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Free Email Alerts

You can get free email alerts when your website or server goes down. All you need is a free account.

This article shows you how to get free email alerts when your website or server goes down.


Enter Email Address

  1. Make sure you are logged into your account.
  2. Go to the "Contact List" page -
    • Method 1 - Click on the "Dashboard" link in the top menu. Then, on the dashboard page, click on the "Contact List" button.
    • Method 2 - Hover the mouse on the "Monitors..." link in the top menu. Then, on the drop down menu, click on the "Contacts" option.
  3. On the "Contact List" page, click on the "Create Contact" button or menu option.
  4. On the "Create Contact" page, in the "Email" field, enter your email address.
  5. Click on the "Submit" button to save the contact.

Verify Email Address

  1. On the "Contact List" page, select the contact/email address to be verified.
  2. In the "Select Action" drop down menu, click on the "Send Email Verification" option.
  3. You should receive an email message in a few minutes.
  4. Follow the instructions in the email message to verify your email address.
  5. Note - You won't be able to receive email alerts if the email address is not verified.

Select Email Address

  1. Create or Edit a monitor.
  2. On the create/edit monitor page, go to the "Alerts" tab (pink colored box).
  3. Click on the "Add Another Action" button.
  4. Select the "Send Email" option in the "Select Action" drop down menu.
  5. Click on the "Add" button on the right side.
  6. Check the contacts/email addresss you want to send the email alerts to in case of a failure.
  7. Click on "Save" button to save the monitor.