# 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**.
* Your email settings are correct. [Details...](https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-suite/2023.10/user-guide/setting-up-alert-emails#setting-up-the-email)
  :::note
  **Known issue:** Alert emails sent to groups may be written in English, regardless of the language preference of individual group members.
  :::

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

Use custom settings if you want to set up your own 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.
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-docs-image-226463-f673b697.webp)
7. In Orchestrator, navigate to your tenant **Settings** > **Mail** tab.
8. Enable alerts email.
9. Select **Use custom settings**. This displays the list of the required SMTP fields.
10. Select the **Enable SSL** check box. This secures your connection to the SMTP server.
11. In the **SMTP Host** field, enter the address of the Gmail SMTP server `smtp.gmail.com`.
12. In the **SMTP Domain** field, enter the domain value, which will be concatenated with the **SMTP Username** value, if the SMTP Server requires authentication. This is not the case for Gmail SMTP server, so leave the field clear.
13. In the **SMTP Port** field, enter `465`. Use this value when you enable SSL. If you do not enable SSL, use `587`.
    :::note
    These values are for the Gmail SMTP server, and may differ for other SMTP servers. Check the available ports with your administrator.
    :::

1. In the **SMTP Username** field, enter the Gmail address you want to send email alerts from (the same used in step 2).
2. In the **SMTP Password** field, enter the password associated to the Gmail address.
3. In the **Default From Address** field, enter the Gmail address that will be used to send alerts from. It has to be the same one used in step 5.
4. In the **Default From Display Name** field, enter a name for your email settings. This name is displayed in your inbox when you receive the alert emails, to help you easily identify the alerts you need.
5. Click **Save**. You will be asked if you want to proceed without testing the email settings.

Once saved, all accounts that have an email address configured in the **Manage Access** page and and **View** permissions on **Alerts** 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 in the **Mail** tab, 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.
3. Click **Send**. A window will appear indicating if the email was sent successfully or if 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 click **Save** to apply these settings to your setup.
   :::