diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index 90704e69..2401ca5c 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleTemplateKey);
   }, []);
 
+
   const addFiles = useCallback(async (files: File[]) => {
     if (!client || files.length === 0) return;
 
@@ -1574,6 +1575,28 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     }
   };
 
+  // Ctrl+Enter (Windows/Linux) / Cmd+Enter (macOS) sends the open
+  // compose draft — same as every other major mail client. Fires
+  // even when focus is inside the To/Cc/Bcc chips, subject input,
+  // body textarea, or the rich-text editor's contentEditable region.
+  // Plain Enter in the body still inserts a newline; only Enter +
+  // the platform modifier sends. handleSend is rebound every render,
+  // so we route through a ref to keep the window listener stable.
+  const handleSendRef = useRef<(skipAttachmentCheck?: boolean) => Promise<void>>();
+  handleSendRef.current = handleSend;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleSendShortcut = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key !== 'Enter') return;
+      if (!(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) return;
+      // Don't hijack autocomplete-confirm or chip-commit Enters.
+      if (e.altKey || e.shiftKey) return;
+      e.preventDefault();
+      void handleSendRef.current?.();
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', handleSendShortcut);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleSendShortcut);
+  }, []);
+
   const cleanClose = () => {
     if (saveTimeoutRef.current) {
       clearTimeout(saveTimeoutRef.current);
diff --git a/hooks/use-keyboard-shortcuts.ts b/hooks/use-keyboard-shortcuts.ts
index 0a27942c..0dd8a841 100644
--- a/hooks/use-keyboard-shortcuts.ts
+++ b/hooks/use-keyboard-shortcuts.ts
@@ -290,5 +290,6 @@ export const KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS = {
   ],
   composer: [
     { key: "t", description: "shortcuts.composer.template_picker" },
+    { key: "Ctrl/Cmd + Enter", description: "shortcuts.composer.send" },
   ],
 } as const;
diff --git a/locales/en/common.json b/locales/en/common.json
index 072169df..0468b27e 100644
--- a/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/locales/en/common.json
@@ -1882,7 +1882,8 @@
       "expand_collapse": "Expand/collapse thread"
     },
     "composer": {
-      "template_picker": "Open template picker"
+      "template_picker": "Open template picker",
+      "send": "Send email"
     }
   },
   "threads": {