# Watcher- cannot update mail settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674 "2020-03-23T12:53:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![liorg2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674/1 "2020-03-23T12:53:58Z")

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hello,  
can you please assist with the following error?  
I'm trying to configure smtp in order to use watcher

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/4/44df7128df139afa10b9fc5165df65d124ebc1ec.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/3/b32e1ec2079ad06f527442c3f4305f1db952d867.png)

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Piggott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_piggott/32/11053_2.png) [@Alex\_Piggott](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Piggott)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674/2 "2020-03-23T13:24:17Z")

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Currently the only way you can use watcher email in ESS is by using our built-in SMTP proxy (for spam prevention, sadly)

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-watcher.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-watcher.html)

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**Author:** ![liorg2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674/3 "2020-03-23T14:06:39Z")

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so I don't need to define mail settings in the deployment's User Settings at all?

I mean: will that work just as is? (after verifying the email address of course)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/f/ff2c899ff4713086b2a4332d14baaf91367122be.png)

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Piggott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_piggott/32/11053_2.png) [@Alex\_Piggott](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Piggott)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674/4 "2020-03-23T14:37:19Z")

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> so I don't need to define mail settings in the deployment's User Settings at all?

Correct - and the JSON snippet you posted looks about right

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**Author:** ![liorg2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674/5 "2020-03-23T18:31:40Z")

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Thanks a lot

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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:** [April 6, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674/6 "2020-04-06T18:31:52Z")

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