# Setting up Alert Emails

> You can subscribe to ten-minute and daily alert reports, to receive emails every time a change occurs to the component you chose to be notified about.

## Enabling Alert Emails

You can subscribe to ten-minute and daily alert reports, to receive emails every time a change occurs to the component you chose to be notified about.

To receive and manage email alerts, make sure that:

* you use a valid email address,
* you have [View permissions on Alerts](managing-roles.md),
* the [email settings](configuring-tenant-settings.md) are correct.

  :::important
  Users do not inherit **Alert** permissions from the parent group. To allow users to view alerts, grant them the corresponding permissions explicitly.
  :::

To subscribe, navigate to your tenant context > **Settings** page > **General** tab > **Email setup** section, and activate the **Enable alerts email** option.

Modifying the options present on this page as an organization administrator overwrites the individual choices the users in your organization made.

## Setting up the Email

To set up the email for receiving alerts, navigate to your Identity Management portal settings.

Use the default settings if you do not have your own SMTP server.

Use custom settings if you want to set up your own SMTP server.

:::note
The default mail settings use the SendGrid SMTP server.

Switching the settings from custom to default, then back to custom erases all the values that were inputted for your SMTP configuration.
:::

Considering you want to receive email alerts via Gmail, the following procedure walks you through the Gmail SMTP server configuration:

## Example of Setting Up Email Alerts With Google SMTP Server

1. Navigate to [https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords](https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords).
2. Sign in using the email address which is to send mail messages from Orchestrator.
3. From the **Select App** drop-down list, select **Mail**.
4. From the **Select Device** drop-down list, select **Windows Computer**.
5. Click **Generate**. The **Generated App Password** window containing an app password is displayed.
6. Copy the generated app password to clipboard.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/orchestrator/orchestrator-226463-b6d6f19e.webp)
7. In Orchestrator, in the **Settings** page > **General** tab > **Email Setup** section, select the **Enable alerts email** checkbox.
8. Make sure that system email notifications have been configured by following the steps in the **About Email Alerts** section.
9. Click **Save**. You will be asked if you want to proceed without testing the settings:

Click **Yes** to proceed anyway, or click **No** and see here to first test your settings.

Once saved, all accounts that have an e-mail address configured in the **Manage Access** page and an assigned role that grants them **View** permissions on the **Alerts** page receive email alerts every time a **Fatal** or **Error** alert is encountered, and a daily detailed report of all alerts.

## Testing Mail Settings

After entering your settings as detailed above, you can ensure alert emails are functioning properly using the **Test Mail Settings** feature:

1. Click **Test Mail Settings**. The **Test Mail Settings** window appears:
2. In the **Send To** field, enter the address where the test email should be sent. This field is automatically populated with the email address of the current account, if available, in this case documentation@uipath.com.
3. Click **Send**. A window will appear indicating if the email was sent successfully or an error occurred.
4. Check the test email inbox to verify the message was received as expected.

   :::note
   Testing does not save your settings, you must still click **Save** to apply these settings to your setup.
   :::

Now all accounts that have an e-mail address configured in the **Manage Access** page and an assigned role that grants them **View** permissions on the **Alerts** page receive email alerts every time a **Fatal** or **Error** alert is encountered, and a daily detailed report of all alerts.