# Send Email to Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-ignition/26821>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-ignition/26821 "2019-07-23T21:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Marisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Marisa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marisa)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-ignition/26821/1 "2019-07-23T21:35:33Z")

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Hi,  
I’m wondering if there is anyway to send an email to Ignition. There is an alert service from a government website, via email, that I would like to bring into ignition to then be used as an alarm. Anyway to do this?

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-ignition/26821/2 "2019-07-23T22:42:17Z")

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You’d need to use python to write a script that would check your email server for the right email and then perform an action. You’d probably want that script on a timer so that emails are checked regularly.

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**Author:** ![Marisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Marisa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marisa)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-ignition/26821/3 "2019-07-23T22:58:43Z")

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Ok thank you.  
I’ll have a look into how to do that.