# Email alerts for built-in Watchers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187 "2020-04-08T17:48:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![wpitt13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@wpitt13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wpitt13)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187/1 "2020-04-08T17:48:41Z")

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Where do you set up the default email address for the built-in watchers? I've tried setting the " Admin email" setting within Kibana -\> Management -\> Advanced Settings but I am still not getting the email alerts. Custom watches with email actions are working as expected, just not getting email alerts from the built-in watches.

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**Author:** ![ropc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ropc/32/47022_2.png) [@ropc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ropc)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187/2 "2020-04-09T03:18:35Z")

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Hi @wpitt13 - Have you tried to follow the steps given [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.6/cluster-alerts.html#cluster-alert-email-notifications)?

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**Author:** ![wpitt13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@wpitt13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wpitt13)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187/3 "2020-04-09T15:35:07Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply. That was the piece I was missing.

One note though, it seems that this setting only allows a single email address or alias. Would be nice if it accepted a list of email addresses.

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**Author:** ![ropc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ropc/32/47022_2.png) [@ropc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ropc)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187/4 "2020-04-10T04:51:16Z")

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You're welcome @wpitt13 - unfortunately it is not possible to specify a list of email addresses. Our development team is currently working on new alerting features in Kibana. You can check this [GH issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/24214) and the associated [GH project](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/projects/26) for further details.

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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:** [May 8, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-alerts-for-built-in-watchers/227187/5 "2020-05-08T04:51:18Z")

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