Try email.test with your info and set email.start debug so it should look like this:
alias email.test {
email.start debug
email.from noreply@mywebsite.com my name here
email.to someone@gmail.com their name here
email.subject some subject to send
email.body Thank you for signing up with $me on $network $+ . Please msg me with the following command to activate your account!:
email.body
email.body here is the stuff to activate!!
email.send my_erroralias
}