diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResource.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResource.java
index 105c660c96..65217dc099 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResource.java
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public Response testSmtpPublisherConfig(@FormParam("destination") String destina
             @ApiResponse(responseCode = "401", description = "Unauthorized")
     })
     @PermissionRequired(Permissions.Constants.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION)
-    public Response testSlackPublisherConfig(
+    public Response testRuleConfiguration (
             @Parameter(description = "The UUID of the rule to test", schema = @Schema(type = "string", format = "uuid"), required = true)
             @PathParam("uuid") @ValidUuid String ruleUuid) throws Exception {
         try(QueryManager qm = new QueryManager()){
@@ -353,7 +353,9 @@ public Response testSlackPublisherConfig(
             JsonObject configObject = jsonReader.readObject();
             jsonReader.close();
             final JsonObject config = Json.createObjectBuilder()
-                    .add(Publisher.CONFIG_DESTINATION, configObject.getString("destination"))
+                    .add(Publisher.CONFIG_DESTINATION, configObject.containsKey("destination") && 
+                        !configObject.isNull("destination") ? configObject.getString("destination") : "")
+
                     .add(Publisher.CONFIG_TEMPLATE_KEY, rule.getPublisher().getTemplate())
                     .add(Publisher.CONFIG_TEMPLATE_MIME_TYPE_KEY, rule.getPublisher().getTemplateMimeType())
                     .build();
@@ -366,7 +368,12 @@ public Response testSlackPublisherConfig(
                     .content("Rule configuration test")
                     .level(rule.getNotificationLevel())
                     .subject(NotificationUtil.generateSubject(group.toString()));
-                publisher.inform(PublishContext.from(notification), notification, config);
+                    if(SendMailPublisher.class.isAssignableFrom(publisherClass) && rule.getTeams() != null && rule.getTeams().size() > 0){
+                        SendMailPublisher sendMailPublisher = (SendMailPublisher) publisherClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+                        sendMailPublisher.inform(PublishContext.from(notification), notification, config, rule.getTeams());
+                    }else  {
+                        publisher.inform(PublishContext.from(notification), notification, config);
+                    }
             }
             return Response.ok().build();
         } catch (InvocationTargetException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResourceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResourceTest.java
index 677303f372..991d9f4081 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/NotificationPublisherResourceTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.dependencytrack.resources.v1;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import alpine.common.util.UuidUtil;
+import alpine.model.ManagedUser;
+import alpine.model.Team;
 import alpine.notification.NotificationLevel;
 import alpine.server.filters.ApiFilter;
 import alpine.server.filters.AuthenticationFilter;
@@ -368,6 +372,40 @@ public void testNotificationRuleTest() {
         Assert.assertEquals(200, sendMailResponse.getStatus());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testEmailNotificationRuleTest() {
+        NotificationPublisher publisher = qm.createNotificationPublisher(
+                "Example Publisher", "Publisher description",
+                SendMailPublisher.class, "template", "text/html",
+                false);
+        
+        NotificationRule rule = qm.createNotificationRule("Example Rule 1", NotificationScope.PORTFOLIO, NotificationLevel.INFORMATIONAL, publisher);
+
+        List<Team> teams = new ArrayList<>();
+        Team team = new Team();
+        List<ManagedUser> managedUsers = new ArrayList<>();
+        ManagedUser managedUser = new ManagedUser();
+        managedUser.setEmail("test@test.com");
+        managedUsers.add(managedUser);
+        team.setManagedUsers(managedUsers);
+        teams.add(team);
+        rule.setTeams(teams);
+
+        Set<NotificationGroup> groups = new HashSet<>(Set.of(NotificationGroup.BOM_CONSUMED, NotificationGroup.BOM_PROCESSED, NotificationGroup.BOM_PROCESSING_FAILED,
+        NotificationGroup.BOM_VALIDATION_FAILED, NotificationGroup.NEW_VULNERABILITY, NotificationGroup.NEW_VULNERABLE_DEPENDENCY, 
+        NotificationGroup.POLICY_VIOLATION, NotificationGroup.PROJECT_CREATED, NotificationGroup.PROJECT_AUDIT_CHANGE, 
+        NotificationGroup.VEX_CONSUMED, NotificationGroup.VEX_PROCESSED));
+        rule.setNotifyOn(groups);
+        
+        rule.setPublisherConfig("{}");
+
+        Response sendMailResponse = jersey.target(V1_NOTIFICATION_PUBLISHER + "/test/" + rule.getUuid()).request()
+                .header(X_API_KEY, apiKey)
+                .post(Entity.entity("", MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_TYPE));
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals(200, sendMailResponse.getStatus());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void restoreDefaultTemplatesTest() {
         NotificationPublisher slackPublisher = qm.getDefaultNotificationPublisher(DefaultNotificationPublishers.SLACK.getPublisherClass());