 @@ mailingPlugin({
   onReady: async (payload) => {
     // Called after plugin is fully initialized
     console.log('Mailing plugin ready!')
-    
+
     // Custom initialization logic here
     await setupCustomEmailSettings(payload)
   }
diff --git a/dev/payload-types.ts b/dev/payload-types.ts
index 6c034a3..f40e95b 100644
--- a/dev/payload-types.ts
+++ b/dev/payload-types.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ export interface Email {
    * Sender email address (optional, uses default if not provided)
    */
   from?: string | null;
+  /**
+   * Sender display name (optional, e.g., "John Doe" for "John Doe <john@example.com>")
+   */
+  fromName?: string | null;
   /**
    * Reply-to email address
    */
@@ -543,6 +547,7 @@ export interface EmailsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
   cc?: T;
   bcc?: T;
   from?: T;
+  fromName?: T;
   replyTo?: T;
   subject?: T;
   html?: T;
@@ -675,6 +680,18 @@ export interface TaskSendEmail {
      * Optional comma-separated list of BCC email addresses
      */
     bcc?: string | null;
+    /**
+     * Optional sender email address (uses default if not provided)
+     */
+    from?: string | null;
+    /**
+     * Optional sender display name (e.g., "John Doe")
+     */
+    fromName?: string | null;
+    /**
+     * Optional reply-to email address
+     */
+    replyTo?: string | null;
     /**
      * Optional date/time to schedule email for future delivery
      */
@@ -684,7 +701,9 @@ export interface TaskSendEmail {
      */
     priority?: number | null;
   };
-  output?: unknown;
+  output: {
+    id?: string | null;
+  };
 }
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
diff --git a/dev/test-hook-validation.ts b/dev/test-hook-validation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9179d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/test-hook-validation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// Test hook validation in the dev environment
+import { getPayload } from 'payload'
+import config from './payload.config.js'
+
+async function testHookValidation() {
+  const payload = await getPayload({ config: await config })
+
+  console.log('\n🧪 Testing beforeSend hook validation...\n')
+
+  // Test 1: Create an email to process
+  const email = await payload.create({
+    collection: 'emails',
+    data: {
+      to: ['test@example.com'],
+      subject: 'Test Email for Validation',
+      html: '<p>Testing hook validation</p>',
+      text: 'Testing hook validation',
+      status: 'pending'
+    }
+  })
+
+  console.log('✅ Test email created:', email.id)
+
+  // Get the mailing service
+  const mailingService = (payload as any).mailing.service
+
+  // Test 2: Temporarily replace the config with a bad hook
+  const originalBeforeSend = mailingService.config.beforeSend
+
+  console.log('\n📝 Test: Hook that removes "from" field...')
+  mailingService.config.beforeSend = async (options: any, email: any) => {
+    delete options.from
+    return options
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await mailingService.processEmails()
+    console.log('❌ Should have thrown error for missing "from"')
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (error.message.includes('must not remove the "from" property')) {
+      console.log('✅ Correctly caught missing "from" field')
+    } else {
+      console.log('❌ Unexpected error:', error.message)
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('\n📝 Test: Hook that empties "to" array...')
+  mailingService.config.beforeSend = async (options: any, email: any) => {
+    options.to = []
+    return options
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await mailingService.processEmails()
+    console.log('❌ Should have thrown error for empty "to"')
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (error.message.includes('must not remove or empty the "to" property')) {
+      console.log('✅ Correctly caught empty "to" array')
+    } else {
+      console.log('❌ Unexpected error:', error.message)
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('\n📝 Test: Hook that removes "subject"...')
+  mailingService.config.beforeSend = async (options: any, email: any) => {
+    delete options.subject
+    return options
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await mailingService.processEmails()
+    console.log('❌ Should have thrown error for missing "subject"')
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (error.message.includes('must not remove the "subject" property')) {
+      console.log('✅ Correctly caught missing "subject" field')
+    } else {
+      console.log('❌ Unexpected error:', error.message)
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('\n📝 Test: Hook that removes both "html" and "text"...')
+  mailingService.config.beforeSend = async (options: any, email: any) => {
+    delete options.html
+    delete options.text
+    return options
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await mailingService.processEmails()
+    console.log('❌ Should have thrown error for missing content')
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (error.message.includes('must not remove both "html" and "text" properties')) {
+      console.log('✅ Correctly caught missing content fields')
+    } else {
+      console.log('❌ Unexpected error:', error.message)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Restore original hook
+  mailingService.config.beforeSend = originalBeforeSend
+
+  console.log('\n✅ All validation tests completed!\n')
+
+  // Clean up
+  await payload.delete({
+    collection: 'emails',
+    id: email.id
+  })
+
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
+testHookValidation().catch(console.error)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8448d49..d8ab084 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xtr-dev/payload-mailing",
-  "version": "0.1.19",
+  "version": "0.1.21",
   "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 12862a4..f7ed142 100644
--- a/src/sendEmail.ts
+++ b/src/sendEmail.ts
@@ -83,25 +83,25 @@ export const sendEmail = async <TEmail extends BaseEmailDocument = BaseEmailDocu
   if (emailData.to) {
     emailData.to = parseAndValidateEmails(emailData.to as string | string[])
   }
-  if (emailData.cc && emailData.cc !== null) {
+  if (emailData.cc) {
     emailData.cc = parseAndValidateEmails(emailData.cc as string | string[])
   }
-  if (emailData.bcc && emailData.bcc !== null) {
+  if (emailData.bcc) {
     emailData.bcc = parseAndValidateEmails(emailData.bcc as string | string[])
   }
-  if (emailData.replyTo && emailData.replyTo !== null) {
+  if (emailData.replyTo) {
     const validated = parseAndValidateEmails(emailData.replyTo as string | string[])
     // replyTo should be a single email, so take the first one if array
     emailData.replyTo = validated && validated.length > 0 ? validated[0] : undefined
   }
-  if (emailData.from && emailData.from !== null) {
+  if (emailData.from) {
     const validated = parseAndValidateEmails(emailData.from as string | string[])
     // from should be a single email, so take the first one if array
     emailData.from = validated && validated.length > 0 ? validated[0] : undefined
   }
 
