# Failed to send alert notification - Grafana

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/failed-to-send-alert-notification-grafana/34014>\
**Category:** Alerting\
**Tags:** alerting\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/failed-to-send-alert-notification-grafana/34014 "2020-07-22T11:02:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![emailanushaemail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@emailanushaemail](https://community.grafana.com/u/emailanushaemail)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/failed-to-send-alert-notification-grafana/34014/1 "2020-07-22T11:02:49Z")

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Hello,

We have used the following configuration to integrate SMTP for Alert notifications in Grafana. I am getting error like ‘Failed to send alert notification’ in Grafana dashboard when I am trying to add channel and test the

#################################### SMTP / Emailing #####################  
[smtp]  
enabled = true  
host = [smtp.gmail.com:587](http://smtp.gmail.com:587)  
user = abcd  
// If the password contains # or ; you have to wrap it with trippel quotes. Ex “”"#password;"""  
password =“password123”  
cert\_file =  
key\_file =  
skip\_verify = true  
from\_address = abcd  
from\_name = Grafana

[emails]  
welcome\_email\_on\_sign\_up = false  
templates\_pattern = emails/\*.html

Please help us in resolving this issue ASAP.

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**Author:** ![agnestoulet1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@agnestoulet1](https://community.grafana.com/u/agnestoulet1)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/failed-to-send-alert-notification-grafana/34014/2 "2020-07-23T11:57:03Z")

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Hello,

Have you looked at the server logs? You should have a better error message there. Can you post it here so we can better help you?