diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b5ca29..f255da7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ notification = EmailNotification(
     html_content=html_content,
 )
 ```
-Use this object to build the EmailMessage and create the EmailNotification :
+Use this object to create the EmailNotification :
 ```python
 from osis_notification.contrib.handlers import EmailNotificationHandler
 
-# Build the EmailMessage 
-email_message = EmailNotificationHandler.build(notification)
 # And finally create the EmailNotification
-email_notification = EmailNotificationHandler.create(email_message)
+email_notification = EmailNotificationHandler.create(notification=notification)
 ```
 
+This mail notification will automatically be sent by the task runner.
+
 #### An example using osis_mail_template
 
 ```python
@@ -103,17 +103,9 @@ from osis_notification.contrib.handlers import EmailNotificationHandler
 
 recipient = Person.objects.get(user__username="jmr")
 language = recipient.language
-tokens = {"username": person.user.username}
+tokens = {"username": recipient.user.username}
 email_message = generate_email(your_mail_template_id, language, tokens, recipients=[recipient])
-email_notification = EmailNotificationHandler.create(email_message)
-```
-
-Then you have to give the objet to the EmailNotificationHandler :
-
-```python
-from osis_notification.contrib.handlers import EmailNotificationHandler
-
-EmailNotificationHandler.create(email_notification)
+email_notification = EmailNotificationHandler.create(mail=email_message)
 ```
 
 This mail notification will automatically be send by the task runner.
@@ -132,27 +124,31 @@ call_command("send_web_notifications")
 
 The commands are calling the `process` function on their respective handlers for each notification that are found in the DB with the "Pending" state.
 
-## Knowing when notifications are sent
+## Add pre/post-processing treatment
 
-We use signals to know when the task runner gets its job done. To know when a notification has been sent, just connect to the signals doing so :
+You can interface code before and after a notification is processed. To do so, you must define your code inside `pre_process` and `post_process` :
 
 ```python
-from django.dispatch import receiver
-from osis_notification.signals import email_notification_sent, web_notification_sent
-
-@receiver(email_notification_sent)
-def email_notification_has_been_sent(sender, notification, **kwargs):
-    print(
-        f"An email notification was sent from signal sender {sender} with the"
-        f"uuid {notification.uuid} to {notification.person}."
-    )
+from osis_notification.contrib.notification import EmailNotification, WebNotification
+
+class YourCustomEmailNotification(EmailNotification):
+    def pre_process(self):
+        # your custom actions before sending a notification should live here
+        print(self.recipient, self.subject, self.plain_text_content, self.html_content)
+    
+    def post_process(self):
+        # your custom actions after sending a notification should live here
+        print(self.recipient, self.subject, self.plain_text_content, self.html_content)
+
+# Same thing with a web notification    
+class YourCustomWebNotification(WebNotification):
+    def pre_process(self):
+        # your custom actions before sending a notification should live here
+        print(self.recipient, self.content)
     
