# Creating an email connector

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904 "2021-06-14T21:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![EvanGertis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/evangertis/32/85191_2.png) [@EvanGertis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EvanGertis)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904/1 "2021-06-14T21:34:11Z")

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What exactly needs to be created for this action ?

 ![Screen Shot 2021-06-14 at 5.35.55 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/8/48423bde006ca2e9a4ba52750fb71c7cd65576f5.png)

I am reviewing the documentation listed here: [Email connector and action | Kibana Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/email-action-type.html#amazon-ses).

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Olorunnisola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_olorunnisola/32/88980_2.png) [@Michael\_Olorunnisola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Olorunnisola)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904/2 "2021-06-15T15:42:13Z")

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Hi @EvanGertis ! Thanks for reaching out. If you take a look specifically at this section ([Email connector and action | Kibana Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/email-action-type.html#define-email-ui)) of the docs you sent, you should see an example configuration there based on using Gmail as the email provider.

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**Author:** ![EvanGertis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/evangertis/32/85191_2.png) [@EvanGertis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EvanGertis)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904/3 "2021-06-15T16:04:56Z")

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Hey @Michael_Olorunnisola thank you for the quick reply. I'd like to use SES. Have you done this before?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Olorunnisola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_olorunnisola/32/88980_2.png) [@Michael\_Olorunnisola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Olorunnisola)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904/4 "2021-06-15T17:21:18Z")

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I've only done it with gmail personally, but the configuration will remain the same. Once you set up SES, all you'll need to do is enter the host details and authentication details in the email connector settings. You'll also need to configure whatever email address you wanted to use in the `Sender` field with SES as well (see: [Verifying email addresses in Amazon SES - Amazon Simple Email Service Classic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/verify-email-addresses.html))

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**Author:** ![EvanGertis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/evangertis/32/85191_2.png) [@EvanGertis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EvanGertis)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904/5 "2021-06-23T18:06:33Z")

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Thanks @Michael_Olorunnisola I ended up going with a slack connector because it was easier.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-email-connector/275904/6 "2021-07-21T18:06:58Z")

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