# Having issues configuring SMTP for alerting/Watcher

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-issues-configuring-smtp-for-alerting-watcher/133921>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 30, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-issues-configuring-smtp-for-alerting-watcher/133921 "2018-05-30T17:56:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ecamero2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@ecamero2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ecamero2)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-issues-configuring-smtp-for-alerting-watcher/133921/1 "2018-05-30T17:56:33Z")

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I have tried to configure smtp settings with the settings API but it doesn't seem to be working. Here is the settings from GET \_cluster/settings :

> {  
> "persistent": {  
> "xpack": {  
> "notification": {  
> "email": {  
> "account": {  
> "exchange\_account": {  
> "email\_defaults": {  
> "from": ""  
> },  
> "profile": "outlook",  
> "smtp": {  
> "host": ""  
> }  
> }  
> },  
> "default\_account": "exchange\_account"  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> },  
> "transient": {}  
> }

When I go into watcher in Kibana, it shows email disabled. I have performed a full cluster restart with no effect. Any ideas?

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-issues-configuring-smtp-for-alerting-watcher/133921/2 "2018-06-27T17:56:41Z")

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