# Question about Kibana connectors **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 15, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-kibana-connectors/351081 "2024-01-15T15:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stobbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@stobbe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stobbe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-kibana-connectors/351081/1 "2024-01-15T15:23:16Z")
Hello, I was wandering, the kibana email connetor, is assume that's different from `xpack.notification.email` namespace in `elasticsearch.yml. So from a watcher I can only use the xpack one? KR Henk ---
**Author:** ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-kibana-connectors/351081/2 "2024-01-15T16:23:05Z")
> [@stobbe](#): > > Hello, > > I was wandering, the kibana email connetor, is assume that's different from `xpack.notification.email` namespace in `elasticsearch.yml. > > So from a watcher I can only use the xpack one? Hi, Yes, you are correct. The Kibana email connector is used for alerting and actions within Kibana, while the `xpack.notification.email` namespace in `elasticsearch.yml` is used for configuring email notifications for Watcher, which is a feature of Elasticsearch. Regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-kibana-connectors/351081/3 "2024-02-12T16:23:47Z")
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