   // Sanitize fromName to prevent header injection
-  if (emailData.fromName && emailData.fromName !== null) {
+  if (emailData.fromName) {
     emailData.fromName = emailData.fromName
       .trim()
       // Remove/replace newlines and carriage returns to prevent header injection
diff --git a/src/services/MailingService.ts b/src/services/MailingService.ts
index b88b9a6..f71aabf 100644
--- a/src/services/MailingService.ts
+++ b/src/services/MailingService.ts
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
         fromField = this.getDefaultFrom()
       }
 
-      const mailOptions = {
+      let mailOptions: any = {
         from: fromField,
         to: email.to,
         cc: email.cc || undefined,
@@ -281,6 +281,30 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
         text: email.text || undefined,
       }
 
+      // Call beforeSend hook if configured
+      if (this.config.beforeSend) {
+        try {
+          mailOptions = await this.config.beforeSend(mailOptions, email)
+
+          // Validate required properties remain intact after hook execution
+          if (!mailOptions.from) {
+            throw new Error('beforeSend hook must not remove the "from" property')
+          }
+          if (!mailOptions.to || (Array.isArray(mailOptions.to) && mailOptions.to.length === 0)) {
+            throw new Error('beforeSend hook must not remove or empty the "to" property')
+          }
+          if (!mailOptions.subject) {
+            throw new Error('beforeSend hook must not remove the "subject" property')
+          }
+          if (!mailOptions.html && !mailOptions.text) {
+            throw new Error('beforeSend hook must not remove both "html" and "text" properties')
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error('Error in beforeSend hook:', error)
+          throw new Error(`beforeSend hook failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`)
+        }
+      }
+
       await this.transporter.sendMail(mailOptions)
 
       await this.payload.update({
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 88e44cb..8944721 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ export type TemplateRendererHook = (template: string, variables: Record<string,
 
 export type TemplateEngine = 'liquidjs' | 'mustache' | 'simple'
 
+export interface BeforeSendMailOptions {
+  from: string
+  to: string[]
+  cc?: string[]
+  bcc?: string[]
+  replyTo?: string
+  subject: string
+  html: string
+  text?: string
+  attachments?: any[]
+  [key: string]: any
+}
+
+export type BeforeSendHook = (options: BeforeSendMailOptions, email: BaseEmailDocument) => BeforeSendMailOptions | Promise<BeforeSendMailOptions>
+
 export interface MailingPluginConfig {
   collections?: {
     templates?: string | Partial<CollectionConfig>
@@ -62,6 +77,7 @@ export interface MailingPluginConfig {
   templateRenderer?: TemplateRendererHook
   templateEngine?: TemplateEngine
   richTextEditor?: RichTextField['editor']
+  beforeSend?: BeforeSendHook
   onReady?: (payload: any) => Promise<void>
   initOrder?: 'before' | 'after'
 }