Get alerts by email¶
GuardianNode can email you the moment a serious alert fires (and quietly log the rest). Setup is a dropdown plus an app password.
Dashboard → Settings → Email alerts.
1. Pick your provider¶
Choose your email provider from Quick setup. GuardianNode fills in the server, port, and security settings for you:
| Provider | What you still need |
|---|---|
| Gmail | An App Password (not your normal password) |
| Outlook / Hotmail | Your full address as the username; app password if you use 2-step |
| Yahoo Mail | An App Password |
| iCloud Mail | An app-specific password |
| Other / custom | Enter your provider's SMTP host/port manually |
2. App passwords (the one gotcha)¶
Most providers won't let an app sign in with your normal password — you create a separate "app password" just for GuardianNode:
- Gmail: Google Account → Security → 2-Step Verification (turn on) → App passwords → generate one → paste it as the password here.
- Yahoo: Account Security → Generate app password.
- iCloud: appleid.apple.com → Sign-In and Security → App-Specific Passwords.
The dashboard shows the right hint for whichever provider you pick.
3. Fill in the rest¶
- Username — usually your full email address.
- Password — the app password from step 2.
- From address — your email address (where alerts appear to come from).
- To address — where you want alerts sent (can be the same address or a different one, e.g. both parents).
- Tick Email alerts enabled.
4. Test it¶
Click Send test. A test message is sent and the result is recorded on the Audit page (success or the exact error — your password is never logged). If it fails, the most common cause is using your normal password instead of an app password.
What gets emailed?¶
By default, high and critical alerts email you immediately; lower-severity and "monitored" items stay in the dashboard without pinging you. You control which categories alert vs. monitor per child in Privacy & alert settings.
Prefer push instead of email?¶
There's also a Webhook URL field that works with self-hosted push services like ntfy or Gotify — paste your topic URL and immediate alerts are POSTed there as JSON. Nothing leaves your network if you self-host it.