-@receiver(web_notification_sent)
-def web_notification_has_been_sent(sender, notification, **kwargs):
-    print(
-        f"An web notification was sent from signal sender {sender} with the"
-        f"uuid {notification.uuid} to {notification.person}."
-    )
+    def post_process(self):
+        # your custom actions after sending a notification should live here
+        print(self.recipient, self.content)
 ```
 
 ## Cleaning notifications
@@ -202,5 +198,3 @@ Then you can integrate the component:
  - `data-url` : API endpoint that returns all the notifications.
  - `data-interval` : The interval, in second, to fetch the notifications from the server (default to 300).
 
-
-
diff --git a/contrib/handlers.py b/contrib/handlers.py
index 37da9df..be30dba 100644
--- a/contrib/handlers.py
+++ b/contrib/handlers.py
@@ -41,21 +41,45 @@ def build(notification: EmailNotificationType) -> EmailMessage:
 
     @staticmethod
     def create(
-        mail: EmailMessage,
-        person: Optional[Person] = None,
+        mail: Optional[EmailMessage] = None,
+        notification: Optional[EmailNotificationType] = None,
     ) -> EmailNotification:
-        """Create a email notification from a python object and save it in the database.
+        """Create a email notification either from a python object or from an
+        EmailMessage and save it in the database.
 
         :param mail: The email message to be send as a notification.
-        :param person: The recipient of the notification.
+        :param notification: A python object representing the email notification.
         :return: The created EmailNotification."""
 
-        if person is None:
-            person = Person.objects.get(email=mail["To"])
+        if mail is None and notification is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Please either give an email message or a EmailNotification"
+            )
+        elif mail is None:
+            # build the mail from python object
+            mail = EmailNotificationHandler.build(notification)
+            person = notification.recipient
+        else:
+            person = Person.objects.get(user__email=mail["To"])
+            plain_text_content = ""
+            html_content = ""
+            for part in mail.walk():
+                if part.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
+                    plain_text_content = part.get_payload()
+                elif part.get_content_type() == "text/html":
+                    html_content = part.get_payload()
+            notification = EmailNotificationType(
+                recipient=person,
+                subject=mail['Subject'],
+                plain_text_content=plain_text_content,
+                html_content=html_content,
+            )
 
         return EmailNotification.objects.create(
             person=person,
             payload=mail.as_string(),
+            built_from_module=notification.__module__,
+            built_from_class_name=notification.__class__.__name__,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -70,8 +94,10 @@ def process(notification: EmailNotification):
             notification.person.email,
             settings.LANGUAGE_CODE,
         )
-        plain_text_content = ''
-        html_content = ''
+        plain_text_content = ""
+        html_content = ""
+        subject = unescape(strip_tags(email_message.get("subject")))
+
         for part in email_message.walk():
             if part.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
                 plain_text_content = part.get_payload()
@@ -84,7 +110,7 @@ def process(notification: EmailNotification):
                 receivers=[receiver],
                 reference=None,
                 connected_user=None,
-                subject=unescape(strip_tags(email_message.get("subject"))),
+                subject=subject,
                 message=plain_text_content,
                 html_message=html_content,
                 from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
@@ -94,7 +120,24 @@ def process(notification: EmailNotification):
             mail_sender.send_mail()
         notification.state = NotificationStates.SENT_STATE.name
         notification.sent_at = now()
+
+        # rebuilt the base notification Python object
+        base_class = import_string(
+            f"{notification.built_from_module}.{notification.built_from_class_name}"
+        )
+        # Now rebuilt the python object from the class we have
+        #   given the notification object we have from the DB
+        base_object = base_class(
+            recipient=notification.person,
+            subject=subject,
+            plain_text_content=plain_text_content,
+            html_content=html_content,
+        )
+        # Then call the pre_process method
+        base_object.pre_process()
         notification.save()
+        # Then call the post_process method
+        base_object.post_process()
 
 
 class WebNotificationHandler:
@@ -108,6 +151,8 @@ def create(notification: WebNotificationType):
         return WebNotification.objects.create(
             person=notification.recipient,
             payload=notification.content,
+            built_from_module=notification.__module__,
+            built_from_class_name=notification.__class__.__name__,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -116,7 +161,21 @@ def process(notification: WebNotification):
 
         notification.state = NotificationStates.SENT_STATE.name
         notification.sent_at = now()
+
+        # rebuilt the base notification Python object
+        base_class = import_string(
+            f"{notification.built_from_module}.{notification.built_from_class_name}"
+        )
+        # Now rebuilt the python object from the class we have
+        #   given the notification object we have from the DB
+        base_object = base_class(
+            recipient=notification.person, content=notification.payload
+        )
+        # Then call the pre_process method
+        base_object.pre_process()
         notification.save()
+        # Then call the post_process method
+        base_object.post_process()
 
     @staticmethod
     def toggle_state(notification: WebNotification):
diff --git a/contrib/notification.py b/contrib/notification.py
index 01a0ccc..eaf8963 100644
--- a/contrib/notification.py
+++ b/contrib/notification.py
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+import abc
+
 from base.models.person import Person
 
 
-class EmailNotification(object):
+class Notification(abc.ABC):
+    def pre_process(self):
+        pass
+
+    def post_process(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class EmailNotification(Notification):
     def __init__(
         self,
         recipient: Person,
@@ -24,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.html_content = html_content
 
 
-class WebNotification(object):
+class WebNotification(Notification):
     def __init__(self, recipient: Person, content: str):
         """This class must be implemented in order to use the web notification handlers.
 
