diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/AbstractHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/AbstractHandler.php
index 0e385573..530e1f16 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/AbstractHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/AbstractHandler.php
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ abstract class AbstractHandler implements HandlerInterface
 
         $record = $this->processRecord($record);
 
-        if (!$this->formatter) {
-            $this->formatter = $this->getDefaultFormatter();
-        }
-        $record['message'] = $this->formatter->format($record);
+        $record['message'] = $this->getFormatter()->format($record);
 
         $this->write($record);
 
@@ -120,6 +117,10 @@ abstract class AbstractHandler implements HandlerInterface
      */
     public function getFormatter()
     {
+        if (!$this->formatter) {
+            $this->formatter = $this->getDefaultFormatter();
+        }
+
         return $this->formatter;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8e04990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Monolog package.
+ *
+ * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Monolog\Handler;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all mail handlers
+ *
+ * @author Gyula Sallai
+ */
+abstract class MailHandler extends AbstractHandler
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function handleBatch(array $records)
+    {
+        $messages = array();
+
+        foreach ($records as $record) {
+            if ($record['level'] < $this->level) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $messages[] = $this->processRecord($record);
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($messages)) {
+            $this->send($this->getFormatter()->formatBatch($messages));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Send a mail with the given content
+     *
+     * @param string $content
+     */
+    abstract protected function send($content);
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function write(array $record)
+    {
+        $content = $record['message'];
+
+        $this->send($content);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c670115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/NativeMailerHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Monolog package.
+ *
+ * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Monolog\Handler;
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+
+/**
+ * NativeMailerHandler uses the mail() function to send the emails
+ *
+ * @author Christophe Coevoet <stof@notk.org>
+ */
+class NativeMailerHandler extends MailHandler
+{
+    protected $to;
+    protected $subject;
+    protected $headers;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $to The receiver of the mail
+     * @param string $subject The subject of the mail
+     * @param string $from The sender of the mail
+     * @param integer $level The minimum logging level at which this handler will be triggered
+     * @param Boolean $bubble Whether the messages that are handled can bubble up the stack or not
+     */
+    public function __construct($to, $subject, $from, $level = Logger::ERROR, $bubble = false)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($level, $bubble);
+        $this->to = $to;
+        $this->subject = $subject;
+        $this->headers = sprintf("From: %s\r\nContent-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\r\n", $from);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function send($content)
+    {
+        mail($this->to, $this->subject, wordwrap($content, 70), $this->headers);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a400032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Monolog package.
+ *
+ * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Monolog\Handler;
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+
+/**
+ * SwiftMailerHandler uses Swift_Mailer to send the emails
+ *
+ * @author Gyula Sallai
+ */
+class SwiftMailerHandler extends MailHandler
+{
+    protected $mailer;
+    protected $message;
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Swift_Mailer $mailer The mailer to use
+     * @param \Swift_Message $message An example message for real messages, only the body will be replaced
+     * @param integer $level The minimum logging level at which this handler will be triggered
+     * @param Boolean $bubble Whether the messages that are handled can bubble up the stack or not
+     */
+    public function __construct(\Swift_Mailer $mailer, \Swift_Message $message, $level = Logger::ERROR, $bubble = false)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($level, $bubble);
+        $this->mailer  = $mailer;
+        $this->message = $message;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function send($content)
+    {
+        $message = clone $this->message;
+        $message->setBody($content);
+
+        $this->mailer->send($message);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/MailHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/MailHandlerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b8f96be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/MailHandlerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Monolog package.
+ *
+ * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Monolog\Handler;
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\TestCase;
+
+class MailHandlerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testHandleBatch()
+    {
+        $formatter = $this->getMock('Monolog\\Formatter\\FormatterInterface');
+        $formatter->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('formatBatch'); // Each record is formatted
+
+        $handler = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Monolog\\Handler\\MailHandler');
+        $handler->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('send');
+        $handler->expects($this->never())
+            ->method('write'); // write is for individual records
+
+        $handler->setFormatter($formatter);
+
+        $handler->handleBatch($this->getMultipleRecords());
+    }
+
+    public function testHandleBatchNotSendsMailIfMessagesAreBelowLevel()
+    {
+        $records = array(
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG, 'debug message 1'),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG, 'debug message 2'),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::INFO, 'information'),
+        );
+
+        $handler = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Monolog\\Handler\\MailHandler');
+        $handler->expects($this->never())
+            ->method('send');
+        $handler->setLevel(Logger::ERROR);
+
+        $handler->handleBatch($records);
+    }
+
+    public function testHandle()
+    {
+        $handler = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Monolog\\Handler\\MailHandler');
+        $handler->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('send');
+
+        $handler->handle($this->getRecord());
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/TestCase.php b/tests/Monolog/TestCase.php
index 337877c9..8f4b1caf 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/TestCase.php
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ class TestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getMultipleRecords()
+    {
+        return array(
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG, 'debug message 1'),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG, 'debug message 2'),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::INFO, 'information'),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::WARNING, 'warning'),
+            $this->getRecord(Logger::ERROR, 'error')
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return Monolog\Formatter\FormatterInterface
      */