Works everywhere, needs nothing
No app, no bot, no webhook. Add an address and you're monitoring — a default email channel is even set up for you at onboarding.
One alert, many inboxes
Send each channel to a whole list — on-call, a shared team alias, and a client contact — from a single monitor.
Real alerts, not noise
Failures are confirmed from multiple regions before an email goes out, with a recovery email to close the loop.
How to set up Email alerts
What you'll need: One or more email addresses
- 1
Add the recipient addresses
In UptimeEye, open Notifications → New channel → Email and enter one or more addresses.
- 2
Send a test
Fire a test alert to confirm it lands (and isn't caught by a spam filter) before you rely on it.
- 3
Attach it to what you monitor
Add the channel to any monitor, cron job, SSL check, or status page — on every plan, including Free. Send a test alert to confirm it lands where your team actually looks.
What triggers a Email alert
Downtime & recovery
When a monitored website, API, or server goes down — confirmed from multiple regions — and again the moment it recovers.
SSL & domain expiry
Early warnings before a TLS certificate or domain expires, so you renew before it takes the site offline.
Cron & scheduled-task failures
Dead Man's Switch alerts when a scheduled job fails or misses its window, so silent background jobs never rot unnoticed.
Ways teams use it
- Send a shared team alias so nothing depends on one person watching a chat.
- Loop a client contact in on alerts for the sites you run for them.
- Keep a paper trail of every outage and recovery in your inbox.
Email monitoring FAQ
Can one channel email several people?
Yes. An email channel accepts a list of addresses, so on-call, a team alias, and a client can all be notified from the same monitor.
Is there an email channel by default?
New organizations get a default email channel set up during onboarding, so you're covered from the first monitor.
What if the emails go to spam?
Send a test alert and, if needed, allowlist the sender address so time-critical outage emails always reach the inbox.