# Connect email

> Send InfraNest alerts to an email address — the simplest destination to set up, and the one that needs nothing from another service.

Source: https://infranest.io/docs/connect-email
Last updated: 2026-09-18

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Send InfraNest alerts to any email address you choose — the simplest destination to set up, since it needs nothing from another service.

## Overview
- Email is the easiest destination to connect: no webhook, bot, or key required.
- Just enter the address alerts should go to, and you're set.
- Works well for shared team inboxes, or a personal address that forwards to your phone for anything urgent.

## Connect email
1. Go to **Alerts**, then open **Destinations**.
2. Select **Add destination** and choose **Send alerts to any email address**.
3. Enter the **Email format** address alerts should go to (for example, alerts@example.com).
4. Select **Send test** to send a test message and confirm it arrives.
5. Select **Save & test**.

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## Send alerts to email
1. Once the destination is saved, it appears as an option wherever you choose which alerts go where.
2. Select your email destination when setting up **Notify me when…** for a monitor, server, DNS zone, or domain.
3. Routing is chosen per object, so each one can send to a different address if you like.

> [!TIP]
Use an address you actually watch. A shared team inbox works well; a personal address that forwards to a phone works better for anything urgent.

## Tips
- One destination sends to one address. Add another destination for a second recipient, or point it at a distribution list your mail provider manages.
- This is separate from your personal notification preferences. Changing which emails *you* receive as a user is done in your account settings — a destination is about where an organisation's alerts go.

## Troubleshooting
> [!NOTE]
If a test never arrives, check your spam folder first, then confirm the address is spelled correctly. Mail providers sometimes hold the first message from a new sender.