# Email action fails with property message null
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045 "2018-01-04T09:12:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Souciance\_Eqdam\_Rash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Souciance_Eqdam_Rash)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045/1 "2018-01-04T09:12:43Z")
Hello,
I configured an e-mail action in Watcher in Kibana/Elasticsearch 6.1.1 and tried to send an e-mail. The error I get is:
```
TypeError: Cannot read property 'message' of null
at http://localhost:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=16350:153:75625
at processQueue (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:132456)
at http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:133349
at Scope.$digest (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:144239)
at Scope.$apply (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:147018)
at done (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:100026)
at completeRequest (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:104697)
at XMLHttpRequest.requestError (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=16350:29:105545)
```
I have tried with gmail and exchange and get the same error. Here is my elasticsearch.yml config for e-mail:
```
xpack.notification.email.account:
gmail_account:
profile: gmail
smtp:
auth: true
starttls.enable: true
host: smtp.gmail.com
port: 587
user: xxxi@gmail.com
password: xxx
```
Any idea what could be wrong? Thanks
Here is the complete error:
```
optionalFields.body.text = this.body;
^
TypeError: Cannot set property 'text' of undefined
at EmailAction.get upstreamJson [as upstreamJson] (C:/tools/kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/action/email_action.js:48:7)
at action (C:/tools/kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/watch/threshold_watch/build_actions.js:10:27)
at arrayEach (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\plugins\x-pack\node_modules\lodash\index.js:1289:13)
at C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\plugins\x-pack\node_modules\lodash\index.js:3345:13
at buildActions (C:/tools/kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/watch/threshold_watch/build_actions.js:9:3)
at ThresholdWatch.get watchJson [as watchJson] (C:/tools/kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/models/watch/threshold_watch/threshold
_watch.js:51:18)
at handler (C:/tools/kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64/plugins/x-pack/plugins/watcher/server/routes/api/watch/register_execute_route.js:31:73)
at Object.internals.handler (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\handler.js:96:36)
at Items.serial (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\handler.js:63:26)
at done (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\node_modules\items\lib\index.js:31:25)
at done (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\node_modules\items\lib\index.js:63:25)
at pre (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\handler.js:52:24)
at finalize (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\handler.js:281:20)
at wrapped (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hoek\lib\index.js:875:20)
at internals.Response._processPrepare (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\response.js:521:16)
at internals.Response._prepare (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\response.js:460:21)
at process.nextTick (C:\tools\kibana-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\node_modules\hapi\lib\reply.js:152:22)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:73:7)
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:128:9)
```
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### Author:  [@Souciance\_Eqdam\_Rash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Souciance_Eqdam_Rash)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045/2 "2018-01-04T16:19:25Z")
By the way, is this a bug? Because what happens after that error is that the Kibana process crashes and requires a reboot. This is on windows 7 with everything in 6.1.1.
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### Author:  [@chrisronline](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisronline)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045/3 "2018-01-08T14:12:50Z")
Hi @Souciance_Eqdam_Rash,
This is the same as [Typeerror: cannot read property 'message' of null watcher](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-cannot-read-property-message-of-null-watcher/114002) and will be fixed in the next release.
Thanks,
Chris
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### Author:  [@Souciance\_Eqdam\_Rash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Souciance_Eqdam_Rash)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045/4 "2018-01-08T20:52:01Z")
Thanks, yeah I kind of guessed that. Looking forward to the next release then.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-action-fails-with-property-message-null/114045/5 "2018-02-05T20:52:12Z")
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