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title: "Notifying Administrators"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/MAG8/911900968/Notifying%20Administrators"
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You can notify individual administrators about system status through email, or notify a group of people using an alias email address. If you have configured DNS resolution on your network, the **E-mail** **relay** **configuration** function is not required. If you did not configure the settings on the **DNS** **Resolver** section, you must enter a static IP address of the target system in the **Relay** **Name/IP** **Address** field. The appliance sends e-mail to administrators when certain events occur. Here is a list of events that trigger e-mail notifications:

- Changes to link status on ports and online/offline replication status
- Events that generate traps, except for upgrade failures (ibUpgradeFailure). For a list of events, see [Infoblox MIBs](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912458354/Infoblox+MIBs).

The appliance attempts to send the email notification once after an event. It does not try to send the notification again, if the first attempt fails. Infoblox recommends that you use the **Test Email** **settings** button to test the email settings and to verify that the recipient received the notification.  
To notify an administrator:

1. From the **Master** **Grid** tab, select the **Members** tab -> *multi-grid* *master* checkbox, and then select **Master** **Grid** **Properties** -> **Edit** from the Toolbar.
2. In the Master Grid Properties editor, select the **Email** tab, and then complete the following:
  - **Enable** **Email** **notification:** Select this.
    - **Email** **address:** Enter the email address of the administrator. Use an email alias to notify multiple people.
  - **Use** **SMTP** **Relay:** Select this if the appliance must send email to an intermediary SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server that relays it to the SMTP server responsible for the domain name specified in the email address. Some SMTP servers only accept email from certain other SMTP servers and might not allow email from the appliance. In this case, specify the DNS name or IP address of a different SMTP server that does accept email from the appliance and that will then relay it to the SMTP server that can deliver it to its destination.  
Clear this if it is unnecessary to use an email relay server.
  - **SMTP** **Relay** **Name** **or** **Address:** If you have configured DNS resolution, enter the DNS name of the relay server.  
If DNS resolution is not configured, enter the IP address of the relay server.
3. Optionally, click **Test** **Email** **settings** to confirm this feature is operating properly.
4. Save the configuration.