diff --git a/lib/transports/nodemailer/getSendOptions.js b/lib/transports/nodemailer/getSendOptions.js
index e28a399..4972d7e 100644
--- a/lib/transports/nodemailer/getSendOptions.js
+++ b/lib/transports/nodemailer/getSendOptions.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var assign = require('object-assign');
 
-var processAddress = require('../../util/processAddress');
+var processAddress = require('./processAddress');
 var getRecipients = require('./getRecipients');
 
 var defaultOptions = {
diff --git a/lib/transports/nodemailer/index.js b/lib/transports/nodemailer/index.js
index 916557b..8b7908c 100644
--- a/lib/transports/nodemailer/index.js
+++ b/lib/transports/nodemailer/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var requireOptional = require('../util/requireOptional');
+var requireOptional = require('../../util/requireOptional');
 
 var assign = require('object-assign');
 var nodemailer = requireOptional('nodemailer', 'Please install the nodemailer package to use this transport');
diff --git a/lib/transports/nodemailer/processAddress.js b/lib/transports/nodemailer/processAddress.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02beeca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/transports/nodemailer/processAddress.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+var truthy = require('../../util/truthy');
+
+var ADDRESS_RX = /(.*) <(.*)>/;
+var EMAIL_RX = /^(\w)+(\.\w+)*@(\w)+((\.\w+)+)$/;
+
+function processAddress (data) {
+	var rtn = {
+		name: '',
+		address: '',
+	};
+	if (typeof data === 'object') {
+		// support { name: { first: 'Jed', last: 'Watson' }, email: 'user@keystonejs.com' }
+		if (typeof data.name === 'object') {
+			rtn.firstName = data.name.first;
+			rtn.lastName = data.name.last;
+			data.name = [data.name.first, data.name.last].filter(truthy).join(' ');
+		}
+
+		if (data.email) {
+			rtn.address = data.email;
+		}
+
+		if (data.address) {
+			rtn.address = data.address;
+		}
+
+		if (data.name) {
+			rtn.name = data.name;
+		}
+	} else if (typeof data === 'string') {
+		// split email out from 'name <email>' format
+		var addrParsed = ADDRESS_RX.exec(data);
+		var isEmail = EMAIL_RX.test(data);
+		if (addrParsed && addrParsed.length === 3) {
+			rtn.name = addrParsed[1];
+			rtn.address = addrParsed[2];
+		} else {
+			if (isEmail) {
+				rtn.address = data;
+			}
+
+			rtn.name = data;
+		}
+	}
+	return rtn;
+}
+
+module.exports = processAddress;
diff --git a/lib/util/requireOptional.js b/lib/util/requireOptional.js
index de07cb4..8bb3852 100644
--- a/lib/util/requireOptional.js
+++ b/lib/util/requireOptional.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = function (pkg, msg) {
 	try {
-		return require('pkg');
+		return require(pkg);
 	} catch (e) {
 		if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
 			throw new Error(msg);
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 32b58e0..b656427 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -152,6 +152,56 @@ describe('nodemailer transport', function () {
 	describe('index function', function () {
 		it('');
 	});
+
+	describe('processAddress', function () {
+		var processAddress = require('../lib/transports/nodemailer/processAddress');
+
+		it('should set a string provided email', function () {
+			var res = processAddress(testEmail);
+			assert.equal(res.name, testEmail);
+			assert.equal(res.address, testEmail);
+		});
+
+		it('should process an object with a name and an email', function () {
+			var singlesObj = { email: testEmail, name: testName };
+			var res = processAddress(singlesObj);
+			assert.equal(res.name, testName);
+			assert.equal(res.address, testEmail);
+		});
+
+		it('should process an object with a name and an address', function () {
+			var singlesObj = { address: testEmail, name: testName };
+			var res = processAddress(singlesObj);
+			assert.equal(res.name, testName);
+			assert.equal(res.address, testEmail);
+		});
+
+		it('should set a string provided address', function () {
+			var res = processAddress(testAddress);
+			assert.equal(res.name, testName);
+			assert.equal(res.address, testEmail);
+		});
+
+		it('should process an object that includes a name object', function () {
+			var multiObj = { email: testEmail, name: nameObj };
+			var res = processAddress(multiObj);
+			assert.equal(res.name, nameObj.first + ' ' + nameObj.last);
+			assert.equal(res.address, testEmail);
+			assert.equal(res.firstName, nameObj.first);
+			assert.equal(res.lastName, nameObj.last);
+		});
+		it('should process an object without a name and an address', function () {
+			var res = processAddress({});
+			assert.equal(res.name, '');
+			assert.equal(res.address, '');
+		});
+
+		it('should process an string that it is not an email', function () {
+			var res = processAddress(testName);
+			assert.equal(res.name, testName);
+			assert.equal(res.address, '');
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 // describe('render method');
@@ -214,6 +264,10 @@ describe('email sending', function () {
 		var template = new Email('./tests/emails/simple/template.pug', { transport: 'mandrill' });
 		assert.equal(typeof template.transport, 'function');
 	});
+	it('should use nodemailer transport is passed as option', function () {
+		var template = new Email('./tests/emails/simple/template.pug', { transport: 'nodemailer' });
+		assert.equal(typeof template.transport, 'function');
+	});
 
 	describe('render', function () {
 		it('should return an error in the callback if it is unable to render from template', function () {