diff --git a/management/commands/send_email_notifications.py b/management/commands/send_email_notifications.py
index f907eea..789da83 100644
--- a/management/commands/send_email_notifications.py
+++ b/management/commands/send_email_notifications.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from osis_notification.contrib.handlers import EmailNotificationHandler
 from osis_notification.models import EmailNotification
-from osis_notification.signals import email_notification_sent
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -11,7 +10,3 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         for notification in EmailNotification.objects.pending():
             EmailNotificationHandler.process(notification)
-            email_notification_sent.send(
-                sender=self.__class__,
-                notification=notification,
-            )
diff --git a/management/commands/send_web_notifications.py b/management/commands/send_web_notifications.py
index e5e21e5..6792b4c 100644
--- a/management/commands/send_web_notifications.py
+++ b/management/commands/send_web_notifications.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from osis_notification.contrib.handlers import WebNotificationHandler
 from osis_notification.models import WebNotification
-from osis_notification.signals import web_notification_sent
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -11,7 +10,3 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         for notification in WebNotification.objects.pending():
             WebNotificationHandler.process(notification)
-            web_notification_sent.send(
-                sender=self.__class__,
-                notification=notification,
-            )
diff --git a/migrations/0001_initial.py b/migrations/0001_initial.py
index e29dfd0..0c738f2 100644
--- a/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 2.2.13 on 2021-06-03 11:08
+# Generated by Django 2.2.13 on 2021-06-30 11:04
 
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('sent_at', models.DateTimeField(editable=False, null=True, verbose_name='Sent at')),
                 ('read_at', models.DateTimeField(editable=False, null=True, verbose_name='Read at')),
                 ('person', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='+', to='base.Person')),
+                ('built_from_class_name', models.TextField(editable=False, help_text='Entry built from this class', null=True)),
+                ('built_from_module', models.TextField(editable=False, help_text='Entry built from this module', null=True)),
             ],
             options={
                 'ordering': ['-created_at'],
diff --git a/models/email_notification.py b/models/email_notification.py
index dd18148..689f668 100644
--- a/models/email_notification.py
+++ b/models/email_notification.py
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ def create(self, **kwargs):
         :return: The newly created EmailNotification object.
         """
 
-        return super().create(
-            type=NotificationTypes.EMAIL_TYPE.name,
-            person=kwargs.get("person"),
-            payload=kwargs.get("payload"),
-        )
+        return super().create(type=NotificationTypes.EMAIL_TYPE.name, **kwargs)
 
 
 class EmailNotification(Notification):
diff --git a/models/notification.py b/models/notification.py
index b2f6922..7c904b5 100644
--- a/models/notification.py
+++ b/models/notification.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import uuid
+
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
@@ -31,5 +32,16 @@ class Notification(models.Model):
     sent_at = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_("Sent at"), editable=False, null=True)
     read_at = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_("Read at"), editable=False, null=True)
 
+    built_from_module = models.TextField(
+        help_text=_("Entry built from this module"),
+        editable=False,
+        null=True,
+    )
+    built_from_class_name = models.TextField(
+        help_text=_("Entry built from this class"),
+        editable=False,
+        null=True,
+    )
+
     class Meta:
         ordering = ["-created_at"]
diff --git a/models/web_notification.py b/models/web_notification.py
index aa66a86..7878fdd 100644
--- a/models/web_notification.py
+++ b/models/web_notification.py
@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ def create(self, **kwargs):
         :return: The newly created WebNotification object.
         """
 
-        return super().create(
-            type=NotificationTypes.WEB_TYPE.name,
-            person=kwargs.get("person"),
-            payload=kwargs.get("payload"),
-        )
+        return super().create(type=NotificationTypes.WEB_TYPE.name, **kwargs)
 
 
 class WebNotification(Notification):
diff --git a/signals/__init__.py b/signals/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index acf2678..0000000
--- a/signals/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-from osis_notification.signals.email_notification_sent import email_notification_sent
-from osis_notification.signals.web_notification_sent import web_notification_sent
-
-__all__ = [
-    "email_notification_sent",
-    "web_notification_sent",
-]
diff --git a/signals/email_notification_sent.py b/signals/email_notification_sent.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c2cb8f..0000000
--- a/signals/email_notification_sent.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from django.dispatch import Signal
-
-
-email_notification_sent = Signal(providing_args=["notification"])
diff --git a/signals/web_notification_sent.py b/signals/web_notification_sent.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 800e25f..0000000
--- a/signals/web_notification_sent.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from django.dispatch import Signal
-
-
-web_notification_sent = Signal(providing_args=["notification"])
diff --git a/tests/factories.py b/tests/factories.py
index 27331bb..2e99e0c 100644
--- a/tests/factories.py
+++ b/tests/factories.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class Meta:
         model = "osis_notification.EmailNotification"
 
     person = factory.SubFactory(PersonFactory)
+    built_from_module = "osis_notification.contrib.notification"
+    built_from_class_name = "EmailNotification"
 
 
 class WebNotificationFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
@@ -16,3 +18,5 @@ class Meta:
 
     person = factory.SubFactory(PersonFactory)
     payload = factory.fuzzy.FuzzyText()
+    built_from_module = "osis_notification.contrib.notification"
+    built_from_class_name = "WebNotification"
diff --git a/tests/test_commands.py b/tests/test_commands.py
index fb19cc1..cc1a204 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_send_web_notifications(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.web_notification.state, NotificationStates.PENDING_STATE.name
         )
-        with self.assertNumQueriesLessThan(3):
+        with self.assertNumQueriesLessThan(4):
             call_command("send_web_notifications")
         self.web_notification.refresh_from_db()
         # now web notification should be in sent state