# Email alerting option in OD
**URL:** https://forum.opensearch.org/t/email-alerting-option-in-od/3723
**Category:** Alerting
**Created:** [September 10, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/email-alerting-option-in-od/3723 "2020-09-10T04:42:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Saravana37](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Saravana37)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/email-alerting-option-in-od/3723/1 "2020-09-10T04:42:00Z")
Hello All ,
We have setup slack API alerting mechanism in our current setup. But I am looking for any alternative option where i can configure SMTP (Email ) alerting . I am aware that it is already on the way implementation .But looking for an option where it has been implemented already using some script/tools ?
Kindly help.
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### Author:  [@skkosuri-amzn](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/skkosuri-amzn)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/email-alerting-option-in-od/3723/2 "2020-09-10T14:35:06Z")
Could you wait for the email feature? As you can see its in PR stage.
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### Author:  [@skkosuri-amzn](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/skkosuri-amzn)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/email-alerting-option-in-od/3723/3 "2020-12-30T18:59:10Z")
This feature is released please refer: [Add simple email support for Alerting · Issue #3 · opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting · GitHub](https://github.com/opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting/issues/3)
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### Author:  [@skkosuri-amzn](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/skkosuri-amzn)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/email-alerting-option-in-od/3723/4 "2020-12-30T18:59:14Z")